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J.D. 2026 Entering Class Profile

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Explore facts and stats about our latest J.D. class. (Data as of August 24, 2026, and subject to change upon ABA certification process.)

Applications (2025-2026 Application Cycle)

424

Enrolled students

8,591

Applicants

11.9%

Admitted

Enrollment Breakdown

119

Undergraduate colleges and universities represented

17%

Earned at least one graduate or professional degree

80%

Out of college 1+ years

Enrollment Breakdown (Continued)

173

Median LSAT Score

25th percentile = 171; 75th percentile = 175
3.95

Median Undergraduate GPA

25th percentile = 3.88; 75th percentile = 4.0

More About the Class*

Age

Age of Students at Time of Matriculation

Geographic Breakdown

37 States + the District of Columbia Represented

*All figures represent percentages, rounded to the nearest whole number, of the entering class of 2026.

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19 foreign countries across 6 continents

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Languages Read/Spoken
Afrikaans, American Sign Language, Amharic, Arabic (Egyptian, Levantine, Modern Standard, and Moroccan), Aramaic, Armenian, Bengali, Bosnian, British Sign Language, Cantonese, Classical Chinese, Croatian, Danish, Dutch, English, French, Ga, German, Greek (Ancient and Modern), Gujarati, Haryanvi, Hebrew (Biblical and Modern), Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Jamaican Patois, Japanese, Kashmiri, Korean, Kumaoni, Latin, Maithili, Malayalam, Mandarin, Persian (Dari and Farsi), Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Sanskrit, Serbian, Sinhalese, Spanish, Swedish, Tamil, Telugu, Turkish, Twi, Ukrainian, Urdu, Vietnamese, Welsh, Wolof, Wu, Yiddish, Yoruba

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Members of the Class of 2029 include:

accountants, athletes, congressional staffers, Eagle Scouts, editors and speechwriters, engineers, farm manager, fashion designer, gallery attendant, investment bankers, legal analysts and paralegals, musicians and dancers, photographers, podcast producer, publicist, scientists, stand-up comedians, teachers, technology consultants, union organizer, valedictorians, veterans (Air Force, Army, Navy)