2026 CLASS PROFILE AND ABA 509 DATA
Kent Law School Admissions: LSAT, GPA, Cost, and Jobs (2026)
Get admitted to Chicago-Kent and you land in a class with a 161 median LSAT and a 3.7 median GPA, taken from a pool that got in at a 38.6% clip. The number that matters more is the bill: tuition runs $53,850 a year, though 91.9% of the class walked away with some kind of grant.
The 2026 entering class
Kent Law School's 2026 entering class had a median LSAT of 162, up 1 from 161 in 2025. The median GPA was 3.75. The school hasn't published its 25th and 75th percentiles yet.
Source: the school's own 2026 class profile, as of September 26, 2026. These numbers can shift until the 2026 ABA 509 reports publish. Everything below this section is 2025 ABA 509 data.
What it takes to get in
These are the school's own reported 25th, 50th, and 75th percentile LSAT and GPA numbers from its ABA Standard 509 filing, the same disclosure every accredited law school has to file each year. The 50th percentile is the median: half the admitted class scored above it, half below.
| Year | LSAT 25th | LSAT 50th | LSAT 75th | GPA 25th | GPA 50th | GPA 75th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 156 | 161 | 164 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 3.9 |
5-year comparison data isn't on file for this school across the full window.
Your odds
A 161 LSAT and a 3.7 GPA put you right at Kent's median, not comfortably above it, since half the admitted class matches or beats those marks. Score at 164 or higher and you're in the top quarter, where the math gets a lot friendlier; land at 156 or below and the 38.6% acceptance rate starts working against you. Run your own numbers through the calculator before you spend a filing fee guessing.
See where you land: the LSAT Unplugged law school chances calculator. What is 1 LSAT point worth here? See the scholarship math.
What you get out (Class of 2024)
| Class year reported | 2024 |
| FT/LT employed, 10 months out | 98.5% |
| Biglaw (101+ lawyer firms) | 56.8% |
| Federal clerkships | 28.1% |
| Government + public interest | 8.5% |
| Bar pass rate | 84.1% |
98.5% of the 2024 class landed a full-time, long-term job within 10 months, 56.8% went into firms of 101 lawyers or more, and 28.1% landed a federal clerkship, a placement rate that makes the $161,550 sticker price for 3 years a lot easier to justify.
What it costs
| Sticker tuition (2024) | $53,850/yr |
| 3-year sticker total | $161,550 |
| Pays full sticker | 8.1% |
| Gets some grant | 91.9% |
91.9% of the class received some grant and only 8.1% paid full sticker, so a score above the 164 75th percentile is the strongest position you'll have to push that number down.
Schools like Kent
These 6 are the closest match by median LSAT, then median GPA, out of all 196 schools in the 509 master (as of 2026). Use them as your realistic comparison set, not the list of "reach" schools everyone starts with.
FAQ
What LSAT score do you need for Chicago-Kent?
The median LSAT for Kent's 2025 class is 161. The 25th percentile is 156 and the 75th is 164, so a score in the low 160s puts you near the middle of the admitted class.
What GPA do you need for Chicago-Kent?
The median GPA is 3.7. The 25th percentile is 3.5 and the 75th is 3.9, a fairly tight 4-tenths band for the middle 50%.
What is Chicago-Kent's acceptance rate?
38.6% for the 2025 cycle, based on 854 offers out of 2,212 applications. That's meaningfully more open than the T14 but still far from automatic.
How much does Chicago-Kent cost with and without aid?
Sticker tuition is $53,850 a year, or $161,550 over 3 years before living costs. 91.9% of the class received some grant, and only 8.1% paid full price. Scores above the 164 75th percentile hold the strongest position for merit money.
What jobs do Chicago-Kent graduates get?
98.5% of the 2024 graduating class had a full-time, long-term, bar-passage-required or JD-advantage job within 10 months. 56.8% went to firms with 101 or more lawyers, and 28.1% landed a federal clerkship.
Is Chicago-Kent worth it at sticker?
For most admitted students, yes, and the grant data backs that up: fewer than 1 in 10 actually pay full price. With 98.5% FT/LT placement and more than half the class going into biglaw, the debt on a discounted tuition bill gets serviced fast for most graduates.
Source: ABA Standard 509 Information Reports, 2025, via LSAT Unplugged's 509 master. Verify against the school's filing before relying on it. Last updated 2026-09-30.
