ABA 509 DATA, 2025
Yale Law School Admissions: LSAT, GPA, Cost, and Jobs (2025)
Yale costs $76,636 a year, $229,908 over 3 years before rent and food. That buys a 174 median LSAT class and a 4.1% acceptance rate, and still 36.9% of the class pays that full price with no grant.
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 | 171 | 174 | 177 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 4 |
| 2019 | 170 | 173 | 175 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 4.0 |
| 2015 | 171 | 173 | 176 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 4.0 |
The median LSAT is up 1 point since 2019 and the median GPA moved +0.1.
Your odds
At a 174 LSAT and a 4.0 GPA, you're inside Yale's middle 50%, not above it, since half the admitted class matches or beats those numbers too. A 171 or below on the LSAT puts you in the bottom quarter, and at a 4.1% acceptance rate, that's close to a lottery no matter how strong the rest of the file reads. 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 | 93% |
| Biglaw (101+ lawyer firms) | 35.8% |
| Federal clerkships | 26% |
| Government + public interest | 18.6% |
| Bar pass rate | 96.8% |
93% of the 2024 class landed a full-time, long-term job within 10 months, 35.8% went to firms of 101 lawyers or more, and 26% landed a federal clerkship.
What it costs
| Sticker tuition (2025) | $76,636/yr |
| 3-year sticker total | $229,908 |
| Pays full sticker | 36.9% |
| Gets some grant | 63.1% |
A score above the 177 75th percentile is the strongest bargaining position you'll have with any financial aid office, and 63.1% of Yale's class already carries some grant, though 36.9% still pay full sticker.
Schools like Yale
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 Yale Law School?
The median LSAT for Yale's 2025 class is 174. The 25th percentile is 171 and the 75th is 177.
What GPA do you need for Yale Law School?
The median GPA is a 4.0. The 25th percentile is 3.9 and the 75th is 4.0.
What is Yale Law School's acceptance rate?
4.1% for the 2025 cycle, based on 226 offers out of 5,562 applications.
How much does Yale Law School cost with and without aid?
Sticker tuition is $76,636 a year, or $229,908 over 3 years before living costs. 63.1% of the class received a grant, and 36.9% paid full price.
What jobs do Yale Law School graduates get?
93% of the 2024 graduating class had a full-time, long-term job within 10 months. 35.8% went to firms with 101 or more lawyers, and 26% landed a federal clerkship.
Is Yale Law School worth it at sticker?
For nearly everyone who gets in, yes. A 93% FT/LT placement rate, a 26% federal clerkship rate, and heavy biglaw representation mean the $229,908 sticker price gets serviced fast for almost the entire class. The only real trade-off is a full-ride offer from another top school, and that's a decision worth running the numbers on first.
Source: ABA Standard 509 Information Reports, 2015 to 2025, via LSAT Unplugged's 509 master. Verify against the school's filing before relying on it. Last updated 2026-09-30.
