2025 Best Law Schools in Pennsylvania

If you pursue a degree in law, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #21 most popular program in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Law Schools in Pennsylvania ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 1,597 degrees in law to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Degree-Level Rankings

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Law Rankings by Degree Level

The law school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Law Schools in Pennsylvania. You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.

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More information on how we come up with our rankings can be found here: College Factual's Data Methodology.

Best Schools for Law in Pennsylvania

The schools below may not offer all types of law degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.

Top Pennsylvania Schools in Law

1

Temple University
Philadelphia, PA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

239 Law Degrees Awarded

Temple University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in law. Temple is a very large public university located in the city of Philadelphia.More information about a degree in law from Temple University

2

Drexel University
Philadelphia, PA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

159 Law Degrees Awarded

Drexel University is a great decision for students interested in a degree in law. Drexel is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Philadelphia.More information about a degree in law from Drexel University

Best Law Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Law Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	1,026	4,025
Maryland	618	418
New Jersey	614	610
District of Columbia	441	1,954

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Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).

More about our data sources and methodologies.