Texas A&M Law School in Fort Worth is now the 22nd best law school in the U.S., according to U.S. News & World Report.
FORT WORTH, Texas — Texas A&M Law announced a record-setting rise in national rankings Tuesday.
Texas A&M University School of Law is ranked the 22nd best law school in the nation according to U.S. News and World Report, the university announced in a press release Tuesday. The updated ranking means the school broke into the Top 25, a coveted status for law programs.
In 10 years, the school went from being unranked to a Top 25 program, the release states. No law school has ever risen faster in the national ranking, according to the release.
“When I started as chancellor, my first goal was to acquire a law school for Texas A&M, but not just any law school. We wanted one with huge potential,” John Sharp, Chancellor of the Texas A&M University System , said. “This latest rise in rankings shows that we are accomplishing our goal, and I’m certain Texas A&M’s School of Law will be in the top ten in no time!”
The law school boasts a 100% employment rate for recent graduates and the highest bar passage rate in Texas for the second year in a row, the release states. The school also admitted a first-year class with the highest undergraduate GPA in the nation, the release states.
It is the second-highest rated law school in Texas, behind the No. 16 University of Texas-Austin.
The school will soon be housed in Texas A&M Fort Worth, a new campus currently under construction in Downtown Fort Worth. A new law and education building, the first of five total buildings, is scheduled to be completed by summer 2026, according to the university’s website. The Fort Worth campus will be home to multiple academic programs, the university said.
Texas A&M acquired the law school from Texas Wesleyan University in 2013. Robert B. Ahdieh serves as the Dean of Texas A&M Law and Vice President for Professional Schools and Programs.
“As we continue our work of recruiting top-notch scholars, attracting students not just of capacity but of character, producing impactful programs and events, generating striking graduate outcomes, and now building a transformative innovation campus, it is of course gratifying to see our progress reflected in various rankings,” Ahdieh said. “But tomorrow is another day, and our work will continue. Stay tuned for more to come!”
