Friday, March 7, 2014
Student Selectivity (Median LSAT/GPA) for the 2015 U.S. News Law School Rankings
In advance of Tuesday's release of the new 2015 U.S. News & World Report Law School Rankings: below is a ranking of the 202 ABA-accredited law schools by student selectivity weighted by LSAT scores (12.5%) and undergraduate GPAs (10%) using the U.S. News methodology:
1 |
YALE |
2 |
HARVARD |
3 |
CHICAGO |
4 |
STANFORD |
5 |
PENNSYLVANIA |
6 |
VIRGINIA |
7 |
DUKE |
8 |
UCLA |
9 |
COLUMBIA |
10 |
NYU |
11 |
NORTHWESTERN |
12 |
UC-BERKELEY |
13 |
GEORGETOWN |
14 |
VANDERBILT |
15 |
MICHIGAN |
16 |
ALABAMA |
17 |
MINNESOTA |
18 |
EMORY |
19 |
USC |
20 |
CORNELL |
21 |
GEORGE WASHINGTON |
22 |
WASHINGTON - ST. LOUIS |
23 |
WILLIAM & MARY |
24 |
TEXAS |
25 |
INDIANA - BLOOMINGTON |
26 |
BOSTON UNIVERSITY |
27 |
WASHINGTON - SEATTLE |
28 |
BOSTON COLLEGE |
29 |
GEORGIA |
30 |
BYU |
31 |
NOTRE DAME |
32 |
SMU |
33 |
COLORADO |
34 |
UC-IRVINE |
35 |
WAKE FOREST |
36 |
IOWA |
37 |
WASHINGTON & LEE |
38 |
UC-DAVIS |
39 |
OHIO STATE |
40 |
WISCONSIN |
41 |
ARIZONA STATE |
42 |
FORDHAM |
43 |
PEPPERDINE |
44 |
GEORGE MASON |
45 |
ARIZONA |
46 |
NORTHEASTERN |
47 |
ILLINOIS |
48 |
FLORIDA |
49 |
BAYLOR |
50 |
NORTH CAROLINA |
51 |
RICHMOND |
52 |
PENN STATE |
53 |
MARYLAND |
54 |
UC-HASTINGS |
55 |
FLORIDA STATE |
56 |
UTAH |
57 |
SAN DIEGO |
58 |
CARDOZO |
59 |
CINCINNATI |
60 |
VILLANOVA |
61 |
LOYOLA – LOS ANGELES |
62 |
HOUSTON |
63 |
TENNESSEE |
64 |
NEBRASKA |
65 |
FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL |
66 |
MICHIGAN STATE |
67 |
TEMPLE |
68 |
LEWIS & CLARK |
69 |
CONNECTICUT |
70 |
TULANE |
71 |
NEVADA - LAS VEGAS |
72 |
KENTUCKY |
73 |
SETON HALL |
74 |
BROOKLYN |
75 |
CHICAGO-KENT |
76 |
DENVER |
77 |
OKLAHOMA |
78 |
PITTSBURGH |
79 |
CASE WESTERN |
80 |
GEORGIA STATE |
81 |
MISSOURI - COLUMBIA |
82 |
LOYOLA - CHICAGO |
83 |
WAYNE STATE |
84 |
OREGON |
85 |
AMERICAN |
86 |
NEW HAMPSHIRE |
87 |
MISSISSIPPI |
88 |
TEXAS TECH |
89 |
MIAMI |
90 |
LSU |
91 |
ARKANSAS - FAYETTEVILLE |
92 |
KANSAS |
93 |
TULSA |
94 |
SUNY - BUFFALO |
95 |
BELMONT |
96 |
SAINT LOUIS |
97 |
RUTGERS – CAMDEN |
98 |
RUTGERS – NEWARK |
99 |
ST. JOHN'S |
100 |
CHAPMAN |
101 |
INDIANA - INDIANAPOLIS |
102 |
HAWAII |
103 |
SEATTLE |
104 |
NEW MEXICO |
105 |
ST. THOMAS - MINNESOTA |
106 |
WEST VIRGINIA |
107 |
MAINE |
108 |
DREXEL |
109 |
CITY UNIV. OF NEW YORK |
110 |
STETSON |
111 |
LOUISVILLE |
112 |
SANTA CLARA |
113 |
SYRACUSE |
114 |
QUINNIPIAC |
115 |
DUQUESNE |
116 |
MARQUETTE |
117 |
SOUTH CAROLINA |
118 |
WILLIAM MITCHELL |
119 |
ALBANY |
120 |
MONTANA |
121 |
REGENT |
122 |
DEPAUL |
123 |
MERCER |
124 |
AKRON |
125 |
GONZAGA |
126 |
HAMLINE |
127 |
WASHBURN |
128 |
MCGEORGE |
129 |
TOLEDO |
130 |
SAN FRANCISCO |
131 |
CLEVELAND STATE |
132 |
CATHOLIC |
133 |
WYOMING |
134 |
HOFSTRA |
135 |
DRAKE |
136 |
MEMPHIS |
137 |
PUERTO RICO |
138 |
CAMPBELL |
139 |
MISSOURI - KANSAS CITY |
140 |
IDAHO |
141 |
BALTIMORE |
142 |
CREIGHTON |
143 |
NORTHERN KENTUCKY |
144 |
ARKANSAS - LITTLE ROCK |
145 |
SOUTHWESTERN |
146 |
LIBERTY |
147 |
VERMONT |
148 |
PACE |
149 |
MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE |
150 |
TEXAS A&M |
151 |
SAMFORD |
152 |
NEW YORK LAW SCHOOL |
153 |
SUFFOLK |
154 |
LOYOLA - NEW ORLEANS |
155 |
SOUTH TEXAS |
156 |
OHIO NORTHERN |
157 |
CALIFORNIA WESTERN |
158 |
DETROIT |
159 |
HOWARD |
160 |
WIDENER - DELAWARE |
161 |
NORTH DAKOTA |
162 |
WESTERN NEW ENGLAND |
163 |
WILLAMETTE |
164 |
ROGER WILLIAMS |
165 |
OKLAHOMA CITY |
166 |
CHARLESTON |
167 |
PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC |
168 |
GOLDEN GATE |
169 |
NORTHERN ILLINOIS |
170 |
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS |
171 |
WESTERN STATE |
172 |
ST. MARY'S |
173 |
AVE MARIA |
174 |
JOHN MARSHALL - CHICAGO |
175 |
ELON |
176 |
CAPITAL |
177 |
NOVA SOUTHEASTERN |
178 |
SOUTH DAKOTA |
179 |
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA |
180 |
NEW ENGLAND |
181 |
DAYTON |
182 |
NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL |
183 |
WIDENER - HARRISBURG |
184 |
FAULKNER |
185 |
JOHN MARSHALL - ATLANTA |
186 |
APPALACHIAN |
187 |
WHITTIER |
188 |
MASSACHUSETTS |
189 |
INTER AMERICAN UNIV. |
190 |
TOURO |
191 |
ST. THOMAS - FLORIDA |
192 |
FLORIDA A&M |
193 |
TEXAS SOUTHERN |
194 |
BARRY |
195 |
LA VERNE |
196 |
THOMAS M. COOLEY |
197 |
THOMAS JEFFERSON |
198 |
FLORIDA COASTAL |
199 |
CHARLOTTE |
200 |
VALPARAISO |
201 |
ARIZONA SUMMIT |
202 |
SOUTHERN |
https://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2014/03/student-selectivity.html
Comments
@ZFH,
On a hunch, I knocked out a spreadsheet a few weeks ago comparing student selectivity (inputs) to the percentage of graduates in non-law school-funded, full-time, long-term, bar license-required jobs (outputs), which The Faculty Lounge published last year. It's a quick and crude way to see how well different schools do by their students. If the law schools with the 24th and 25th best student selectivity (inputs) produce the schools with the 24th and 65th best jobs outcomes (outputs), well, best for that homogenous 0L group to avoid the latter school.
Anyways, my hunch played out - my alma mater has the biggest discrepancy in the country between inputs and outputs. 46th highest student selectivity, 161st best job outcomes. Wish I had access to this kind of data when I was a 0L...
Posted by: Unemployed Northeastern | Apr 4, 2014 9:57:58 AM
ZFH,
Belmont only has provisional accreditation and they are ranked #95.
Posted by: DL | Apr 4, 2014 4:42:55 AM
@ Unemployed Northeastern
Would really like to see your data, if you don't mind.
Shoot me it in an email to [email protected]
Thanks!!
http://biglawprospects.blogspot.com/
Posted by: El Jefe | Apr 4, 2014 7:55:10 PM