Preview Of The 2022 U.S. News Law School Rankings: Acceptance Rate

Update:  Preview Of The 2022 U.S. News Law School Rankings: Admissions

The 2022 U.S. News Law School Rankings (based in part on 2020 admissions data) will be released in March (the 2021 rankings are here). In the current methodology, a law school's acceptance rate counts 2.5% in the overall ranking. Here are the rankings by acceptance rate from ABA data:

Rank	School	2020 Acceptance Rate	2019 Acceptance Rate
1	Yale	7.40	8.22 (1)
2	Stanford	10.48	9.72 (2)
3	Harvard	13.00	12.49 (3)
4	Virginia	14.05	14.69 (5)
5	Pennsylvania	14.30	14.51 (4)
6	Michigan	16.36	16.63 (7)
7	Columbia	16.69	15.86 (6)
8	USC	17.18	17.69 (9)
9	Chicago	17.86	18.61 (11)
10	Wake Forest	17.99	40.45 (70)
11	Texas	18.43	17.53 (8)
12	Cornell	19.03	21.33 (19)
13	Northwestern	19.20	18.01 (10)
14	Georgia	19.35	20.77 (16)
15	Florida	19.77	20.65 (15)
16	Georgetown	20.10	19.54 (13)
17	Notre Dame	20.28	24.05 (24)
18	UC-Irvine	20.30	20.81 (17)
19	Washington Univ.	20.31	24.82 (25)
20	UC-Berkeley	21.53	19.68 (14)
21	NYU	21.58	21.60 (20)
22	North Carolina	21.62	33.87 (45)
23	Duke	22.34	18.91 (12)
24	Texas A&M	22.43	28.73 (32)
25	Vanderbilt	22.57	21.91 (21)
26	UCLA	22.75	22.41 (22)
27	George Mason	22.80	20.85 (18)
28	Boston Univ.	24.93	23.14 (23)
29	Arizona State	26.19	29.41 (34)
30	Florida Int'l	27.33	28.59 (31)
31	Fordham	27.37	27.25 (28)
32	Arizona	27.74	26.29 (26)
33	Pepperdine	28.20	29.81 (35)
34	Georgia State	28.57	29.30 (33)
35	Florida State	29.70	32.67 (41)
36	Villanova	29.75	34.18 (47)
37	Texas Southern	30.43	28.17 (30)
38	UNLV	31.07	27.24 (27)
39	Boston College	31.84	31.31 (40)
40	Emory	32.21	31.00 (37)
41	Chapman	32.55	33.96 (46)
42	District of Columbia	32.63	35.78 (54)
43	UC-Davis	33.06	31.03 (38)
44	Tennessee	33.33	34.36 (49)
45	Utah	33.45	40.87 (74)
46	Houston	33.59	35.05 (51)
47	Florida A&M	33.82	50.17 (112)
48	Baylor	34.02	35.45 (52)
49	George Washington	34.15	31.03 (38)
50	Howard	34.22	38.19 (61)

51	North Texas	34.26	38.62 (63)
52	Washington	34.51	27.83 (29)
53	CUNY	34.53	37.72 (58)
54	Ohio State	35.18	40.53 (71)
55	Northeastern	35.56	43.27 (82)
56	Alabama	35.72	32.78 (42)
57	Loyola-L.A.	35.73	32.98 (43)
58	Temple	36.05	35.70 (53)
59	Dayton	36.21	39.16 (66)
60	American	36.35	38.74 (64)
61	Maryland	36.42	43.85 (85)
62	Minnesota	36.45	39.13 (65)
63	Colorado	36.50	34.73 (50)
64	Wayne State	36.62	44.26 (89)
65	BYU	36.70	41.01 (77)
66	Washington & Lee	36.73	33.50 (44)
67	Texas Tech	36.85	44.22 (88)
68	John Marshall (GA)	37.04	36.78 (56)
69	Penn State-Univ. Park	37.59	37.29 (57)
70	Cardozo	37.71	42.18 (80)
71	Penn State-Dickinson	38.60	41.09 (78)
72	UC-Hastings	38.66	42.56 (81)
73	San Diego	39.04	40.59 (72)
74	Syracuse	39.08	46.16 (93)
75	Belmont	39.44	54.26 (136)
76	Hawaii	40.30	38.23 (62)
77	SMU	40.77	47.41 (102)
78	St. John's	41.11	48.11 (106)
79	Pittsburgh	41.66	34.20 (48)
80	Catholic	41.85	46.40 (94)
81	William & Mary	42.07	30.42 (36)
82	Mississippi	42.24	40.88 (75)
83	Wisconsin	42.45	44.01 (86)
84	Illinois	42.53	36.66 (55)
85	Western State	42.86	40.91 (76)
86	Puerto Rico	43.16	50.50 (118)
87	Drexel	43.24	40.01 (67)
88	Indiana-Bloom.	43.29	37.93 (59)
89	Richmond	43.50	42.13 (79)
90	Rutgers	43.54	44.02 (87)
91	Western Michigan	43.78	54.94 (142)
92	North Carolina Central	44.25	40.42 (69)
93	Loyola-Chicago	44.39	44.39 (90)
94	Mercer	44.55	47.09 (99)
95	Faulkner	44.63	45.89 (92)
96	Appalachian	44.81	56.63 (153)
97	SUNY-Buffalo	44.87	46.80 (98)
98	Connecticut	45.11	40.30 (68)
99	South Texas	45.68	51.52 (121)
100	Elon	45.69	46.50 (95)
101	Hofstra	45.95	48.33 (107)
102	Florida Coastal	46.04	50.45 (117)
103	Seton Hall	46.20	43.31 (83)
104	New Mexico	46.22	44.79 (91)
105	Maine	46.28	53.85 (133)
106	Case Western	46.63	46.77 (97)
107	Southwestern	46.73	47.89 (103)
108	Cleveland State	46.99	47.99 (104)
109	Chicago-Kent	47.02	50.24 (113)
110	Memphis	47.07	55.66 (150)
111	South Carolina	47.30	51.67 (122)
112	Nova SE	47.49	49.96 (111)
113	San Francisco	48.72	53.64 (131)
114	Louisville	48.74	52.81 (127)
115	Brooklyn	48.83	47.19 (100)
116	Ohio Northern	49.54	38.07 (60)
117	Touro College	49.77	55.00 (144)
118	Southern Illinois	49.78	52.72 (126)
119	DePaul	50.00	48.09 (105)
120	Arkansas-Little Rock	50.44	52.92 (128)
121	Washburn	50.54	51.11 (120)
122	Cincinnati	50.62	50.51 (119)
123	Albany	50.65	52.53 (125)
124	Marquette	51.23	47.21 (101)
125	Pace	51.30	48.33 (107)
126	Miami	51.36	54.66 (139)
127	Regent	51.38	62.76 (182)
128	Denver	51.42	50.30 (115)
129	Ave Maria	51.56	54.32 (137)
130	New York Law School	51.58	50.28 (114)
131	St. Thomas (FL)	51.92	57.18 (156)
132	Stetson	52.06	50.42 (116)
133	Louisiana State	52.15	56.00 (151)
134	Cal-Western	53.00	53.66 (132)
135	Akron	53.26	49.85 (110)
136	Tulane	53.34	52.52 (124)
137	Detroit	53.68	58.56 (163)
138	Inter-American (PR)	53.76	65.35 (189)
139	Oklahoma	54.01	43.82 (84)
140	Arkansas-Fayetteville	54.44	54.05 (135)
141	Pontifical Catholic (PR)	54.64	64.94 (188)
142	Missouri-Kansas City	54.90	55.05 (146)
143	Charleston	55.10	58.45 (161)
144	Baltimore	55.13	55.08 (148)
145	Golden Gate	55.34	55.33 (149)
146	Liberty	55.41	54.76 (140)
147	Santa Clara	55.43	54.94 (142)
148	Missouri-Columbia	55.49	52.50 (123)
149	Lincoln Memorial	55.58	55.04 (145)
150	Pacific	55.88	62.76 (182)
151	Indiana-Indianapolis	55.96	62.30 (180)
152	Massachusetts	56.06	54.78 (141)
153	Widener (PA)	56.28	68.09 (195)
154	New Hampshire	56.92	61.93 (179)
155	John Marshall (IL)	56.94	56.94 (154)
156	Wyoming	56.98	54.36 (138)
157	Duquesne	57.44	57.75 (159)
158	Mitchell Hamline	57.66	59.74 (168)
159	St. Mary's	58.30	54.01 (134)
160	Northern Illinois	58.76	59.32 (166)
161	Barry	58.99	53.02 (129)
162	Gonzaga	59.22	58.55 (162)
163	Michigan State	59.23	55.05 (146)
164	Seattle	59.66	61.69 (178)
165	Kansas	59.86	57.29 (157)
166	Montana	59.91	61.35 (177)
167	Tulsa	59.97	57.49 (158)
168	Quinnipiac	60.18	57.91 (160)
169	Western New England	60.19	56.13 (152)
170	Iowa	60.32	59.47 (167)
171	Oregon	60.42	58.86 (164)
172	Kentucky	60.67	49.62 (109)
173	Lewis & Clark	60.72	60.12 (170)
174	Southern	61.64	60.71 (171)
175	Saint Louis	61.69	59.83 (169)
176	Oklahoma City	62.56	61.14 (174)
177	Campbell	62.61	61.20 (176)
178	Widener (DE)	62.69	63.98 (185)
179	Creighton	62.95	57.02 (155)
180	West Virginia	63.49	58.87 (165)
181	Loyola-New Orleans	63.73	62.46 (181)
182	South Dakota	64.00	64.40 (186)
183	Willamette	64.22	68.52 (196)
184	Vermont	64.53	72.65 (198)
185	Roger Williams	64.87	65.35 (189)
186	Northern Kentucky	65.28	68.66 (197)
187	Toledo	65.58	65.78 (191)
188	Nebraska	66.23	53.21 (130)
189	North Dakota	66.35	60.84 (172)
190	Idaho	67.47	64.73 (187)
191	Samford	67.59	66.15 (193)
192	Drake	69.13	66.03 (192)
193	St. Thomas (MN)	69.15	61.08 (173)
194	Suffolk	69.37	66.68 (194)
195	Mississippi College	70.05	63.61 (184)
196	New England	70.51	73.12 (199)
197	Capital	76.12	74.48 (200)

• Preview Of The 2022 U.S. News Law School Rankings: Acceptance Rate
• Preview Of The 2022 U.S. News Law School Rankings: UGPA
• Preview Of The 2022 U.S. News Law School Rankings: LSAT