Thursday, January 21, 2021
Preview Of The 2022 U.S. News Law School Rankings: UGPA
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 median undergraduate GPA counts 10% in the overall ranking. Here are the rankings by median UGPA from ABA data:
| Rank | School | 2020 UGPA | 2019 UGPA |
| 1 | Alabama | 3.94 | 3.91 (2) |
| 1 | Yale | 3.94 | 3.93 (1) |
| 3 | Virginia | 3.90 | 3.90 (4) |
| 4 | Chicago | 3.89 | 3.90 (4) |
| 4 | Pennsylvania | 3.89 | 3.89 (6) |
| 4 | Stanford | 3.89 | 3.91 (2) |
| 7 | Harvard | 3.88 | 3.89 (6) |
| 7 | Washington Univ. | 3.88 | 3.83 (9) |
| 9 | Cornell | 3.86 | 3.81 (11) |
| 10 | Northwestern | 3.85 | 3.85 (8) |
| 11 | Florida | 3.84 | 3.80 (15) |
| 12 | Arizona State | 3.83 | 3.81 (11) |
| 12 | USC | 3.83 | 3.80 (15) |
| 14 | BYU | 3.82 | 3.82 (10) |
| 14 | Columbia | 3.82 | 3.80 (15) |
| 14 | NYU | 3.82 | 3.80 (15) |
| 14 | Vanderbilt | 3.82 | 3.80 (15) |
| 18 | UC-Berkeley | 3.81 | 3.81 (11) |
| 19 | Boston Univ. | 3.80 | 3.78 (23) |
| 19 | Duke | 3.80 | 3.78 (23) |
| 19 | Emory | 3.80 | 3.80 (15) |
| 22 | Ohio State | 3.79 | 3.76 (26) |
| 22 | UCLA | 3.79 | 3.79 (21) |
| 24 | Georgetown | 3.78 | 3.78 (23) |
| 24 | Georgia | 3.78 | 3.73 (31) |
| 24 | Indiana-Bloom. | 3.78 | 3.79 (22) |
| 27 | George Mason | 3.77 | 3.75 (28) |
| 27 | Minnesota | 3.77 | 3.75 (28) |
| 27 | Utah | 3.77 | 3.60 (67) |
| 30 | George Washington | 3.76 | 3.73 (31) |
| 30 | Michigan | 3.76 | 3.81 (11) |
| 30 | Texas A&M | 3.76 | 3.62 (60) |
| 30 | Texas | 3.76 | 3.72 (35) |
| 34 | Notre Dame | 3.75 | 3.74 (30) |
| 34 | SMU | 3.73 | 3.70 (36) |
| 34 | Wake Forest | 3.73 | 3.68 (39) |
| 37 | Florida State | 3.72 | 3.73 (31) |
| 37 | Penn State-Univ. Park | 3.72 | 3.65 (43) |
| 37 | UC-Davis | 3.72 | 3.61 (63) |
| 40 | Boston College | 3.69 | 3.64 (48) |
| 41 | North Carolina | 3.68 | 3.63 (54) |
| 41 | Pepperdine | 3.68 | 3.66 (41) |
| 41 | Washington | 3.68 | 3.68 (39) |
| 44 | UNLV | 3.67 | 3.69 (38) |
| 45 | Kansas | 3.66 | 3.65 (43) |
| 45 | Maryland | 3.66 | 3.66 (41) |
| 45 | Missouri-Columbia | 3.66 | 3.64 (48) |
| 48 | Cardozo | 3.65 | 3.60 (67) |
| 48 | Cincinnati | 3.65 | 3.64 (48) |
| 48 | Colorado | 3.65 | 3.61 (63) |
| 48 | Florida Int'l | 3.65 | 3.61 (63) |
| 48 | Northeastern | 3.65 | 3.63 (54) |
| 48 | San Diego | 3.65 | 3.57 (74) |
| 48 | Wayne State | 3.65 | 3.56 (76) |
| 55 | Fordham | 3.64 | 3.64 (48) |
| 55 | Illinois | 3.64 | 3.70 (36) |
| 55 | Iowa | 3.64 | 3.64 (48) |
| 58 | Baylor | 3.63 | 3.60 (67) |
| 58 | Louisville | 3.63 | 3.46 (98) |
| 58 | Nebraska | 3.63 | 3.73 (31) |
| 58 | Oklahoma | 3.63 | 3.63 (54) |
| 58 | Tennessee | 3.63 | 3.65 (43) |
| 58 | Villanova | 3.63 | 3.60 (67) |
| 58 | Washington & Lee | 3.63 | 3.64 (48) |
| 65 | Richmond | 3.62 | 3.60 (67) |
| 65 | St. John's | 3.62 | 3.62 (60) |
| 67 | Arkansas-Fayetteville | 3.61 | 3.50 (82) |
| 67 | Puerto Rico | 3.61 | 3.63 (54) |
| 67 | UC-Irvine | 3.61 | 3.59 (72) |
| 67 | Wisconsin | 3.61 | 3.65 (43) |
| 71 | Belmont | 3.60 | 3.63 (54) |
| 71 | William & Mary | 3.60 | 3.76 (26) |
| 73 | Loyola-L.A. | 3.59 | 3.57 (74) |
| 74 | Houston | 3.57 | 3.61 (63) |
| 74 | Temple | 3.57 | 3.56 (76) |
| 76 | Arizona | 3.56 | 3.65 (43) |
| 76 | Drexel | 3.56 | 3.47 (96) |
| 76 | Michigan State | 3.56 | 3.58 (73) |
| 76 | South Dakota | 3.56 | 3.44 (108) |
| 76 | Texas Tech | 3.56 | 3.42 (116) |
| 81 | Denver | 3.55 | 3.49 (86) |
| 81 | Seton Hall | 3.55 | 3.50 (82) |
| 83 | Kentucky | 3.54 | 3.62 (60) |
| 83 | Tulane | 3.54 | 3.50 (82) |
| 85 | Connecticut | 3.53 | 3.49 (86) |
| 85 | Miami | 3.53 | 3.44 (108) |
| 85 | Syracuse | 3.53 | 3.33 (140) |
| 88 | Chapman | 3.52 | 3.49 (86) |
| 88 | Georgia State | 3.52 | 3.51 (79) |
| 90 | SUNY-Buffalo | 3.52 | 3.49 (86) |
| 91 | American | 3.51 | 3.50 (82) |
| 91 | Maine | 3.51 | 3.48 (92) |
| 91 | Mississippi | 3.51 | 3.48 (92) |
| 91 | Pittsburgh | 3.51 | 3.49 (86) |
| 91 | St. Thomas (MN) | 3.51 | 3.51 (79) |
| 96 | Case Western | 3.50 | 3.63 (54) |
| 96 | Marquette | 3.50 | 3.44 (108) |
| 96 | New Mexico | 3.50 | 3.47 (96) |
| 96 | South Carolina | 3.50 | 3.43 (114) |
| 100 | Lewis & Clark | 3.49 | 3.46 (98) |
| 100 | Samford | 3.49 | 3.48 (92) |
| 102 | Chicago-Kent | 3.48 | 3.49 (86) |
| 102 | Dayton | 3.48 | 3.38 (128) |
| 102 | Oregon | 3.48 | 3.51 (79) |
| 105 | New York Law School | 3.47 | 3.35 (136) |
| 106 | Drake | 3.46 | 3.44 (108) |
| 106 | New Hampshire | 3.46 | 3.45 (101) |
| 106 | Quinnipiac | 3.46 | 3.46 (98) |
| 109 | CUNY | 3.45 | 3.36 (134) |
| 109 | Indiana-Indianapolis | 3.45 | 3.44 (108) |
| 109 | Louisiana State | 3.45 | 3.48 (92) |
| 109 | Regent | 3.45 | 3.45 (101) |
| 109 | Saint Louis | 3.45 | 3.45 (101) |
| 109 | West Virginia | 3.45 | 3.45 (101) |
| 115 | Brooklyn | 3.44 | 3.44 (108) |
| 115 | Montana | 3.44 | 3.40 (123) |
| 115 | Stetson | 3.44 | 3.30 (149) |
| 115 | Suffolk | 3.44 | 3.33 (140) |
| 119 | Gonzaga | 3.43 | 3.41 (119) |
| 119 | Missouri-Kansas City | 3.43 | 3.41 (119) |
| 119 | Toledo | 3.43 | 3.31 (147) |
| 122 | Hawaii | 3.42 | 3.45 (101) |
| 122 | UC-Hastings | 3.42 | 3.45 (101) |
| 124 | Arkansas-Little Rock | 3.41 | 3.35 (136) |
| 124 | DePaul | 3.41 | 3.39 (127) |
| 124 | Duquesne | 3.41 | 3.40 (123) |
| 124 | Howard | 3.41 | 3.33 (140) |
| 124 | Loyola-Chicago | 3.41 | 3.40 (123) |
| 124 | Mercer | 3.41 | 3.37 (129) |
| 130 | Albany | 3.40 | 3.37 (129) |
| 130 | Catholic | 3.40 | 3.42 (116) |
| 130 | Liberty | 3.40 | 3.37 (129) |
| 130 | Pacific | 3.40 | 3.35 (136) |
| 130 | Wyoming | 3.40 | 3.32 (145) |
| 135 | Penn State-Dickinson | 3.39 | 3.40 (123) |
| 135 | Seattle | 3.39 | 3.37 (129) |
| 135 | Washburn | 3.39 | 3.41 (119) |
| 138 | Tulsa | 3.38 | 3.42 (116) |
| 139 | Ave Maria | 3.37 | 3.21 (173) |
| 139 | Campbell | 3.37 | 3.33 (140) |
| 139 | Hofstra | 3.37 | 3.53 (78) |
| 142 | Cleveland State | 3.35 | 3.43 (114) |
| 143 | Akron | 3.34 | 3.45 (101) |
| 143 | North Dakota | 3.34 | 3.30 (149) |
| 143 | Santa Clara | 3.34 | 3.33 (140) |
| 146 | Memphis | 3.33 | 3.32 (145) |
| 146 | Pace | 3.33 | 3.28 (155) |
| 148 | Baltimore | 3.32 | 3.19 (177) |
| 148 | Loyola-New Orleans | 3.32 | 3.30 (149) |
| 148 | Oklahoma City | 3.32 | 3.29 (153) |
| 148 | San Francisco | 3.32 | 3.29 (153) |
| 152 | Inter-American (PR) | 3.31 | 3.35 (136) |
| 152 | Rutgers | 3.31 | 3.41 (119) |
| 154 | Elon | 3.30 | 3.20 (176) |
| 154 | Florida A&M | 3.30 | 3.10 (189) |
| 156 | Southern Illinois | 3.29 | 3.22 (168) |
| 157 | Faulkner | 3.28 | 3.08 (192) |
| 158 | John Marshall (IL) | 3.27 | 3.22 (168) |
| 158 | New England Law | 3.27 | 3.25 (160) |
| 158 | Pontifical Catholic (PR) | 3.27 | 3.37 (129) |
| 158 | Massachusetts | 3.27 | 3.22 (168) |
| 158 | Western New England | 3.27 | 3.36 (134) |
| 163 | Ohio Northern | 3.26 | 3.31 (147) |
| 164 | Creighton | 3.25 | 3.19 (177) |
| 164 | Southwestern | 3.25 | 3.30 (149) |
| 166 | Cal-Western | 3.24 | 3.26 (159) |
| 166 | Detroit | 3.24 | 3.24 (162) |
| 166 | Idaho | 3.24 | 3.28 (155) |
| 166 | Mitchell Hamline | 3.24 | 3.23 (167) |
| 166 | North Carolina Central | 3.24 | 3.24 (162) |
| 171 | St. Thomas (FL) | 3.23 | 3.25 (160) |
| 172 | Mississippi College | 3.22 | 3.19 (177) |
| 172 | Widener (DE) | 3.22 | 3.21 (173) |
| 174 | Capital | 3.21 | 3.22 (168) |
| 174 | Lincoln Memorial | 3.21 | 3.24 (162) |
| 174 | Roger Williams | 3.21 | 3.21 (173) |
| 177 | Charleston | 3.20 | 3.12 (188) |
| 177 | Northern Illinois | 3.20 | 3.28 (155) |
| 177 | St. Mary's | 3.20 | 3.24 (162) |
| 180 | Northern Kentucky | 3.19 | 3.28 (155) |
| 180 | Nova SE | 3.19 | 3.16 (182) |
| 180 | Vermont | 3.19 | 3.24 (162) |
| 183 | Appalachian | 3.17 | 3.13 (186) |
| 183 | South Texas | 3.17 | 3.15 (184) |
| 183 | Texas Southern | 3.17 | 3.07 (194) |
| 186 | Western State | 3.14 | 3.17 (181) |
| 186 | Widener (PA) | 3.14 | 3.10 (189) |
| 188 | Florida Coastal | 3.12 | 2.94 (199) |
| 189 | North Texas | 3.10 | 3.19 (177) |
| 190 | District of Columbia | 3.09 | 3.08 (192) |
| 191 | Touro College | 3.07 | 3.10 (189) |
| 191 | Willamette | 3.07 | 3.16 (182) |
| 193 | Barry | 3.02 | 3.07 (194) |
| 193 | Golden Gate | 3.02 | 3.14 (185) |
| 195 | Southern | 2.98 | 2.99 (196) |
| 196 | Western Michigan | 2.94 | 2.95 (198) |
| 197 | John Marshall (GA) | 2.93 | 3.13 (186) |
- 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
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