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, law school admissions count 25% in the overall ranking. Last week, I blogged the ABA data comprising the three components of the admissions ranking:

• Acceptance Rate (2.5%)
• Median Undergraduate GPA (10%)
• Median LSAT (12.5%) (omits GRE due to lack of data)

Below are two admissions rankings. The first is a simple ranking using the above weights. The second uses Z-scores with the above weights to better approximate the U.S. News methodology.

	Law School	Acceptance Rate Rank	UPGA Rank	LSAT Rank	Weighted Ranks
1	Yale	1	1	1	1.0
2	Harvard	3	7	1	3.6
3	Stanford	2	4	4	3.8
4	Chicago	9	4	4	4.5
5	Virginia	4	3	6	4.6
6	Pennsylvania	5	4	6	5.1
7	Columbia	7	14	3	7.8
8	Washington Univ.	19	7	9	9.2
9	Northwestern	13	10	9	9.8
10	NYU	21	14	6	10.7
11	Cornell	12	9	14	11.8
12	Duke	23	19	9	14.4
13	USC	8	12	18	14.6
14	UCLA	26	22	9	15.9
15	UC-Berkeley	20	18	14	16.2
16	Michigan	6	30	9	17.1
16	Vanderbilt	25	14	18	17.1
18	Georgetown	16	24	14	18.2
19	Florida	15	11	26	18.9
20	Boston Univ.	28	19	18	19.4
21	Texas	11	30	14	20.1
22	Arizona State	29	12	26	20.7
23	Alabama	56	1	30	21.0
24	Emory	40	19	22	22.6
25	BYU	65	14	22	23.1
26	Georgia	14	24	26	24.0
27	Notre Dame	17	34	18	24.3
28	George Washington	49	30	22	27.9
29	George Mason	27	27	30	28.5
30	Minnesota	62	27	26	30.0
31	Wake Forest	10	34	34	31.6
32	Boston College	39	40	30	34.9
33	North Carolina	22	41	34	35.6
34	UC-Davis	43	37	34	36.1
35	Ohio State	54	22	49	38.7
36	Indiana-Bloom.	88	24	42	39.4
37	UC-Irvine	18	67	22	39.6
38	Utah	45	27	49	39.8
39	Fordham	31	55	30	40.1
40	Pepperdine	33	41	42	40.7
41	Texas A&M	24	30	55	41.9
42	SMU	77	34	42	42.3
43	Colorado	63	48	34	42.5
44	Washington	52	41	42	42.6
45	Florida State	35	37	49	42.8
46	Northeastern	55	48	42	45.7
47	Washington & Lee	66	58	34	46.8
48	Cardozo	70	48	42	47.2
49	Penn State-Univ. Park	69	37	55	49.2
50	Arizona	32	76	34	50.6

51	Illinois	84	55	42	51.4
52	Maryland	61	45	55	51.6
53	Wisconsin	83	67	34	52.1
54	William & Mary	81	71	34	53.5
55	UNLV	38	44	65	53.9
56	Villanova	36	58	55	54.3
57	Baylor	48	58	55	55.5
58	Wayne State	64	48	65	58.1
59	San Diego	73	48	65	59.0
60	Richmond	89	65	49	59.4
61	Temple	58	74	49	59.9
62	Tennessee	44	58	65	60.1
63	Florida Int'l	30	48	76	60.2
64	St. John's	78	65	55	61.3
65	Houston	46	74	55	61.7
66	Loyola-L.A.	57	73	55	62.4
67	Iowa	170	55	49	63.5
68	Cincinnati	122	48	76	69.4
69	American	60	91	55	69.9
70	Missouri-Columbia	148	45	76	70.8
71	Chapman	41	88	65	71.8
72	Georgia State	34	88	76	76.6
73	Pittsburgh	79	91	65	76.8
74	Kansas	165	45	86	77.5
75	Denver	128	81	65	77.7
76	Miami	126	85	65	79.1
77	Tulane	136	83	65	79.3
78	Oklahoma	139	58	86	80.1
79	Belmont	75	71	89	80.4
80	Seton Hall	103	81	76	80.7
81	Case Western	106	96	65	81.5
82	Texas Tech	67	76	89	81.6
83	Connecticut	98	85	76	81.8
84	Drexel	87	76	89	83.6
85	Louisville	114	58	102	85.6
86	Nebraska	188	58	89	86.5
87	Penn State-Dickinson	71	135	55	88.6
88	Mississippi	82	91	89	89.1
89	Chicago-Kent	109	102	76	89.7
90	Michigan State	163	76	89	91.2
91	Loyola-Chicago	93	124	65	91.4
91	Maine	105	91	89	91.4
93	Arkansas-Fayetteville	140	67	102	91.8
94	Syracuse	74	85	102	92.4
95	UC-Hastings	72	122	76	94.0
95	South Carolina	111	96	89	94.0
97	Lewis & Clark	173	100	76	95.3
98	Brooklyn	115	115	76	95.5
99	SUNY-Buffalo	97	90	102	96.7
100	New Mexico	104	96	102	99.8
101	Oregon	171	102	86	100.9
102	Kentucky	172	83	102	101.4
103	New Hampshire	154	106	89	102.3
104	Catholic	80	130	89	104.5
105	Montana	166	115	89	107.1
106	Regent	127	109	102	107.3
107	CUNY	53	109	117	107.4
108	Louisiana State	133	109	102	107.9
109	Marquette	124	96	117	109.3
110	Stetson	132	115	102	110.2
111	Saint Louis	175	109	102	112.1
112	DePaul	119	124	102	112.5
113	Drake	192	106	102	112.6
114	St. Thomas (MN)	193	91	117	114.2
115	Rutgers	90	152	89	114.3
116	Hawaii	76	122	117	114.9
117	Santa Clara	147	143	89	116.4
118	Washburn	121	135	102	117.1
119	Indiana-Indianapolis	151	109	117	117.2
119	Dayton	59	102	141	117.2
121	Howard	50	124	128	118.6
122	New York Law School	130	105	128	119.0
123	West Virginia	180	109	117	120.1
124	Seattle	164	135	102	121.4
125	Albany	123	130	117	122.8
126	Tulsa	167	138	102	122.9
127	Mercer	94	124	128	123.0
128	Duquesne	157	124	117	123.8
129	Suffolk	194	115	117	123.9
130	Hofstra	101	139	117	124.2
131	Pacific	150	130	117	125.5
132	Missouri-Kansas City	142	119	128	125.8
133	Gonzaga	162	119	128	127.8
134	Samford	191	100	141	129.6
135	Quinnipiac	168	106	141	129.7
136	Wyoming	156	130	128	131.6
136	Cleveland State	108	142	128	131.6
138	Puerto Rico	86	67	194	132.4
139	Memphis	110	146	128	133.4
140	San Francisco	113	148	128	134.5
141	Akron	135	143	128	134.7
142	South Dakota	182	76	175	136.1
143	Toledo	187	119	141	136.8
144	Baltimore	144	148	128	137.6
145	Arkansas-Little Rock	120	124	156	139.6
146	Southwestern	107	164	128	140.3
147	Campbell	177	139	141	143.8
148	Liberty	146	130	156	144.6
149	Ave Maria	129	139	156	146.5
150	Pace	125	146	156	148.9
151	Idaho	190	166	128	149.4
152	Cal-Western	134	166	141	150.3
153	Detroit	137	166	141	150.6
154	Mitchell Hamline	158	166	141	152.7
155	New England Law	196	158	141	153.3
156	Elon	100	154	164	153.6
156	South Texas	99	183	141	153.6
158	Nova SE	112	180	141	153.7
159	Creighton	179	164	141	154.0
160	Loyola-New Orleans	181	148	156	155.3
161	Southern Illinois	118	156	164	156.2
162	John Marshall (IL)	155	158	156	156.7
163	North Texas	51	189	156	158.7
164	Ohio Northern	116	163	164	158.8
165	Florida A&M	47	154	188	160.3
166	Vermont	184	180	141	160.9
167	Northern Kentucky	186	180	141	161.1
168	District of Columbia	42	190	164	162.2
169	Faulkner	95	157	182	163.3
170	St. Thomas (FL)	131	171	164	163.5
171	St. Mary's	159	177	156	164.7
172	Western State	85	186	164	164.9
173	Willamette	183	191	141	165.2
174	Massachusetts	152	158	175	165.9
175	Lincoln Memorial	149	174	164	166.5
176	Charleston	143	177	164	167.1
176	North Dakota	189	143	182	167.1
178	John Marshall (GA)	68	197	164	167.6
179	Texas Southern	37	183	182	167.9
180	Oklahoma City	176	148	188	170.8
181	Western New England	169	158	182	171.1
182	Capital	197	174	164	171.3
183	North Carolina Central	92	166	193	172.1
184	Inter-American (PR)	138	152	196	172.6
185	Florida Coastal	102	188	175	172.9
186	Golden Gate	145	193	164	173.7
187	Widener (DE)	178	172	175	174.1
188	Northern Illinois	160	177	175	174.3
189	Roger Williams	185	174	175	175.6
189	Touro College	117	191	175	175.6
191	Pontifical Cath. (PR)	141	158	197	175.8
192	Appalachian	96	183	188	176.8
193	Mississippi College	195	172	182	179.3
194	Western Michigan	91	196	188	181.5
195	Widener (PA)	153	186	188	183.7
196	Barry	161	193	182	184.3
197	Southern	174	195	194	192.4

Z-score ranking:

	Law School	Acceptance Rate Rank	UPGA Rank	LSAT Rank	Weighted Z-Scores
1	Yale	1	1	1	1.89
2	Stanford	2	4	4	1.76
3	Harvard	3	7	1	1.75
4	Virginia	4	3	6	1.73
5	Pennsylvania	5	4	6	1.71
6	Chicago	9	4	4	1.71
7	Washington Univ.	19	7	9	1.63
8	Columbia	7	14	3	1.60
9	Northwestern	13	10	9	1.58
10	Cornell	12	9	14	1.57
11	NYU	21	14	6	1.54
12	USC	8	12	18	1.50
13	Duke	23	19	9	1.47
14	UC-Berkeley	20	18	14	1.47
15	UCLA	26	22	9	1.45
16	Vanderbilt	25	14	18	1.44
17	Michigan	6	30	9	1.44
18	Alabama	56	1	30	1.43
19	Georgetown	16	24	14	1.42
20	Florida	15	11	26	1.41
21	Texas	11	30	14	1.40
22	Boston Univ.	28	19	18	1.39
23	Arizona State	29	12	26	1.35
24	Notre Dame	17	34	18	1.33
25	Georgia	14	24	26	1.31
26	BYU	65	14	22	1.30
27	Emory	40	19	22	1.30
28	George Washington	49	30	22	1.22
29	George Mason	27	27	30	1.21
30	Minnesota	62	27	26	1.18
31	Wake Forest	10	35	34	1.12
32	UC-Irvine	18	67	22	1.04
33	Boston College	39	40	30	1.01
34	North Carolina	22	41	34	1.00
35	UC-Davis	43	37	34	1.00
36	Ohio State	54	22	49	0.99
37	Indiana-Bloom.	88	24	42	0.98
38	Utah	45	27	49	0.97
39	Fordham	31	55	30	0.95
40	Texas A&M	24	30	55	0.95
41	SMU	77	35	42	0.91
42	Pepperdine	33	41	42	0.90
43	Florida State	35	37	49	0.90
44	Washington	52	41	42	0.86
45	Colorado	63	48	34	0.85
46	Washington & Lee	66	58	34	0.81
47	Northeastern	55	48	42	0.80
48	Cardozo	70	48	42	0.79
49	Penn State-Univ. Park	69	37	55	0.77
50	Arizona	32	76	34	0.75
51	Wisconsin	83	67	34	0.74
52	Illinois	84	55	42	0.74
53	William & Mary	81	71	34	0.72
54	Maryland	61	45	55	0.68
55	Villanova	36	58	55	0.67
56	UNLV	38	44	65	0.65
57	Baylor	48	58	55	0.64
58	Richmond	89	65	49	0.63
59	Temple	58	74	49	0.59
60	Wayne State	64	48	65	0.58
61	St. John's	78	65	55	0.57
62	Tennessee	44	58	65	0.56
63	Florida Int'l	30	48	76	0.56
64	San Diego	73	48	65	0.56
65	Loyola-L.A.	57	73	55	0.56
66	Iowa	170	55	49	0.55
67	Houston	46	74	55	0.53
68	American	60	91	55	0.41
69	Cincinnati	122	48	76	0.40
70	Missouri-Columbia	148	45	76	0.39
71	Chapman	41	88	65	0.37
72	Georgia State	34	88	76	0.32
73	Denver	128	81	65	0.30
74	Pittsburgh	79	91	65	0.29
75	Tulane	136	83	65	0.27
76	Kansas	165	45	86	0.27
77	Miami	126	85	65	0.26
78	Seton Hall	103	81	76	0.26
79	Oklahoma	139	58	86	0.25
80	Case Western	106	96	65	0.24
81	Connecticut	98	85	76	0.23
82	Belmont	75	71	89	0.21
83	Penn State-Dickinson	71	135	55	0.18
84	Texas Tech	67	76	89	0.16
85	Chicago-Kent	109	102	76	0.13
86	Drexel	87	76	89	0.11
87	Louisville	114	58	102	0.11
88	Loyola-Chicago	93	124	65	0.10
89	Nebraska	188	58	89	0.08
90	UC-Hastings	72	122	76	0.08
91	Lewis & Clark	173	100	76	0.05
92	Brooklyn	115	115	76	0.04
93	Arkansas-Fayetteville	140	67	102	0.04
94	Mississippi	82	91	89	0.03
95	Michigan State	163	76	89	0.01
96	Maine	105	91	89	0.01
97	Syracuse	74	85	102	0.00
98	South Carolina	111	96	89	-0.02
99	SUNY-Buffalo	97	88	102	-0.06
100	Oregon	171	102	86	-0.06
101	New Mexico	104	96	102	-0.10
102	Kentucky	172	83	102	-0.13
103	New Hampshire	154	106	89	-0.15
104	Catholic	80	130	89	-0.16
105	CUNY	53	109	117	-0.20
106	Montana	166	115	89	-0.21
107	Marquette	124	96	117	-0.22
108	Regent	127	109	102	-0.22
109	Louisiana State	133	109	102	-0.23
110	Stetson	132	115	102	-0.25
111	DePaul	119	124	102	-0.29
112	Hawaii	76	122	117	-0.29
113	Saint Louis	175	109	102	-0.29
114	Washburn	121	135	102	-0.32
115	St. Thomas (MN)	193	91	117	-0.33
116	Drake	192	106	102	-0.33
117	Rutgers	90	152	89	-0.33
118	Dayton	59	102	141	-0.34
119	Indiana-Indianapolis	151	109	117	-0.34
120	Santa Clara	147	143	89	-0.36
121	Howard	50	124	128	-0.36
122	New York Law School	130	105	128	-0.37
123	Seattle	164	135	102	-0.39
124	West Virginia	180	109	117	-0.39
125	Albany	123	130	117	-0.40
126	Tulsa	167	138	102	-0.41
127	Hofstra	101	139	117	-0.42
128	Duquesne	157	124	117	-0.42
129	Mercer	94	124	128	-0.43
130	Pacific	150	130	117	-0.43
131	Suffolk	194	115	117	-0.45
132	Missouri-Kansas City	142	119	128	-0.46
133	Gonzaga	162	119	128	-0.49
134	Wyoming	156	130	128	-0.53
135	Samford	191	100	141	-0.54
136	Quinnipiac	168	106	141	-0.54
137	Cleveland State	108	142	128	-0.55
138	Memphis	110	146	128	-0.59
139	Akron	135	143	128	-0.61
140	San Francisco	113	148	128	-0.62
141	Toledo	187	119	141	-0.63
142	Arkansas-Little Rock	120	124	156	-0.65
143	Baltimore	144	148	128	-0.66
144	South Dakota	182	76	175	-0.66
145	Liberty	146	130	156	-0.70
146	Campbell	177	139	141	-0.72
147	Southwestern	107	164	128	-0.73
148	Ave Maria	129	139	156	-0.73
149	Pace	125	146	156	-0.80
150	Puerto Rico	86	67	194	-0.82
151	Cal-Western	134	166	141	-0.88
152	Idaho	190	166	128	-0.88
153	Detroit	137	166	141	-0.89
154	Loyola-New Orleans	181	148	156	-0.90
155	Mitchell Hamline	158	166	141	-0.91
156	Elon	100	154	164	-0.92
157	Creighton	179	164	141	-0.93
158	Nova SE	112	180	141	-0.93
159	John Marshall (IL)	155	158	156	-0.94
160	New England Law	196	158	141	-0.95
161	South Texas	99	183	141	-0.96
162	Southern Illinois	118	156	164	-0.96
163	Ohio Northern	116	163	164	-1.02
164	Vermont	184	180	141	-1.05
165	Northern Kentucky	186	180	141	-1.05
166	St. Mary's	159	177	156	-1.08
167	St. Thomas (FL)	131	171	164	-1.08
168	Florida A&M	47	154	188	-1.09
169	North Texas	51	189	156	-1.09
170	Faulkner	95	157	182	-1.11
171	Massachusetts	152	158	175	-1.12
172	Lincoln Memorial	149	174	164	-1.14
173	North Dakota	189	143	182	-1.15
174	Charleston	143	177	164	-1.16
175	Western State	85	186	164	-1.18
176	District of Columbia	42	190	164	-1.20
177	Texas Southern	37	183	182	-1.21
178	Western New England	169	158	182	-1.23
179	Oklahoma City	176	148	188	-1.25
180	Widener (DE)	178	172	175	-1.26
181	Willamette	183	191	141	-1.26
182	Northern Illinois	160	177	175	-1.27
183	Capital	197	174	164	-1.28
184	Roger Williams	185	174	175	-1.29
185	Florida Coastal	102	188	175	-1.32
186	Mississippi College	195	172	182	-1.39
187	Appalachian	96	183	188	-1.40
188	North Carolina Central	92	166	193	-1.42
189	Touro College	117	191	175	-1.44
190	Golden Gate	145	193	164	-1.48
191	John Marshall (GA)	68	197	164	-1.52
192	Widener (PA)	153	186	188	-1.53
193	Barry	161	193	182	-1.67
194	Inter-American (PR)	138	152	196	-1.69
195	Western Michigan	91	196	188	-1.80
196	Pontifical Cath. (PR)	141	158	197	-1.88
197	Southern	174	195	194	-2.06

For more on the U.S. News methodology, see Theodore P. Seto (Loyola-L.A.), Understanding the U.S. News Law School Rankings, 60 SMU L. Rev. 493, 506 (2007). For the Z-scores used to calculate this ranking, see here.