Law School Rankings By Fall 2021 Median LSAT Scores

Following up on yesterday's release by the ABA of Fall 2021 admissions data: this is the first of three posts on the impact of that data on the forthcoming 2023 U.S. News Law School Rankings (the 2022 rankings are here). In the current methodology, a law school's median LSAT and GRE scores count 11.25% in the overall ranking. Because the ABA only reports GRE scores for law schools with 10 or more admitted students with GRE scores, the rankings below are based solely on median LSAT scores:

Rank	School	2021 LSAT	2020 LSAT
1	Columbia	174	172 (3)
1	Harvard	174	173 (1)
1	Yale	174	173 (1)
4	Chicago	172	171 (4)
4	NYU	172	170 (6)
4	Stanford	172	171 (4)
7	Cornell	171	168 (14)
7	Georgetown	171	168 (14)
7	Michigan	171	169 (9)
7	Northwestern	171	169 (9)
7	Penn	171	170 (6)
7	Virginia	171	170 (6)
13	Duke	170	169 (9)
13	UCLA	170	169 (9)
13	Washington University	170	169 (9)
16	Boston University	169	167 (18)
16	Texas	169	168 (14)
16	UC-Berkeley	169	168 (14)
16	Vanderbilt	169	167 (18)
20	Notre Dame	168	167 (18)
20	USC	168	167 (18)
22	BYU	167	166 (22)
22	Emory	167	166 (22)
22	Florida	167	165 (26)
22	George Washington	167	166 (22)
22	UC-Irvine	167	166 (22)
27	Arizona State	166	165 (26)
27	Fordham	166	164 (30)
27	Georgia	166	165 (26)
27	Minnesota	166	165 (26)
31	Alabama	165	164 (30)
31	Boston College	165	164 (30)
31	UC-Davis	165	163 (34)
34	Cardozo	164	162 (42)
34	Colorado	164	163 (34)
34	George Mason	164	164 (30)
34	Illinois	164	162 (42)
34	Indiana (Maurer)	164	162 (42)
34	North Carolina	164	163 (34)
34	Pepperdine	164	162 (42)
34	University of Washington	164	162 (42)
34	Washington & Lee	164	163 (34)
34	William & Mary	164	163 (34)
34	Wisconsin	164	163 (34)
45	University of Arizona	163	163 (34)
45	Florida State	163	161 (49)
45	Iowa	163	161 (49)
45	Ohio State	163	161 (49)
45	SMU	163	162 (42)
45	Temple	163	161 (49)
45	Texas A&M	163	160 (55)
45	Utah	163	161 (49)
45	Wake Forest	163	163 (34)

54	Baylor	162	160 (55)
54	Lewis & Clark	162	158 (76)
54	Northeastern	162	162 (42)
54	Penn State-University Park	162	160 (55)
54	Richmond	162	161 (49)
54	St. John's	162	160 (55)
54	Villanova	162	160 (55)
61	American	161	160 (55)
61	Houston	161	160 (55)
61	Loyola-L.A.	161	160 (55)
61	Maryland	161	160 (55)
61	Penn State-Dickinson	161	160 (55)
61	San Diego	161	159 (65)
61	Tulane	161	159 (65)
61	Wayne State	161	159 (65)
69	Case Western	160	159 (65)
69	Chapman	160	159 (65)
69	Denver	160	159 (65)
69	Florida Int'l	160	158 (76)
69	Georgia State	160	158 (76)
69	Miami	160	159 (65)
69	Pittsburgh	160	159 (65)
69	Seton Hall	160	158 (76)
69	Tennessee	160	159 (65)
69	UC-Hastings	160	158 (76)
69	UNLV	160	159 (65)
80	Brooklyn	159	158 (76)
80	Chicago-Kent	159	158 (76)
80	Connecticut	159	158 (76)
80	Loyola-Chicago	159	159 (65)
80	Missouri-Columbia	159	158 (76)
80	Oregon	159	157 (86)
86	Belmont	158	156 (89)
86	Catholic	158	156 (89)
86	Cincinnati	158	158 (76)
86	Drexel	158	156 (89)
86	Kansas	158	157 (86)
86	Maine	158	156 (89)
86	Nebraska	158	156 (89)
86	New Hampshire	158	156 (89)
86	Oklahoma	158	157 (86)
86	South Carolina	158	156 (89)
96	Kentucky	157	155 (102)
96	Rutgers	157	156 (89)
96	Santa Clara	157	156 (89)
96	Seattle	157	155 (102)
96	Stetson	157	155 (102)
96	Syracuse	157	155 (102)
96	Texas Tech	157	156 (89)
103	Arkansas-Fayetteville	156	155 (102)
103	DePaul	156	155 (102)
103	Hawaii	156	154 (117)
103	Hofstra	156	154 (117)
103	Louisiana State	156	155 (102)
103	Louisville	156	155 (102)
103	Mercer	156	153 (128)
103	Michigan State	156	156 (89)
103	Mississippi	156	156 (89)
103	Montana	156	156 (89)
103	New Mexico	156	155 (102)
103	Regent	156	155 (102)
103	St. Louis	156	155 (102)
103	SUNY-Buffalo	156	155 (102)
117	Cleveland State	155	153 (128)
117	CUNY	155	154 (117)
117	Drake	155	155 (102)
117	Duquesne	155	154 (117)
117	Indiana (McKinney)	155	154 (117)
117	Marquette	155	154 (117)
117	New York Law School	155	153 (128)
117	Pacific	155	154 (117)
117	San Francisco	155	153 (128)
117	St. Thomas (MN)	155	154 (117)
117	Washburn	155	155 (102)
128	Albany	154	154 (117)
128	Baltimore	154	153 (128)
128	Campbell	154	152 (141)
128	Detroit	154	152 (141)
128	Gonzaga	154	153 (128)
128	Howard	154	153 (128)
128	Memphis	154	153 (128)
128	Missouri-Kansas City	154	153 (128)
128	New England Law	154	152 (141)
128	Samford	154	152 (141)
128	South Texas	154	152 (141)
128	Southwestern	154	153 (128)
128	Suffolk	154	154 (117)
128	Tulsa	154	155 (102)
128	Vermont	154	152 (141)
128	West Virginia	154	154 (117)
128	Willamette	154	152 (141)
128	Wyoming	154	153 (128)
146	Akron	153	153 (128)
146	Cal-Western	153	152 (141)
146	Creighton	153	152 (141)
146	Dayton	153	152 (141)
146	Idaho	153	153 (128)
146	Liberty	153	151 (156)
146	Loyola-New Orleans	153	151 (156)
146	Mitchell | Hamline	153	152 (141)
146	Northern Kentucky	153	152 (141)
146	Nova SE	153	152 (141)
146	St. Mary's	153	151 (156)
157	Arkansas-Little Rock	152	151 (156)
157	Elon	152	150 (164)
157	John Marshall (IL)	152	151 (156)
157	Pace	152	151 (156)
157	Quinnipiac	152	152 (141)
157	St. Thomas (FL)	152	150 (164)
157	Toledo	152	152 (141)
164	Ave Maria	151	151 (156)
164	Capital	151	150 (164)
164	Charleston	151	150 (164)
164	Golden Gate	151	150 (164)
164	John Marshall (GA)	151	150 (164)
164	North Texas	151	151 (156)
164	Texas Southern	151	148 (182)
171	Faulkner	150	148 (182)
171	Lincoln Memorial	150	150 (164)
171	Massachusetts	150	149 (175)
171	Mississippi College	150	148 (182)
171	North Dakota	150	148 (182)
171	Ohio Northern	150	150 (164)
171	Roger Williams	150	149 (175)
171	South Dakota	150	149 (175)
171	Touro	150	149 (175)
171	Western New England	150	148 (182)
171	Western State	150	150 (164)
171	Widener (DE)	150	149 (175)
183	Barry	149	148 (182)
183	District of Columbia	149	150 (164)
183	Florida A&M	149	147 (188)
183	Oklahoma City	149	147 (188)
183	Puerto Rico	149	144 (194)
183	Southern Illinois	149	150 (164)
189	Northern Illinois	148	149 (175)
189	Western Michigan	148	147 (188)
189	Widener (PA)	148	147 (188)
192	Appalachian	147	147 (188)
192	North Carolina Central	147	145 (193)
194	Southern	146	144 (194)
195	Inter-American (PR)	142	139 (196)
196	Pontifical Catholic (PR)	135	135 (197)

Update:  ABA Journal, Which Law Schools Have the Highest and Lowest Median LSAT Scores?

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