Law School Rankings By Fall 2021 Median UGPAs

Following up on Wednesday's release by the ABA of Fall 2021 admissions data: this is the second 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 UGPA counts 8.75% in the overall ranking. 

Rank	School	2021 UGPA	2020 UGPA
1	Alabama	3.94	3.94 (1)
1	Yale	3.94	3.94 (1)
3	Washington University	3.93	3.88 (7)
4	Harvard	3.92	3.88 (7)
5	Chicago	3.91	3.89 (4)
5	Stanford	3.91	3.89 (4)
5	Virginia	3.91	3.90 (3)
8	Penn	3.90	3.89 (4)
9	Vanderbilt	3.89	3.82 (14)
10	Cornell	3.86	3.86 (9)
10	Florida	3.86	3.84 (11)
10	Northwestern	3.86	3.85 (10)
10	NYU	3.86	3.82 (14)
14	Arizona State	3.85	3.83 (12)
14	BYU	3.85	3.82 (14)
14	Georgetown	3.85	3.78 (24)
17	Columbia	3.84	3.82 (14)
17	Michigan	3.84	3.76 (30)
17	Texas A&M	3.84	3.76 (30)
20	George Washington	3.83	3.76 (30)
20	UC-Berkeley	3.83	3.81 (18)
22	Duke	3.82	3.80 (19)
22	Florida State	3.82	3.72 (37)
22	Georgia	3.82	3.78 (24)
22	UCLA	3.82	3.79 (22)
22	USC	3.82	3.83 (12)
22	Utah	3.82	3.77 (27)
28	George Mason	3.81	3.77 (27)
29	Emory	3.80	3.80 (19)
29	Minnesota	3.80	3.77 (27)
29	Pepperdine	3.80	3.68 (41)
29	Texas	3.80	3.76 (30)
33	Ohio State	3.79	3.79 (22)
34	William & Mary	3.78	3.60 (71)
35	Boston University	3.77	3.80 (19)
35	Indiana (Maurer)	3.77	3.78 (24)
35	Notre Dame	3.77	3.75 (34)
38	Penn State-University Park	3.76	3.72 (37)
38	SMU	3.76	3.73 (34)
40	Puerto Rico	3.75	3.61 (67)
40	Wayne State	3.75	3.65 (48)
42	Cardozo	3.74	3.65 (48)
43	North Carolina	3.73	3.68 (41)
44	Belmont	3.71	3.60 (71)
45	Cincinnati	3.70	3.65 (48)
45	Fordham	3.70	3.64 (55)
45	Maryland	3.70	3.66 (45)
45	Richmond	3.70	3.62 (65)
45	San Diego	3.70	3.65 (48)
45	UC-Davis	3.70	3.72 (37)
45	UNLV	3.70	3.67 (44)
45	Villanova	3.70	3.63 (58)

53	Boston College	3.69	3.69 (40)
53	Florida Int'l	3.69	3.65 (48)
53	Iowa	3.69	3.64 (55)
53	Kansas	3.69	3.66 (45)
53	Missouri-Columbia	3.69	3.66 (45)
53	UC-Irvine	3.69	3.61 (67)
59	Wake Forest	3.68	3.73 (34)
60	Tennessee	3.67	3.63 (58)
60	University of Washington	3.67	3.68 (41)
62	University of Arizona	3.66	3.56 (76)
62	Illinois	3.66	3.64 (55)
62	Northeastern	3.66	3.65 (48)
65	Wisconsin	3.65	3.61 (67)
66	Baylor	3.64	3.63 (58)
66	Houston	3.64	3.57 (74)
66	Loyola-L.A.	3.64	3.59 (73)
66	Nebraska	3.64	3.63 (58)
66	Regent	3.64	3.45 (109)
71	Denver	3.63	3.55 (81)
71	Miami	3.63	3.53 (85)
73	Kentucky	3.62	3.54 (83)
73	St. John's	3.62	3.62 (65)
75	Case Western	3.61	3.50 (96)
75	Colorado	3.61	3.65 (48)
75	New Mexico	3.61	3.50 (96)
75	Washington & Lee	3.61	3.63 (58)
79	Chapman	3.60	3.52 (88)
79	Temple	3.60	3.57 (74)
79	Tulane	3.60	3.54 (83)
82	Arkansas-Fayetteville	3.59	3.61 (67)
82	Drexel	3.59	3.56 (76)
82	Michigan State	3.59	3.56 (76)
82	Oklahoma	3.59	3.63 (58)
86	Seton Hall	3.58	3.55 (81)
86	SUNY-Buffalo	3.58	3.52 (90)
88	American	3.57	3.51 (91)
88	DePaul	3.57	3.41 (124)
88	Maine	3.57	3.51 (91)
91	Chicago-Kent	3.56	3.48 (102)
91	Indiana (McKinney)	3.56	3.45 (109)
91	Louisiana State	3.56	3.45 (109)
91	Louisville	3.56	3.63 (58)
91	Marquette	3.56	3.50 (96)
91	Mississippi	3.56	3.51 (91)
91	Texas Tech	3.56	3.56 (76)
91	West Virginia	3.56	3.45 (109)
99	Georgia State	3.55	3.52 (88)
100	Connecticut	3.54	3.53 (85)
100	Hawaii	3.54	3.42 (122)
100	Lewis & Clark	3.54	3.49 (100)
100	Oregon	3.54	3.48 (102)
100	Penn State-Dickinson	3.54	3.39 (135)
100	Samford	3.54	3.49 (100)
106	Dayton	3.53	3.48 (102)
106	South Carolina	3.53	3.50 (96)
106	Washburn	3.53	3.39 (135)
109	UC-Hastings	3.52	3.42 (122)
110	Gonzaga	3.51	3.43 (119)
110	Mercer	3.51	3.41 (124)
110	Pittsburgh	3.51	3.51 (91)
110	Syracuse	3.51	3.53 (85)
114	Brooklyn	3.50	3.44 (115)
114	Catholic	3.50	3.40 (130)
114	Drake	3.50	3.46 (106)
114	Montana	3.50	3.44 (115)
114	New Hampshire	3.50	3.46 (106)
114	St. Louis	3.50	3.45 (109)
120	Howard	3.49	3.41 (124)
120	New York Law School	3.49	3.47 (105)
122	Cleveland State	3.48	3.35 (142)
122	Hofstra	3.48	3.37 (139)
122	Liberty	3.48	3.40 (130)
122	Missouri-Kansas City	3.48	3.43 (119)
122	St. Thomas (MN)	3.48	3.51 (91)
122	Suffolk	3.48	3.44 (115)
128	Western New England	3.47	3.27 (158)
129	CUNY	3.46	3.45 (109)
129	Loyola-Chicago	3.46	3.41 (124)
129	Quinnipiac	3.46	3.46 (106)
132	Stetson	3.45	3.44 (115)
133	Pacific	3.44	3.40 (130)
133	South Dakota	3.44	3.56 (76)
135	Arkansas-Little Rock	3.43	3.41 (124)
135	Duquesne	3.43	3.41 (124)
135	Lincoln Memorial	3.43	3.21 (174)
135	Ohio Northern	3.43	3.26 (163)
139	Albany	3.42	3.40 (130)
139	Florida A&M	3.42	3.30 (154)
139	Santa Clara	3.42	3.34 (143)
139	Toledo	3.42	3.43 (119)
143	Campbell	3.40	3.37 (139)
143	Pace	3.40	3.33 (146)
143	Vermont	3.40	3.19 (180)
146	Akron	3.39	3.34 (143)
146	Creighton	3.39	3.25 (164)
146	North Dakota	3.39	3.34 (143)
146	Rutgers	3.39	3.31 (152)
150	Tulsa	3.38	3.38 (138)
151	Inter-American (PR)	3.37	3.31 (152)
151	Northern Kentucky	3.37	3.19 (180)
153	Massachusetts	3.36	3.27 (158)
153	Memphis	3.36	3.33 (146)
153	Seattle	3.36	3.39 (135)
153	Southern Illinois	3.36	3.29 (156)
153	St. Mary's	3.36	3.20 (177)
158	Loyola-New Orleans	3.35	3.32 (148)
159	Baltimore	3.34	3.32 (148)
160	San Francisco	3.33	3.32 (148)
161	Charleston	3.32	3.20 (177)
161	Detroit	3.32	3.24 (166)
161	St. Thomas (FL)	3.32	3.23 (171)
161	Texas Southern	3.32	3.17 (183)
161	Willamette	3.32	3.07 (191)
161	Wyoming	3.32	3.40 (130)
167	Elon	3.31	3.30 (154)
167	John Marshall (IL)	3.31	3.27 (158)
167	Southwestern	3.31	3.25 (164)
170	Capital	3.30	3.21 (174)
170	Oklahoma City	3.30	3.32 (148)
172	Mitchell | Hamline	3.29	3.24 (166)
173	New England Law	3.28	3.27 (158)
174	Appalachian	3.27	3.17 (183)
174	North Carolina Central	3.27	3.24 (166)
176	Cal-Western	3.26	3.24 (166)
176	Idaho	3.26	3.24 (166)
176	Nova SE	3.26	3.19 (180)
179	Mississippi College	3.24	3.22 (172)
180	Faulkner	3.23	3.28 (157)
181	South Texas	3.22	3.17 (183)
182	Northern Illinois	3.20	3.20 (177)
182	Widener (PA)	3.20	3.14 (186)
184	Widener (DE)	3.19	3.22 (172)
185	Ave Maria	3.17	3.37 (139)
185	Roger Williams	3.17	3.21 (174)
187	Barry	3.15	3.02 (193)
187	Touro	3.15	3.07 (191)
189	North Texas	3.14	3.10 (189)
190	Golden Gate	3.13	3.02 (193)
190	John Marshall (GA)	3.13	2.93 (197)
190	Pontifical Catholic (PR)	3.13	3.27 (158)
193	Western State	3.11	3.14 (186)
194	District of Columbia	3.08	3.09 (190)
195	Southern	3.03	2.98 (195)
196	Western Michigan	2.99	2.94 (196)

• Law School Rankings By Fall 2021 Median LSAT Scores
• Law School Rankings By Fall 2021 Acceptance Rate