Preview Of The 2023 U.S. News Law School Rankings: Admissions

The 2023 U.S. News Law School Rankings (based in part on 2021 admissions data) will be released in March (the 2022 rankings are here). In the current methodology, law school admissions count 21% in the overall ranking. I previously blogged the ABA data comprising the three components of the admissions ranking:

• Acceptance Rate (1%)
• Median Undergraduate GPA (8.75%)
• Median LSAT (11.25%) (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	4	1	2.3
3	Stanford	2	5	4	4.3
4	Chicago	8	5	4	4.6
5	Virginia	5	5	7	6.1
6	NYU	15	10	4	7.0
7	Penn	4	8	7	7.3
8	Columbia	7	17	1	8.0
9	Northwestern	12	10	7	8.5
10	Cornell	17	10	7	8.7
11	Washington Univ.	20	3	13	9.2
12	Georgetown	9	14	7	10.0
13	Michigan	6	17	7	11.1
14	Vanderbilt	13	9	16	12.9
15	Duke	14	22	13	16.8
16	UCLA	18	22	13	17.0
16	Florida	22	10	22	17.0
18	UC-Berkeley	11	20	16	17.4
19	Alabama	60	1	31	19.9
20	USC	10	22	20	20.4
21	Texas	16	29	16	21.4
22	George Washington	31	20	22	21.6
23	Arizona State	30	14	27	21.7
24	BYU	94	14	22	22.1
25	Boston Univ.	26	35	16	24.4
26	Georgia	28	22	27	25.0
27	Emory	43	29	22	25.9
28	Notre Dame	23	35	20	26.4
29	Minnesota	44	29	27	28.6
30	George Mason	42	28	34	31.9
31	Pepperdine	37	29	34	32.1
32	Texas A&M	27	17	45	32.5
33	Fordham	24	45	27	34.4
34	Florida State	32	22	45	34.8
35	UC-Irvine	21	53	22	34.9
36	Utah	38	22	45	35.1
36	William & Mary	57	34	34	35.1
38	Indiana (Maurer)	79	35	34	36.6
39	North Carolina	19	43	34	37.0
40	UC-Davis	49	45	31	37.7
41	Cardozo	59	42	34	38.5
42	Boston College	33	53	31	40.3
43	Ohio State	66	33	45	41.0
44	SMU	72	38	45	43.4
45	Washington	39	60	34	45.1
46	Illinois	55	62	34	46.7
47	Penn State-Univ. Park	77	38	54	48.4
48	Villanova	25	45	54	48.9
49	Wisconsin	80	65	34	49.1
50	Iowa	105	53	45	51.2

51	Richmond	81	45	54	51.5
52	Colorado	45	75	34	51.6
52	Wake Forest	62	59	45	51.6
54	Arizona	36	62	45	51.7
55	Washington & Lee	64	75	34	52.5
56	Wayne State	71	40	61	52.7
57	San Diego	61	45	61	54.3
58	Maryland	70	45	61	54.8
59	Northeastern	34	62	54	56.4
60	UNLV	63	45	69	58.7
61	Baylor	75	66	54	60.0
62	Temple	69	79	45	60.3
63	Florida Int'l	29	53	69	60.4
64	Loyola-L.A.	53	66	61	62.7
65	Houston	58	66	61	62.9
66	St. John's	76	73	54	63.0
67	Tennessee	52	60	69	64.4
68	Belmont	98	44	86	69.1
69	Miami	56	71	69	69.2
70	Tulane	96	79	61	70.2
71	Cincinnati	118	45	86	70.4
72	Denver	86	71	69	70.6
73	American	46	88	61	71.5
74	Missouri-Columbia	143	53	80	71.8
75	Chapman	50	79	69	72.3
76	Case Western	117	75	69	73.8
77	Kansas	152	53	86	75.4
78	Lewis & Clark	113	100	54	76.0
79	Penn State-Dickinson	90	100	61	78.6
80	Seton Hall	130	86	69	79.0
81	Georgia State	41	99	69	80.2
82	Nebraska	185	66	86	82.4
83	Drexel	65	82	86	83.3
84	UC-Hastings	47	109	69	84.6
85	Pittsburgh	83	110	69	86.8
85	Oklahoma	137	82	86	86.8
87	Connecticut	51	100	80	87.0
88	Regent	92	66	103	87.1
89	Kentucky	115	73	96	87.3
90	Chicago-Kent	148	91	80	87.8
91	Maine	146	88	86	89.7
92	Oregon	132	100	80	90.8
93	Texas Tech	74	91	96	92.9
94	New Mexico	140	75	103	93.1
95	South Carolina	88	106	86	94.4
96	Brooklyn	91	114	80	94.7
97	Arkansas-Fayetteville	123	82	103	95.2
98	SUNY-Buffalo	89	86	103	95.3
98	Michigan State	125	82	103	95.3
100	DePaul	111	88	103	97.1
100	Mississippi	85	91	103	97.1
102	Catholic	93	114	86	98.0
103	Louisiana State	114	91	103	98.5
104	Louisville	141	91	103	99.8
105	Hawaii	67	100	103	100.0
105	New Hampshire	136	114	86	100.0
107	Syracuse	68	110	96	100.5
108	Loyola-Chicago	95	129	80	101.1
109	Mercer	78	110	103	104.7
110	Marquette	106	91	117	105.6
111	Montana	100	114	103	107.4
112	Indiana (McKinney)	168	91	117	108.6
113	Hofstra	104	122	103	111.0
114	Stetson	99	132	96	111.1
115	St. Louis	178	114	103	111.2
116	Washburn	135	106	117	113.3
117	West Virginia	171	91	128	114.6
118	Santa Clara	150	139	96	116.5
119	Rutgers	101	146	96	117.1
120	Puerto Rico	73	40	183	118.2
121	Cleveland State	110	122	117	118.8
121	Samford	179	100	128	118.8
121	New York Law School	129	120	117	118.8
124	CUNY	54	129	117	119.0
125	Drake	194	114	117	119.4
126	Howard	35	120	128	120.2
127	Gonzaga	158	110	128	121.9
128	Seattle	144	153	96	122.0
129	St. Thomas (MN)	187	122	117	122.4
130	Dayton	40	106	146	124.3
131	Pacific	151	133	117	125.3
132	Duquesne	149	135	117	126.0
133	Missouri-Kansas City	155	122	128	126.8
134	Suffolk	161	122	128	127.1
135	Albany	138	139	128	133.1
136	San Francisco	120	160	117	135.1
137	Campbell	156	143	128	135.6
138	Liberty	165	122	146	136.9
139	Vermont	191	143	128	137.3
140	Memphis	128	153	128	138.4
141	Tulsa	164	150	128	138.9
142	Baltimore	154	159	128	142.2
143	Wyoming	139	161	128	142.3
144	Detroit	147	161	128	142.7
145	Southwestern	119	167	128	143.8
146	Willamette	180	161	128	144.2
147	Quinnipiac	166	129	157	145.8
148	Akron	175	146	146	147.4
149	St. Mary's	127	153	146	148.0
150	Creighton	193	146	146	148.2
151	Arkansas-Little Rock	176	135	157	148.7
152	South Texas	109	181	128	149.2
153	Pace	126	143	157	149.7
154	New England	192	173	128	149.8
155	Northern Kentucky	190	151	146	150.2
156	Toledo	188	139	157	151.0
157	Loyola-New Orleans	167	158	146	152.0
158	Western New England	163	128	171	152.7
159	Ohio Northern	122	135	171	153.7
160	Lincoln Memorial	160	135	171	155.5
161	South Dakota	195	133	171	156.3
162	St. Thomas (FL)	124	161	157	157.1
163	Texas Southern	48	161	164	157.2
164	Nova SE	133	176	146	157.9
165	Mitchell | Hamline	184	172	146	158.6
166	Elon	108	167	157	158.8
167	Cal-Western	159	176	146	159.1
168	Idaho	170	176	146	159.6
169	North Dakota	157	146	171	159.9
170	Florida A&M	84	139	183	160.0
171	John Marshall (IL)	174	167	157	162.0
172	Charleston	177	161	164	163.4
173	Massachusetts	189	153	171	164.4
174	Capital	196	170	164	168.0
175	Southern Illinois	172	153	183	170.0
176	North Texas	82	189	164	170.5
177	Ave Maria	131	185	164	171.2
178	Faulkner	112	180	171	171.9
179	John Marshall (GA)	107	190	164	172.1
180	Inter-American (PR)	121	151	195	173.1
181	Golden Gate	142	190	164	173.8
182	Mississippi College	181	179	171	174.8
183	Touro	145	187	171	176.4
184	Widener (DE)	182	184	171	176.9
185	Oklahoma City	173	170	183	177.1
186	Roger Williams	186	185	171	177.5
186	Western State	116	193	171	177.5
188	North Carolina Central	87	174	192	179.5
189	Appalachian	103	174	192	180.3
190	Barry	162	187	183	183.7
190	District of Columbia	102	194	183	183.7
192	Widener (PA)	169	182	189	185.1
193	Northern Illinois	183	182	189	185.8
194	Pontifical Catholic (PR)	97	190	196	188.8
195	Western Michigan	134	196	189	189.3
196	Southern	153	195	194	192.5

Z-score ranking:

	Law School	Acceptance Rate Rank	UPGA Rank	LSAT Rank	Weighted Z-Scores
1	Yale	1	1	1	1.79
2	Harvard	3	4	1	1.74
3	Stanford	2	5	4	1.69
4	Chicago	8	5	4	1.68
5	Virginia	5	5	7	1.66
6	Washington Univ.	20	3	13	1.65
7	Penn	4	8	7	1.64
8	Columbia	7	17	1	1.58
9	NYU	15	10	4	1.57
10	Northwestern	12	10	7	1.55
11	Cornell	17	10	7	1.54
12	Vanderbilt	13	9	16	1.54
13	Georgetown	9	14	7	1.53
14	Michigan	6	17	7	1.52
15	Duke	14	22	13	1.44
16	UCLA	18	22	13	1.44
17	UC-Berkeley	11	20	16	1.43
18	Alabama	60	1	31	1.40
19	Florida	22	10	22	1.39
20	USC	10	22	20	1.37
21	Texas	16	29	16	1.36
22	George Washington	31	20	22	1.32
23	Arizona State	30	14	27	1.31
24	BYU	94	14	22	1.30
25	Boston Univ.	26	35	16	1.30
26	Notre Dame	23	35	20	1.26
27	Georgia	28	22	27	1.26
28	Emory	43	29	22	1.24
29	Minnesota	44	29	27	1.19
30	Texas A&M	27	17	45	1.10
31	George Mason	42	28	34	1.09
32	Pepperdine	37	29	34	1.08
33	UC-Irvine	21	53	22	1.06
34	Florida State	32	22	45	1.05
35	Utah	38	22	45	1.04
36	Fordham	24	45	27	1.02
37	William & Mary	57	34	34	1.02
38	Indiana (Maurer)	79	35	34	0.98
39	North Carolina	19	43	34	0.97
40	Ohio State	66	33	45	0.97
41	Cardozo	59	42	34	0.94
42	UC-Davis	49	45	31	0.94
43	Boston College	33	53	31	0.93
44	SMU	72	38	45	0.90
45	Penn State-Univ. Park	77	38	54	0.82
46	Washington	39	60	34	0.82
47	Illinois	55	62	34	0.79
48	Villanova	25	45	54	0.76
49	Wake Forest	62	59	45	0.75
50	Wisconsin	80	65	34	0.75
51	Iowa	105	53	45	0.74
52	Arizona	36	62	45	0.73
53	Wayne State	71	40	61	0.73
54	Richmond	81	45	54	0.71
55	Colorado	45	75	34	0.70
56	Washington & Lee	64	75	34	0.69
57	Northeastern	34	62	54	0.66
58	San Diego	61	45	61	0.64
59	Maryland	70	45	61	0.64
60	Baylor	75	66	54	0.60
61	Temple	69	79	45	0.59
62	Florida Int'l	29	53	69	0.57
63	UNLV	63	45	69	0.56
64	St. John's	76	73	54	0.55
65	Loyola-L.A.	53	66	61	0.53
66	Houston	58	66	61	0.53
67	Tennessee	52	60	69	0.51
68	Miami	56	71	69	0.43
69	Tulane	96	79	61	0.42
70	Denver	86	71	69	0.41
71	American	46	88	61	0.40
72	Missouri-Columbia	143	53	80	0.39
73	Chapman	50	79	69	0.38
74	Belmont	98	44	86	0.38
75	Lewis & Clark	113	100	54	0.37
76	Case Western	117	75	69	0.34
77	Cincinnati	118	45	86	0.34
78	Penn State-Dickinson	90	100	61	0.31
79	Kansas	152	53	86	0.30
80	Georgia State	41	99	69	0.28
81	Seton Hall	130	86	69	0.28
82	UC-Hastings	47	109	69	0.22
83	Pittsburgh	83	110	69	0.18
84	Nebraska	185	66	86	0.17
85	Drexel	65	82	86	0.17
86	Connecticut	51	100	80	0.17
87	Chicago-Kent	148	91	80	0.13
88	Oklahoma	137	82	86	0.11
89	Oregon	132	100	80	0.11
90	Kentucky	115	73	96	0.10
91	Maine	146	88	86	0.07
92	Brooklyn	91	114	80	0.06
93	Regent	92	66	103	0.05
94	South Carolina	88	106	86	0.03
95	Texas Tech	74	91	96	0.01
96	Loyola-Chicago	95	129	80	-0.02
97	Catholic	93	114	86	-0.03
98	New Mexico	140	75	103	-0.04
99	SUNY-Buffalo	89	86	103	-0.06
100	New Hampshire	136	114	86	-0.06
101	Arkansas-Fayetteville	123	82	103	-0.07
102	Michigan State	125	82	103	-0.07
103	Syracuse	68	110	96	-0.08
104	Mississippi	85	91	103	-0.09
105	DePaul	111	88	103	-0.10
106	Hawaii	67	100	103	-0.12
107	Louisiana State	114	91	103	-0.12
108	Louisville	141	91	103	-0.14
109	Mercer	78	110	103	-0.19
110	Marquette	106	91	117	-0.20
111	Stetson	99	132	96	-0.22
112	Montana	100	114	103	-0.22
113	Indiana (McKinney)	168	91	117	-0.25
114	Hofstra	104	122	103	-0.26
115	Washburn	135	106	117	-0.28
116	St. Louis	178	114	103	-0.28
117	Santa Clara	150	139	96	-0.32
118	Rutgers	101	146	96	-0.34
119	West Virginia	171	91	128	-0.35
120	New York Law School	129	120	117	-0.35
121	CUNY	54	129	117	-0.36
122	Cleveland State	110	122	117	-0.36
123	Puerto Rico	73	40	183	-0.37
124	Howard	35	120	128	-0.38
125	Drake	194	114	117	-0.39
126	Samford	179	100	128	-0.39
127	Dayton	40	106	146	-0.41
128	St. Thomas (MN)	187	122	117	-0.42
129	Seattle	144	153	96	-0.43
130	Gonzaga	158	110	128	-0.43
131	Pacific	151	133	117	-0.47
132	Duquesne	149	135	117	-0.49
133	Missouri-Kansas City	155	122	128	-0.49
134	Suffolk	161	122	128	-0.50
135	Albany	138	139	128	-0.59
136	Liberty	165	122	146	-0.60
137	Campbell	156	143	128	-0.65
138	San Francisco	120	160	117	-0.66
139	Vermont	191	143	128	-0.68
140	Tulsa	164	150	128	-0.69
141	Memphis	128	153	128	-0.70
142	Quinnipiac	166	129	157	-0.74
143	Baltimore	154	159	128	-0.76
144	Akron	175	146	146	-0.78
145	Wyoming	139	161	128	-0.79
146	Detroit	147	161	128	-0.79
147	Southwestern	119	167	128	-0.80
148	Arkansas-Little Rock	176	135	157	-0.80
149	Creighton	193	146	146	-0.80
150	St. Mary's	127	153	146	-0.81
151	Willamette	180	161	128	-0.82
152	Pace	126	143	157	-0.82
153	Toledo	188	139	157	-0.83
154	Northern Kentucky	190	151	146	-0.84
155	Loyola-New Orleans	167	158	146	-0.86
156	Western New England	163	128	171	-0.90
157	New England	192	173	128	-0.91
158	Ohio Northern	122	135	171	-0.95
159	South Texas	109	181	128	-0.96
160	Lincoln Memorial	160	135	171	-0.98
161	St. Thomas (FL)	124	161	157	-0.98
162	Elon	108	167	157	-0.98
163	Mitchell | Hamline	184	172	146	-0.99
164	South Dakota	195	133	171	-1.00
165	Nova SE	133	176	146	-1.00
166	Texas Southern	48	161	164	-1.01
167	Cal-Western	159	176	146	-1.03
168	Florida A&M	84	139	183	-1.03
169	John Marshall (IL)	174	167	157	-1.03
170	Idaho	170	176	146	-1.03
171	North Dakota	157	146	171	-1.05
172	Charleston	177	161	164	-1.11
173	Massachusetts	189	153	171	-1.14
174	Capital	196	170	164	-1.19
175	Southern Illinois	172	153	183	-1.21
176	Oklahoma City	173	170	183	-1.33
177	Faulkner	112	180	171	-1.33
178	Mississippi College	181	179	171	-1.36
179	Ave Maria	131	185	164	-1.36
180	North Texas	82	189	164	-1.39
181	John Marshall (GA)	107	190	164	-1.42
182	Golden Gate	142	190	164	-1.45
183	Widener (DE)	182	184	171	-1.46
184	North Carolina Central	87	174	192	-1.50
185	Roger Williams	186	185	171	-1.50
186	Touro	145	187	171	-1.51
187	Appalachian	103	174	192	-1.51
188	Western State	116	193	171	-1.57
189	Widener (PA)	169	182	189	-1.61
190	Barry	162	187	183	-1.61
191	Northern Illinois	183	182	189	-1.62
192	Inter-American (PR)	121	151	195	-1.67
193	District of Columbia	102	194	183	-1.70
194	Western Michigan	134	196	189	-1.99
195	Southern	153	195	194	-2.09
196	Pontifical Catholic (PR)	97	190	196	-2.37

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.