Preview Of The 2024 U.S. News Law School Rankings: Admissions

Last month, I summarized the momentous changes coming in the 2024 U.S. News Law School Rankings methodology to be released in the spring (the 2023 rankings are here). The 2024 rankings will be based in part on the 2022 admissions data I blogged the last three days. In the current 2023 methodology, law school admissions count 21% in the overall ranking:

• Acceptance Rate (1%)
• Median Undergraduate GPA (8.75%)
• Median LSAT (11.25%) (omits GRE due to uncertainty over how U.S. News will treat GRE scores of law schools that refuse to supply that 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	2	1	1.42
2	Harvard	4	6	2	3.76
3	Stanford	2	6	3	4.20
4	Washington Univ.	26	2	6	5.29
5	Chicago	12	9	3	5.93
6	Virginia	10	2	10	6.67
7	Penn	3	10	6	7.52
8	Columbia	7	16	3	8.61
9	NYU	19	15	6	10.37
10	UCLA	18	10	10	10.38
11	Cornell	24	16	6	11.02
12	Northwestern	17	14	10	12.00
13	Vanderbilt	13	10	15	12.82
14	Georgetown	25	21	10	15.30
15	Florida	23	10	20	15.98
16	BYU	56	6	21	16.42
17	Duke	6	23	15	17.90
18	Michigan	11	29	10	17.96
19	USC	9	16	21	18.35
20	Georgia	16	16	21	18.68
21	Alabama	39	1	31	18.88
22	Texas	14	26	15	19.54
23	Boston Univ.	20	26	15	19.82
24	UC-Berkeley	8	29	15	20.50
25	George Washington	36	26	21	23.80
26	Texas A&M	20	5	41	25.00
27	Arizona State	31	23	28	26.06
28	Notre Dame	34	34	21	27.04
29	Minnesota	84	29	21	27.33
30	Emory	40	36	21	28.15
31	George Mason	30	29	31	30.12
32	Florida State	29	29	36	32.75
33	North Carolina	15	38	31	33.15
34	Pepperdine Caruso	41	23	41	33.50
35	Ohio State	83	21	41	34.67
36	Boston College	5	45	31	35.60
37	Utah	57	16	50	36.17
38	Fordham	27	51	28	37.54
39	UC-Irvine	28	51	28	37.58
40	Indiana (Maurer)	105	34	41	41.13
41	Cardozo	68	39	41	41.45
42	William & Mary	116	43	36	42.73
43	Wisconsin	74	48	36	42.81
44	Wake Forest	60	51	36	43.39
45	Villanova	22	39	50	44.08
46	University of Arizona	35	39	50	44.70
47	Illinois	73	60	31	45.08
48	Colorado	55	51	41	45.83
49	UC-Davis	37	64	36	47.71
50	Richmond	66	43	50	47.85

51	Baylor	33	51	50	49.61
52	SMU	69	60	41	50.25
53	University of Washington	49	64	41	50.96
54	Wayne State	78	36	62	51.93
55	Maryland	47	60	50	54.02
56	Penn State-Univ. Park	50	51	59	55.24
57	San Diego	71	45	62	55.35
58	Northeastern	53	64	50	55.98
59	Washington & Lee	59	76	41	56.44
60	Tennessee	61	39	72	57.73
61	UNLV	76	45	72	60.94
62	Florida Int'l	32	51	72	61.35
63	Houston	58	64	62	62.64
64	Iowa	98	76	50	63.12
65	Miami	65	70	62	65.48
66	Temple	80	84	50	65.60
67	Loyola-L.A.	70	70	62	65.71
68	St. John's	90	76	59	67.56
69	Drexel	52	51	83	68.19
70	Belmont	89	64	72	69.48
71	Chapman	45	84	62	70.36
72	Missouri-Columbia	137	64	72	71.76
73	Tulane	104	81	62	71.92
74	American	67	92	59	73.13
75	Cincinnati	114	48	90	73.64
76	Connecticut	42	81	72	74.32
77	Case Western	88	76	72	74.43
78	Penn State-Dickinson	81	92	62	75.40
79	Kansas	153	48	90	75.50
80	Nebraska	172	51	90	77.65
81	Georgia State	44	92	72	79.00
82	Oklahoma	103	75	83	80.62
83	Pittsburgh	62	110	62	82.00
84	UC-San Francisco	46	101	72	82.85
85	Denver	124	99	72	85.73
86	Seton Hall	91	89	83	85.88
87	Catholic	72	92	83	86.23
88	South Carolina	86	92	83	86.89
89	Kentucky	129	72	98	88.64
89	Maine	149	80	90	88.64
91	Chicago-Kent	134	92	83	89.18
92	Lewis & Clark	142	120	62	89.98
93	Texas Tech	81	81	98	90.11
94	Brooklyn	118	114	72	91.69
95	Regent	99	84	98	92.21
96	Louisville	148	72	106	93.83
97	Loyola-Chicago	101	107	83	93.86
98	Louisiana State	146	89	98	96.54
99	West Virginia	95	72	116	96.67
100	Oregon	152	105	90	99.20
101	SUNY-Buffalo	110	92	106	100.36
102	St. Thomas (MN)	183	84	106	100.50
103	Stetson	51	122	90	101.48
104	Marquette	92	84	116	101.52
105	Syracuse	100	107	98	101.85
106	Arkansas-Fayetteville	96	99	106	102.61
107	Mississippi	94	114	98	104.48
108	Hofstra	113	102	106	104.67
109	DePaul	102	105	106	105.39
110	Michigan State	108	120	98	107.64
111	Samford	178	89	116	107.70
112	Hawaii	48	117	106	107.82
113	Dayton	43	102	125	111.51
114	St. Louis	174	114	106	112.57
115	New Mexico	120	123	106	113.75
116	Rutgers	93	150	90	115.14
117	Santa Clara	145	145	90	115.54
118	New York Law School	139	117	116	117.51
119	Seattle	150	139	98	117.56
120	New Hampshire	141	130	106	117.67
121	Indiana (McKinney)	181	102	125	118.08
122	Duquesne	159	123	116	120.96
123	Drake	195	110	125	122.08
124	Howard	54	127	125	122.45
125	Albany	130	130	116	122.50
126	Campbell	155	117	125	123.10
127	Washburn	128	123	125	124.31
128	Pacific	153	135	116	125.68
129	Mercer	117	130	125	126.70
130	Wyoming	135	130	125	127.56
131	Suffolk	171	127	125	128.02
132	San Francisco	119	145	116	128.23
133	Tulsa	169	140	116	128.52
134	Gonzaga	175	130	125	129.46
135	Missouri-Kansas City	143	135	125	130.02
136	CUNY	75	145	125	130.95
137	Toledo	106	110	153	132.85
138	Puerto Rico	126	60	192	133.86
139	Montana	185	140	125	134.11
140	Baltimore	160	145	125	135.00
141	Quinnipiac	189	107	153	135.55
142	Northern Kentucky	170	110	153	135.89
143	Cleveland State	123	156	125	137.82
144	Creighton	193	123	147	139.19
145	Detroit Mercy	157	156	125	139.44
146	Nova	64	140	147	140.13
147	Southwestern	133	164	125	141.63
148	Liberty	151	127	153	142.07
149	Vermont	172	164	125	143.49
150	New England	194	164	125	144.54
151	Akron	179	138	147	144.77
152	Memphis	97	176	125	144.92
153	Massachusetts	165	135	153	146.07
154	Golden Gate	38	190	125	147.94
155	Elon	109	150	153	149.65
156	St. Mary's	85	164	147	151.13
157	Willamette	164	185	125	151.86
158	Arkansas-Little Rock	156	150	153	151.89
159	Charleston	161	150	153	152.13
160	Pace	140	156	153	153.63
161	Loyola-New Orleans	187	156	153	155.87
162	Cal-Western	127	171	147	156.05
163	South Texas	111	180	147	159.04
164	John Marshall (IL)	186	164	153	159.15
165	Idaho	188	164	153	159.25
166	North Texas	63	179	153	159.55
167	Florida A&M	77	150	175	159.92
168	Western New England	180	140	175	160.65
169	St. Thomas (FL)	131	176	153	161.54
170	Ave Maria	107	180	153	162.06
171	Mitchell | Hamline	182	173	153	162.71
172	South Dakota	192	156	169	164.68
173	Lincoln Memorial	163	155	175	166.10
174	Oklahoma City	176	140	187	166.89
175	Ohio Northern	166	145	187	168.50
176	Northern Illinois	144	164	175	168.94
177	Mississippi College	176	161	175	169.21
178	North Dakota	196	162	175	170.58
179	Capital	191	173	169	171.71
180	Southern Illinois	162	171	175	172.71
181	Western State	112	186	169	173.37
182	Roger Williams	190	173	175	174.88
183	Faulkner	121	189	169	175.05
184	Texas Southern	87	195	169	175.93
185	John Marshall (GA)	115	192	169	176.01
186	North Carolina Central	79	176	187	177.27
187	Inter-American (PR)	136	162	195	178.44
188	Widener (DE)	184	183	175	178.76
189	District of Columbia	132	190	175	179.20
190	Touro	138	194	175	181.15
191	Widener (PA)	168	180	187	183.18
192	Barry	147	186	186	184.14
193	Western Michigan	122	196	187	187.65
194	Appalachian	125	188	193	187.68
195	Pontifical Catholic (PR)	158	183	196	188.77
196	Southern	167	193	193	191.76

Z-score ranking:

	Law School	Acceptance Rate Rank	UPGA Rank	LSAT Rank	Weighted Z-Scores
1	Yale	1	2	1	1.65
2	Harvard	4	6	2	1.59
3	Stanford	2	6	3	1.59
4	Washington Univ.	26	2	6	1.58
5	Virginia	10	2	10	1.57
6	Chicago	12	9	3	1.55
7	Penn	3	10	6	1.53
8	UCLA	18	10	10	1.49
9	Columbia	7	16	3	1.47
10	Vanderbilt	13	10	15	1.47
11	Northwestern	17	14	10	1.47
12	NYU	19	15	6	1.47
13	Cornell	24	16	6	1.44
14	Florida	23	10	20	1.44
15	Georgetown	25	21	10	1.40
16	BYU	56	6	21	1.40
17	Alabama	39	1	31	1.39
18	Duke	6	23	15	1.38
19	USC	9	16	21	1.35
20	Michigan	11	29	10	1.35
21	Texas	14	26	15	1.35
22	Georgia	16	16	21	1.35
23	Boston Univ.	20	26	15	1.34
24	UC-Berkeley	8	29	15	1.34
25	Texas A&M	20	5	41	1.28
26	George Washington	36	26	21	1.26
27	Arizona State	31	23	28	1.25
28	Minnesota	84	29	21	1.20
29	Notre Dame	34	34	21	1.20
30	Emory	40	36	21	1.17
31	George Mason	30	29	31	1.17
32	Florida State	29	29	36	1.12
33	Pepperdine Caruso	41	23	41	1.08
34	Ohio State	83	21	41	1.08
35	North Carolina	15	38	31	1.07
36	Utah	57	16	50	1.04
37	Boston College	5	45	31	1.02
38	Fordham	27	51	28	1.00
39	UC-Irvine	28	51	28	0.99
40	Indiana (Maurer)	105	34	41	0.96
41	Illinois	73	60	31	0.89
42	Cardozo	68	39	41	0.89
43	William & Mary	116	43	36	0.88
44	Wisconsin	74	48	36	0.88
45	Villanova	22	39	50	0.87
46	Wake Forest	60	51	36	0.86
47	UC-Davis	37	64	36	0.85
48	University of Arizona	35	39	50	0.85
49	Colorado	55	51	41	0.81
50	Richmond	66	43	50	0.80
51	SMU	69	60	41	0.78
52	University of Washington	49	64	41	0.78
53	Baylor	33	51	50	0.77
54	Wayne State	78	36	62	0.75
55	Maryland	47	60	50	0.73
56	Northeastern	53	64	50	0.71
57	Washington & Lee	59	76	41	0.69
58	Penn State-Univ. Park	50	51	59	0.68
59	San Diego	71	45	62	0.64
60	Tennessee	61	39	72	0.61
61	Iowa	98	76	50	0.60
62	Houston	58	64	62	0.56
63	UNLV	76	45	72	0.56
64	Florida Int'l	32	51	72	0.56
65	Temple	80	84	50	0.55
66	Miami	65	70	62	0.54
67	St. John's	90	76	59	0.54
68	Loyola-L.A.	70	70	62	0.54
69	Belmont	89	64	72	0.47
70	American	67	92	59	0.46
71	Drexel	52	51	83	0.46
72	Chapman	45	84	62	0.43
73	Missouri-Columbia	137	64	72	0.43
74	Tulane	104	81	62	0.41
75	Case Western	88	76	72	0.39
76	Connecticut	42	81	72	0.38
77	Penn State-Dickinson	81	92	62	0.37
78	Cincinnati	114	48	90	0.34
79	Georgia State	44	92	72	0.32
80	Oklahoma	103	75	83	0.32
81	Kansas	153	48	90	0.31
82	UC-San Francisco	46	101	72	0.28
83	Nebraska	172	51	90	0.28
84	Pittsburgh	62	110	62	0.26
85	Denver	124	99	72	0.24
86	Seton Hall	91	89	83	0.23
87	Catholic	72	92	83	0.22
88	South Carolina	86	92	83	0.22
89	Chicago-Kent	134	92	83	0.18
90	Maine	149	80	90	0.15
91	Lewis & Clark	142	120	62	0.15
92	Kentucky	129	72	98	0.13
93	Brooklyn	118	114	72	0.13
94	Loyola-Chicago	101	107	83	0.10
95	Texas Tech	81	81	98	0.09
96	Regent	99	84	98	0.06
97	Louisville	148	72	106	0.03
98	Louisiana State	146	89	98	0.01
99	Oregon	152	105	90	-0.01
100	West Virginia	95	72	116	-0.03
101	Stetson	51	122	90	-0.06
102	Syracuse	100	107	98	-0.08
103	SUNY-Buffalo	110	92	106	-0.08
104	Arkansas-Fayetteville	96	99	106	-0.09
105	St. Thomas (MN)	183	84	106	-0.10
106	Mississippi	94	114	98	-0.12
107	Marquette	92	84	116	-0.13
108	Hofstra	113	102	106	-0.14
109	DePaul	102	105	106	-0.16
110	Michigan State	108	120	98	-0.17
111	Hawaii	48	117	106	-0.20
112	Samford	178	89	116	-0.22
113	St. Louis	174	114	106	-0.27
114	Rutgers	93	150	90	-0.29
115	Dayton	43	102	125	-0.29
116	Santa Clara	145	145	90	-0.30
117	New Mexico	120	123	106	-0.31
118	Seattle	150	139	98	-0.36
119	New York Law School	139	117	116	-0.36
120	New Hampshire	141	130	106	-0.36
121	Indiana (McKinney)	181	102	125	-0.40
122	Duquesne	159	123	116	-0.44
123	Albany	130	130	116	-0.46
124	Campbell	155	117	125	-0.47
125	Drake	195	110	125	-0.47
126	Howard	54	127	125	-0.48
127	Pacific	153	135	116	-0.49
128	Washburn	128	123	125	-0.51
129	Mercer	117	130	125	-0.54
130	Wyoming	135	130	125	-0.55
131	Suffolk	171	127	125	-0.56
132	San Francisco	119	145	116	-0.57
133	Missouri-Kansas City	143	135	125	-0.58
134	Gonzaga	175	130	125	-0.59
135	Tulsa	169	140	116	-0.59
136	Toledo	106	110	153	-0.61
137	CUNY	75	145	125	-0.63
138	Quinnipiac	189	107	153	-0.65
139	Northern Kentucky	170	110	153	-0.66
140	Creighton	193	123	147	-0.67
141	Baltimore	160	145	125	-0.69
142	Montana	185	140	125	-0.70
143	Nova	64	140	147	-0.71
144	Cleveland State	123	156	125	-0.73
145	Detroit Mercy	157	156	125	-0.75
146	Akron	179	138	147	-0.76
147	Liberty	151	127	153	-0.76
148	Puerto Rico	126	60	192	-0.78
149	Southwestern	133	164	125	-0.79
150	Massachusetts	165	135	153	-0.81
151	Vermont	172	164	125	-0.82
152	Memphis	97	176	125	-0.85
153	New England	194	164	125	-0.85
154	St. Mary's	85	164	147	-0.87
155	Elon	109	150	153	-0.89
156	Cal-Western	127	171	147	-0.92
157	Arkansas-Little Rock	156	150	153	-0.92
158	Charleston	161	150	153	-0.92
159	Pace	140	156	153	-0.95
160	Loyola-New Orleans	187	156	153	-0.99
161	South Texas	111	180	147	-1.01
162	Willamette	164	185	125	-1.04
163	John Marshall (IL)	186	164	153	-1.05
164	Idaho	188	164	153	-1.05
165	North Texas	63	179	153	-1.06
166	Florida A&M	77	150	175	-1.06
167	St. Thomas (FL)	131	176	153	-1.09
168	South Dakota	192	156	169	-1.10
169	Western New England	180	140	175	-1.10
170	Ave Maria	107	180	153	-1.11
171	Mitchell | Hamline	182	173	153	-1.11
172	Golden Gate	38	190	125	-1.14
173	Lincoln Memorial	163	155	175	-1.14
174	Mississippi College	176	161	175	-1.19
175	Northern Illinois	144	164	175	-1.21
176	Capital	191	173	169	-1.22
177	Southern Illinois	162	171	175	-1.24
178	North Dakota	196	162	175	-1.25
179	Oklahoma City	176	140	187	-1.28
180	Ohio Northern	166	145	187	-1.30
181	Roger Williams	190	173	175	-1.31
182	Western State	112	186	169	-1.35
183	North Carolina Central	79	176	187	-1.43
184	Widener (DE)	184	183	175	-1.45
185	Faulkner	121	189	169	-1.46
186	John Marshall (GA)	115	192	169	-1.53
187	Widener (PA)	168	180	187	-1.54
188	Barry	147	186	186	-1.57
189	Texas Southern	87	195	169	-1.59
190	District of Columbia	132	190	175	-1.62
191	Touro	138	194	175	-1.70
192	Inter-American (PR)	136	162	195	-1.76
193	Appalachian	125	188	193	-1.86
194	Southern	167	193	193	-2.05
195	Western Michigan	122	196	187	-2.10
196	Pontifical Catholic (PR)	158	183	196	-2.33

For the Z-scores used to calculate this ranking, see here.

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