Tuesday, March 14, 2023
Preview Of The 2024 U.S. News Law School Rankings: Employment
Following up on my previous posts:
- Summary Of Changes To The Forthcoming U.S. News Law School Rankings
- Preview Of The 2024 U.S. News Law School Rankings: Admissions
The current 2023 methodology for the Class of 2020 is:
Employment rates for 2020 graduates 10 months after graduation (0.14) and at graduation (0.04): For both ranking factors, schools received maximum credit when their J.D. graduates — in alignment with ABA reporting rules — obtained long-term jobs that were full time, not funded by the law school, and where a J.D. degree was an advantage or bar passage was required. In contrast, jobs that were some combination of short term, part time, funded by the law school and/or did not require bar passage received less credit by varying amounts, determined by the combination. For a more detailed explanation, see Notes on Employment Rates, below [at the bottom of this post].
U.S. News has announced that it will not use employment rates at graduation in the forthcoming 2024 rankings for the Class of 2021 because that data is not collected by the ABA. U.S. News plans to give greater weight to student outcomes, so employment rates ten months after graduation presumably will be weighted more than 14%.
Below are two previews of the 2024 employment rankings. As noted below, U.S. News does not reveal the weights it gives to the 45 different job types, employment statuses, and durations. The first is a simple ranking for the Class of 2021, showing both the former 2023 methodology (including full-time, long-term bar passage required or JD-advantaged jobs, but excluding school-funded jobs and pursuit of a graduate law degree) and the new 2024 methodology (including school-funded jobs and pursuit of a graduate law degree). The second uses Z-scores to better approximate the 2024 U.S. News methodology.
| 2023 Methodology | 2024 Methodology | ||||||
| School | BPR & JD Adv | Rank | BPR & JD Adv | Funded BPR & JD Adv | Graduate Studies | BPR & JD Adv, Funded, Graduate | Rank |
| Penn | 93.0% | 24 | 93.0% | 5.8% | 0.4% | 99.2% | 1 |
| Duke | 96.8% | 2 | 96.8% | 1.6% | 0.8% | 99.2% | 2 |
| Chicago | 95.3% | 7 | 95.3% | 2.8% | 0.9% | 99.1% | 3 |
| NYU | 93.3% | 22 | 93.3% | 4.5% | 0.6% | 98.5% | 4 |
| Wake Forest | 96.5% | 3 | 96.5% | 0.0% | 1.7% | 98.3% | 5 |
| Northwestern | 94.1% | 15 | 94.1% | 2.9% | 0.7% | 97.8% | 6 |
| Columbia | 96.3% | 4 | 96.3% | 1.1% | 0.2% | 97.6% | 7 |
| Virginia | 93.4% | 21 | 93.4% | 3.8% | 0.3% | 97.5% | 8 |
| UC-Berkeley | 90.2% | 40 | 90.2% | 4.9% | 2.1% | 97.2% | 9 |
| Georgia | 97.0% | 1 | 97.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 97.0% | 10 |
| USC | 95.3% | 6 | 95.3% | 1.0% | 0.5% | 96.9% | 11 |
| Yale | 79.8% | 136 | 79.8% | 13.8% | 3.2% | 96.8% | 12 |
| Texas A&M | 94.7% | 10 | 94.7% | 0.0% | 1.8% | 96.4% | 13 |
| North Carolina | 94.7% | 9 | 94.7% | 0.0% | 1.4% | 96.2% | 14 |
| Kansas | 94.9% | 8 | 94.9% | 0.0% | 1.0% | 95.9% | 15 |
| Cornell | 94.3% | 14 | 94.3% | 1.6% | 0.0% | 95.9% | 16 |
| Stanford | 87.0% | 76 | 87.0% | 6.0% | 2.7% | 95.7% | 17 |
| UCLA | 91.5% | 31 | 91.5% | 3.5% | 0.6% | 95.6% | 18 |
| Michigan | 93.1% | 23 | 93.1% | 1.7% | 0.8% | 95.6% | 19 |
| SMU | 92.7% | 25 | 92.7% | 0.0% | 2.7% | 95.5% | 20 |
| Texas Tech | 95.4% | 5 | 95.4% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 95.4% | 21 |
| Florida | 90.7% | 35 | 90.7% | 0.0% | 4.5% | 95.2% | 22 |
| Arizona State | 94.6% | 11 | 94.6% | 0.0% | 0.4% | 95.0% | 23 |
| Ohio State | 94.4% | 13 | 94.4% | 0.6% | 0.0% | 94.9% | 24 |
| Villanova | 93.7% | 18 | 93.7% | 0.0% | 1.1% | 94.9% | 25 |
| Kentucky | 94.0% | 17 | 94.0% | 0.0% | 0.8% | 94.7% | 26 |
| Washington Univ. | 94.6% | 12 | 94.6% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 94.6% | 27 |
| Fordham | 94.1% | 16 | 94.1% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 94.6% | 28 |
| Wayne State | 93.7% | 19 | 93.7% | 0.0% | 0.8% | 94.4% | 29 |
| Utah | 92.0% | 28 | 92.0% | 0.0% | 2.3% | 94.3% | 30 |
| Harvard | 88.0% | 64 | 88.0% | 4.7% | 1.5% | 94.3% | 31 |
| Oklahoma | 93.6% | 20 | 93.6% | 0.0% | 0.6% | 94.2% | 32 |
| Vanderbilt | 92.7% | 26 | 92.7% | 1.0% | 0.0% | 93.8% | 33 |
| Stetson | 89.7% | 49 | 89.7% | 0.0% | 3.8% | 93.5% | 34 |
| Illinois | 90.2% | 41 | 90.2% | 0.8% | 2.5% | 93.4% | 35 |
| Minnesota | 92.0% | 29 | 92.0% | 0.4% | 0.9% | 93.4% | 36 |
| BYU | 85.7% | 87 | 85.7% | 5.7% | 1.9% | 93.3% | 37 |
| Washington & Lee | 89.8% | 46 | 89.8% | 0.8% | 2.5% | 93.2% | 38 |
| Georgetown | 89.7% | 48 | 89.7% | 3.0% | 0.4% | 93.2% | 39 |
| Texas | 92.0% | 30 | 92.0% | 1.1% | 0.0% | 93.1% | 40 |
| Montana | 90.1% | 42 | 90.1% | 0.0% | 2.8% | 93.0% | 41 |
| Missouri-Columbia | 89.3% | 53 | 89.3% | 3.6% | 0.0% | 92.9% | 42 |
| Iowa | 92.7% | 27 | 92.7% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 92.7% | 43 |
| George Mason | 90.7% | 36 | 90.7% | 0.6% | 1.2% | 92.5% | 44 |
| Emory | 88.9% | 56 | 88.9% | 0.4% | 3.2% | 92.5% | 45 |
| St. Thomas (MN) | 88.0% | 65 | 88.0% | 4.2% | 0.0% | 92.3% | 46 |
| Florida State | 87.6% | 69 | 87.6% | 0.9% | 3.7% | 92.2% | 47 |
| Boston College | 90.8% | 34 | 90.8% | 1.3% | 0.0% | 92.1% | 48 |
| South Carolina | 90.5% | 38 | 90.5% | 0.0% | 1.5% | 92.0% | 49 |
| Pepperdine | 90.0% | 43 | 90.0% | 1.3% | 0.7% | 92.0% | 50 |
| St. John's | 91.5% | 32 | 91.5% | 0.0% | 0.4% | 91.9% | 51 |
| Notre Dame | 87.0% | 76 | 87.0% | 2.7% | 2.2% | 91.8% | 52 |
| Drexel | 89.8% | 47 | 89.8% | 0.0% | 1.8% | 91.6% | 53 |
| Baylor | 91.5% | 33 | 91.5% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 91.5% | 54 |
| Arizona | 88.1% | 63 | 88.1% | 0.0% | 3.2% | 91.3% | 55 |
| Florida Int'l | 88.4% | 59 | 88.4% | 0.0% | 2.7% | 91.2% | 56 |
| Boston Univ. | 88.3% | 61 | 88.3% | 1.8% | 1.1% | 91.1% | 57 |
| Drake | 90.0% | 43 | 90.0% | 0.0% | 1.0% | 91.0% | 58 |
| Temple | 90.0% | 45 | 90.0% | 0.8% | 0.0% | 90.8% | 59 |
| George Washington | 89.5% | 52 | 89.5% | 0.7% | 0.5% | 90.8% | 60 |
| Tulsa | 90.6% | 37 | 90.6% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 90.6% | 61 |
| Wisconsin | 89.7% | 50 | 89.7% | 0.0% | 0.7% | 90.4% | 62 |
| Dayton | 90.3% | 39 | 90.3% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 90.3% | 63 |
| Alabama | 89.1% | 54 | 89.1% | 0.0% | 0.8% | 89.9% | 64 |
| Cardozo | 87.9% | 66 | 87.9% | 0.3% | 1.5% | 89.8% | 65 |
| Wyoming | 85.9% | 86 | 85.9% | 0.0% | 3.8% | 89.7% | 66 |
| Lewis & Clark | 86.9% | 78 | 86.9% | 1.7% | 1.1% | 89.7% | 67 |
| St. Louis | 89.6% | 51 | 89.6% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 89.6% | 68 |
| Mercer | 87.9% | 67 | 87.9% | 0.0% | 1.6% | 89.5% | 69 |
| Tennessee | 87.8% | 68 | 87.8% | 0.0% | 1.6% | 89.4% | 70 |
| Loyola-L.A. | 87.5% | 70 | 87.5% | 1.3% | 0.3% | 89.2% | 71 |
| Marquette | 88.5% | 58 | 88.5% | 0.0% | 0.5% | 89.1% | 72 |
| Chapman | 89.0% | 55 | 89.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 89.0% | 73 |
| Indiana (Maurer) | 88.8% | 57 | 88.8% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 88.8% | 74 |
| Tulane | 85.1% | 91 | 85.1% | 1.0% | 2.5% | 88.6% | 75 |
| West Virginia | 86.5% | 81 | 86.5% | 0.0% | 1.9% | 88.5% | 76 |
| Albany | 87.2% | 75 | 87.2% | 0.0% | 1.2% | 88.4% | 77 |
| Maryland | 88.3% | 60 | 88.3% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 88.3% | 78 |
| UC-Irvine | 81.5% | 123 | 81.5% | 4.3% | 2.4% | 88.2% | 79 |
| Detroit Mercy | 88.1% | 62 | 88.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 88.1% | 80 |
| Gonzaga | 87.4% | 71 | 87.4% | 0.0% | 0.7% | 88.1% | 81 |
| Northeastern | 85.5% | 89 | 85.5% | 1.6% | 1.0% | 88.1% | 82 |
| Washburn | 86.0% | 85 | 86.0% | 0.0% | 2.0% | 88.0% | 83 |
| Duquesne | 87.3% | 74 | 87.3% | 0.0% | 0.6% | 87.9% | 84 |
| Samford | 82.4% | 115 | 82.4% | 0.0% | 5.3% | 87.8% | 85 |
| Univ. of Washington | 86.5% | 80 | 86.5% | 0.6% | 0.6% | 87.7% | 86 |
| Miami | 85.6% | 88 | 85.6% | 0.3% | 1.7% | 87.6% | 87 |
| UC-Davis | 84.6% | 98 | 84.6% | 2.5% | 0.5% | 87.6% | 88 |
| Oregon | 83.6% | 103 | 83.6% | 0.0% | 3.9% | 87.5% | 89 |
| Seton Hall | 87.3% | 72 | 87.3% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 87.3% | 90 |
| Cincinnati | 86.5% | 82 | 86.5% | 0.0% | 0.8% | 87.3% | 91 |
| Nebraska | 87.3% | 73 | 87.3% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 87.3% | 92 |
| William & Mary | 85.5% | 90 | 85.5% | 0.0% | 1.7% | 87.2% | 93 |
| Louisville | 86.1% | 83 | 86.1% | 0.0% | 0.9% | 87.0% | 94 |
| Elon | 86.1% | 84 | 86.1% | 0.0% | 0.8% | 86.9% | 95 |
| Pace | 86.6% | 79 | 86.6% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 86.6% | 96 |
| Colorado | 83.0% | 108 | 83.0% | 0.6% | 2.9% | 86.5% | 97 |
| Houston | 84.6% | 97 | 84.6% | 0.0% | 1.9% | 86.4% | 98 |
| Louisiana State | 84.7% | 94 | 84.7% | 0.0% | 1.6% | 86.3% | 99 |
| South Dakota | 78.5% | 141 | 78.5% | 0.0% | 7.7% | 86.2% | 100 |
| Penn State-Dickinson | 84.7% | 93 | 84.7% | 0.0% | 1.4% | 86.1% | 101 |
| Mississippi | 81.8% | 120 | 81.8% | 0.0% | 4.2% | 86.0% | 102 |
| Penn State-Univ. Park | 84.6% | 96 | 84.6% | 0.0% | 0.9% | 85.5% | 103 |
| SUNY-Buffalo | 84.7% | 95 | 84.7% | 0.0% | 0.7% | 85.4% | 104 |
| Connecticut | 83.1% | 106 | 83.1% | 0.0% | 2.2% | 85.3% | 105 |
| UC-San Francisco | 80.4% | 131 | 80.4% | 4.6% | 0.4% | 85.3% | 106 |
| San Diego | 76.8% | 145 | 76.8% | 7.9% | 0.4% | 85.1% | 107 |
| Richmond | 85.1% | 92 | 85.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 85.1% | 108 |
| New York Law School | 82.1% | 119 | 82.1% | 0.0% | 2.9% | 85.1% | 109 |
| Denver | 84.5% | 99 | 84.5% | 0.0% | 0.4% | 85.0% | 110 |
| Case Western | 83.7% | 102 | 83.7% | 0.7% | 0.7% | 85.0% | 111 |
| American | 81.8% | 121 | 81.8% | 0.0% | 2.9% | 84.7% | 112 |
| Suffolk | 82.8% | 110 | 82.8% | 0.0% | 1.8% | 84.6% | 113 |
| Georgia State | 83.3% | 105 | 83.3% | 0.0% | 1.0% | 84.4% | 114 |
| Loyola-Chicago | 82.6% | 112 | 82.6% | 0.0% | 1.7% | 84.3% | 115 |
| Hofstra | 83.5% | 104 | 83.5% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 84.3% | 116 |
| Michigan State | 83.7% | 101 | 83.7% | 0.0% | 0.5% | 84.2% | 117 |
| Oklahoma City | 83.8% | 100 | 83.8% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 83.8% | 118 |
| UNLV | 81.4% | 124 | 81.4% | 0.0% | 2.4% | 83.8% | 119 |
| Rutgers | 82.5% | 114 | 82.5% | 0.0% | 1.0% | 83.5% | 120 |
| Indiana (McKinney) | 83.1% | 107 | 83.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 83.1% | 121 |
| Howard | 82.2% | 117 | 82.2% | 0.0% | 0.7% | 83.0% | 122 |
| Regent | 82.9% | 109 | 82.9% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 82.9% | 123 |
| Chicago-Kent | 82.4% | 116 | 82.4% | 0.0% | 0.5% | 82.9% | 124 |
| Campbell | 82.2% | 118 | 82.2% | 0.6% | 0.0% | 82.8% | 125 |
| Pittsburgh | 82.7% | 111 | 82.7% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 82.7% | 126 |
| Widener (PA) | 81.4% | 125 | 81.4% | 0.0% | 1.2% | 82.6% | 127 |
| Liberty | 82.5% | 113 | 82.5% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 82.5% | 128 |
| Akron | 81.7% | 122 | 81.7% | 0.0% | 0.8% | 82.4% | 129 |
| Loyola-New Orleans | 80.3% | 132 | 80.3% | 0.7% | 1.3% | 82.2% | 130 |
| DePaul | 80.6% | 129 | 80.6% | 0.0% | 1.6% | 82.2% | 131 |
| Memphis | 80.0% | 133 | 80.0% | 0.0% | 1.8% | 81.8% | 132 |
| Belmont | 80.6% | 128 | 80.6% | 0.0% | 1.1% | 81.7% | 133 |
| Ohio Northern | 81.4% | 125 | 81.4% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 81.4% | 134 |
| Catholic | 81.4% | 127 | 81.4% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 81.4% | 135 |
| Seattle | 79.3% | 138 | 79.3% | 0.5% | 1.5% | 81.3% | 136 |
| Arkansas-Fayetteville | 75.9% | 147 | 75.9% | 0.0% | 5.4% | 81.3% | 137 |
| Syracuse | 78.8% | 140 | 78.8% | 0.0% | 2.4% | 81.2% | 138 |
| Brooklyn | 79.8% | 135 | 79.8% | 0.0% | 0.8% | 80.7% | 139 |
| Toledo | 80.6% | 130 | 80.6% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 80.6% | 140 |
| Cleveland-Marshall | 79.7% | 137 | 79.7% | 0.0% | 0.8% | 80.5% | 141 |
| New Mexico | 80.0% | 133 | 80.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 80.0% | 142 |
| Southwestern | 77.1% | 144 | 77.1% | 0.4% | 1.8% | 79.3% | 143 |
| Northern Kentucky | 78.2% | 142 | 78.2% | 0.0% | 1.0% | 79.2% | 144 |
| Pacific | 78.9% | 139 | 78.9% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 78.9% | 145 |
| Idaho | 75.7% | 148 | 75.7% | 0.0% | 2.9% | 78.6% | 146 |
| New Hampshire | 77.3% | 143 | 77.3% | 0.0% | 1.1% | 78.4% | 147 |
| Mississippi College | 75.0% | 149 | 75.0% | 0.0% | 3.3% | 78.3% | 148 |
| St. Mary's | 76.0% | 146 | 76.0% | 0.0% | 1.0% | 77.0% | 149 |
| Northern Illinois | 75.0% | 149 | 75.0% | 0.0% | 1.4% | 76.4% | 150 |
| Vermont | 73.9% | 152 | 73.9% | 0.0% | 1.2% | 75.2% | 151 |
| Ave Maria | 73.5% | 154 | 73.5% | 0.0% | 1.5% | 75.0% | 152 |
| New England | 72.1% | 159 | 72.1% | 0.0% | 2.6% | 74.7% | 153 |
| Roger Williams | 70.7% | 163 | 70.7% | 0.0% | 4.0% | 74.7% | 154 |
| Baltimore | 73.3% | 155 | 73.3% | 0.0% | 1.4% | 74.7% | 155 |
| John Marshall (GA) | 74.4% | 151 | 74.4% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 74.4% | 156 |
| Missouri-Kansas City | 73.6% | 153 | 73.6% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 73.6% | 157 |
| Hawaii | 72.5% | 157 | 72.5% | 0.9% | 0.0% | 73.4% | 158 |
| Quinnipiac | 73.3% | 156 | 73.3% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 73.3% | 159 |
| Willamette | 71.3% | 160 | 71.3% | 0.0% | 2.0% | 73.3% | 159 |
| Creighton | 70.4% | 164 | 70.4% | 0.0% | 2.8% | 73.1% | 161 |
| Illinois-Chicago | 72.1% | 158 | 72.1% | 0.0% | 0.7% | 72.8% | 162 |
| South Texas | 70.3% | 166 | 70.3% | 0.4% | 1.8% | 72.5% | 163 |
| Arkansas-Little Rock | 70.9% | 161 | 70.9% | 0.0% | 0.8% | 71.7% | 164 |
| St. Thomas (FL) | 67.1% | 172 | 67.1% | 0.0% | 3.7% | 70.8% | 165 |
| CUNY | 70.7% | 162 | 70.7% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 70.7% | 166 |
| Maine | 70.4% | 164 | 70.4% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 70.4% | 167 |
| North Texas | 69.7% | 167 | 69.7% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 69.7% | 168 |
| Western State | 69.4% | 168 | 69.4% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 69.4% | 169 |
| Barry | 68.9% | 169 | 68.9% | 0.0% | 0.5% | 69.4% | 170 |
| Faulkner | 65.5% | 176 | 65.5% | 0.0% | 3.4% | 69.0% | 171 |
| Charleston | 67.7% | 171 | 67.7% | 0.0% | 1.1% | 68.8% | 172 |
| Lincoln Memorial | 68.8% | 170 | 68.8% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 68.8% | 173 |
| Southern Illinois | 66.7% | 174 | 66.7% | 0.0% | 1.6% | 68.3% | 174 |
| Nova | 65.8% | 175 | 65.8% | 0.0% | 2.1% | 67.9% | 175 |
| Touro | 66.9% | 173 | 66.9% | 0.0% | 0.8% | 67.7% | 176 |
| San Francisco | 65.5% | 177 | 65.5% | 0.9% | 0.9% | 67.3% | 177 |
| Massachusetts | 65.1% | 178 | 65.1% | 0.0% | 1.2% | 66.3% | 178 |
| California Western | 62.8% | 182 | 62.8% | 1.4% | 1.0% | 65.2% | 179 |
| Santa Clara | 63.9% | 179 | 63.9% | 0.0% | 0.5% | 64.4% | 180 |
| Widener (DE) | 63.0% | 180 | 63.0% | 0.0% | 0.5% | 63.6% | 181 |
| North Dakota | 63.0% | 181 | 63.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 63.0% | 182 |
| Mitchell | Hamline | 60.7% | 183 | 60.7% | 0.0% | 0.9% | 61.6% | 183 |
| Capital | 59.5% | 185 | 59.5% | 0.0% | 0.8% | 60.3% | 184 |
| Western New England | 60.3% | 184 | 60.3% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 60.3% | 185 |
| Western Michigan | 58.9% | 186 | 58.9% | 0.0% | 1.0% | 59.9% | 186 |
| Florida A&M | 55.6% | 187 | 55.6% | 0.0% | 3.9% | 59.5% | 187 |
| Southern | 55.2% | 189 | 55.2% | 0.5% | 3.1% | 58.9% | 188 |
| Appalachian | 54.5% | 190 | 54.5% | 1.8% | 1.8% | 58.2% | 189 |
| Golden Gate | 52.9% | 191 | 52.9% | 0.6% | 3.5% | 57.0% | 190 |
| Texas Southern | 55.6% | 187 | 55.6% | 1.2% | 0.0% | 56.7% | 191 |
| District of Columbia | 45.8% | 192 | 45.8% | 8.3% | 0.0% | 54.2% | 192 |
| North Carolina Central | 45.5% | 193 | 45.5% | 0.0% | 2.3% | 47.7% | 193 |
| Puerto Rico | 44.5% | 194 | 44.5% | 0.0% | 2.1% | 46.6% | 194 |
| Inter-American (PR) | 37.2% | 195 | 37.2% | 0.0% | 1.2% | 38.4% | 195 |
| Pontifical Catholic (PR) | 19.0% | 196 | 19.0% | 0.0% | 1.2% | 20.2% | 196 |
Z-score ranking:
| School | Employment Rate | Z-score | Z-score Rank |
| Penn | 99.2% | 1.3054 | 1 |
| Duke | 99.2% | 1.3039 | 2 |
| Chicago | 99.1% | 1.2923 | 3 |
| NYU | 98.5% | 1.2464 | 4 |
| Wake Forest | 98.3% | 1.2275 | 5 |
| Northwestern | 97.8% | 1.1897 | 6 |
| Columbia | 97.6% | 1.1740 | 7 |
| Virginia | 97.5% | 1.1638 | 8 |
| UC-Berkeley | 97.2% | 1.1445 | 9 |
| Georgia | 97.0% | 1.1268 | 10 |
| USC | 96.9% | 1.1155 | 11 |
| Yale | 96.8% | 1.1071 | 12 |
| Texas A&M | 96.4% | 1.0795 | 13 |
| North Carolina | 96.2% | 1.0554 | 14 |
| Kansas | 95.9% | 1.0362 | 15 |
| Cornell | 95.9% | 1.0310 | 16 |
| Stanford | 95.7% | 1.0145 | 17 |
| UCLA | 95.6% | 1.0124 | 18 |
| Michigan | 95.6% | 1.0096 | 19 |
| SMU | 95.5% | 0.9984 | 20 |
| Texas Tech | 95.4% | 0.9955 | 21 |
| Florida | 95.2% | 0.9750 | 22 |
| Arizona State | 95.0% | 0.9613 | 23 |
| Ohio State | 94.9% | 0.9567 | 24 |
| Villanova | 94.9% | 0.9497 | 25 |
| Kentucky | 94.7% | 0.9399 | 26 |
| Washington University | 94.6% | 0.9292 | 27 |
| Fordham | 94.6% | 0.9272 | 28 |
| Wayne State | 94.4% | 0.9160 | 29 |
| Utah | 94.3% | 0.9058 | 30 |
| Harvard | 94.3% | 0.9023 | 31 |
| Oklahoma | 94.2% | 0.8922 | 32 |
| Vanderbilt | 93.8% | 0.8594 | 33 |
| Stetson | 93.5% | 0.8400 | 34 |
| Illinois | 93.4% | 0.8344 | 35 |
| Minnesota | 93.4% | 0.8279 | 36 |
| BYU | 93.3% | 0.8255 | 37 |
| Washington & Lee | 93.2% | 0.8163 | 38 |
| Georgetown | 93.2% | 0.8109 | 39 |
| Texas | 93.1% | 0.8052 | 40 |
| Montana | 93.0% | 0.7949 | 41 |
| Missouri-Columbia | 92.9% | 0.7867 | 42 |
| Iowa | 92.7% | 0.7739 | 43 |
| George Mason | 92.5% | 0.7614 | 44 |
| Emory | 92.5% | 0.7576 | 45 |
| St. Thomas (MN) | 92.3% | 0.7375 | 46 |
| Florida State | 92.2% | 0.7333 | 47 |
| Boston College | 92.1% | 0.7254 | 48 |
| South Carolina | 92.0% | 0.7200 | 49 |
| Pepperdine | 92.0% | 0.7168 | 50 |
| St. John's | 91.9% | 0.7099 | 51 |
| Notre Dame | 91.8% | 0.7044 | 52 |
| Drexel | 91.6% | 0.6856 | 53 |
| Baylor | 91.5% | 0.6742 | 54 |
| Arizona | 91.3% | 0.6573 | 55 |
| Florida Int'l | 91.2% | 0.6480 | 56 |
| Boston Univ. | 91.1% | 0.6463 | 57 |
| Drake | 91.0% | 0.6353 | 58 |
| Temple | 90.8% | 0.6186 | 59 |
| George Washington | 90.8% | 0.6174 | 60 |
| Tulsa | 90.6% | 0.6047 | 61 |
| Wisconsin | 90.4% | 0.5869 | 62 |
| Dayton | 90.3% | 0.5801 | 63 |
| Alabama | 89.9% | 0.5469 | 64 |
| Cardozo | 89.8% | 0.5361 | 65 |
| Wyoming | 89.7% | 0.5329 | 66 |
| Lewis & Clark | 89.7% | 0.5305 | 67 |
| St. Louis | 89.6% | 0.5208 | 68 |
| Mercer | 89.5% | 0.5143 | 69 |
| Tennessee | 89.4% | 0.5074 | 70 |
| Loyola-L.A. | 89.2% | 0.4870 | 71 |
| Marquette | 89.1% | 0.4774 | 72 |
| Chapman | 89.0% | 0.4695 | 73 |
| Indiana (Maurer) | 88.8% | 0.4576 | 74 |
| Tulane | 88.6% | 0.4408 | 75 |
| West Virginia | 88.5% | 0.4284 | 76 |
| Albany | 88.4% | 0.4246 | 77 |
| Maryland | 88.3% | 0.4192 | 78 |
| UC-Irvine | 88.2% | 0.4031 | 79 |
| Detroit Mercy | 88.1% | 0.4018 | 80 |
| Gonzaga | 88.1% | 0.3999 | 81 |
| Northeastern | 88.1% | 0.3975 | 82 |
| Washburn | 88.0% | 0.3908 | 83 |
| Duquesne | 87.9% | 0.3825 | 84 |
| Samford | 87.8% | 0.3733 | 85 |
| Univ. of Washington | 87.7% | 0.3679 | 86 |
| Miami | 87.6% | 0.3588 | 87 |
| UC-Davis | 87.6% | 0.3551 | 88 |
| Oregon | 87.5% | 0.3500 | 89 |
| Seton Hall | 87.3% | 0.3362 | 90 |
| Cincinnati | 87.3% | 0.3338 | 91 |
| Nebraska | 87.3% | 0.3315 | 92 |
| William & Mary | 87.2% | 0.3215 | 93 |
| Louisville | 87.0% | 0.3057 | 94 |
| Elon | 86.9% | 0.2999 | 95 |
| Pace | 86.6% | 0.2769 | 96 |
| Colorado | 86.5% | 0.2725 | 97 |
| Houston | 86.4% | 0.2643 | 98 |
| Louisiana State | 86.3% | 0.2554 | 99 |
| South Dakota | 86.2% | 0.2403 | 100 |
| Penn State-Dickinson | 86.1% | 0.2368 | 101 |
| Mississippi | 86.0% | 0.2289 | 102 |
| Penn State-Univ. Park | 85.5% | 0.1845 | 103 |
| SUNY-Buffalo | 85.4% | 0.1790 | 104 |
| Connecticut | 85.3% | 0.1702 | 105 |
| UC-San Francisco | 85.3% | 0.1677 | 106 |
| San Diego | 85.1% | 0.1534 | 107 |
| Richmond | 85.1% | 0.1523 | 108 |
| New York Law School | 85.1% | 0.1515 | 109 |
| Denver | 85.0% | 0.1445 | 110 |
| Case Western | 85.0% | 0.1436 | 111 |
| American | 84.7% | 0.1195 | 112 |
| Suffolk | 84.6% | 0.1149 | 113 |
| Georgia State | 84.4% | 0.0953 | 114 |
| Loyola-Chicago | 84.3% | 0.0910 | 115 |
| Hofstra | 84.3% | 0.0867 | 116 |
| Michigan State | 84.2% | 0.0840 | 117 |
| Oklahoma City | 83.8% | 0.0522 | 118 |
| UNLV | 83.8% | 0.0511 | 119 |
| Rutgers | 83.5% | 0.0244 | 120 |
| Indiana (McKinney) | 83.1% | -0.0126 | 121 |
| Howard | 83.0% | -0.0198 | 122 |
| Regent | 82.9% | -0.0228 | 123 |
| Chicago-Kent | 82.9% | -0.0263 | 124 |
| Campbell | 82.8% | -0.0313 | 125 |
| Pittsburgh | 82.7% | -0.0407 | 126 |
| Widener (PA) | 82.6% | -0.0528 | 127 |
| Liberty | 82.5% | -0.0543 | 128 |
| Akron | 82.4% | -0.0622 | 129 |
| Loyola-New Orleans | 82.2% | -0.0790 | 130 |
| DePaul | 82.2% | -0.0821 | 131 |
| Memphis | 81.8% | -0.1131 | 132 |
| Belmont | 81.7% | -0.1211 | 133 |
| Ohio Northern | 81.4% | -0.1476 | 134 |
| Catholic | 81.4% | -0.1508 | 135 |
| Seattle | 81.3% | -0.1543 | 136 |
| Arkansas-Fayetteville | 81.3% | -0.1594 | 137 |
| Syracuse | 81.2% | -0.1625 | 138 |
| Brooklyn | 80.7% | -0.2065 | 139 |
| Toledo | 80.6% | -0.2127 | 140 |
| Cleveland-Marshall | 80.5% | -0.2231 | 141 |
| New Mexico | 80.0% | -0.2613 | 142 |
| Southwestern | 79.3% | -0.3188 | 143 |
| Northern Kentucky | 79.2% | -0.3259 | 144 |
| Pacific | 78.9% | -0.3519 | 145 |
| Idaho | 78.6% | -0.3778 | 146 |
| New Hampshire | 78.4% | -0.3910 | 147 |
| Mississippi College | 78.3% | -0.4031 | 148 |
| St. Mary's | 77.0% | -0.5058 | 149 |
| Northern Illinois | 76.4% | -0.5557 | 150 |
| Vermont | 75.2% | -0.6565 | 151 |
| Ave Maria | 75.0% | -0.6689 | 152 |
| New England | 74.7% | -0.6953 | 153 |
| Roger Williams | 74.7% | -0.6960 | 154 |
| Baltimore | 74.7% | -0.6970 | 155 |
| John Marshall (GA) | 74.4% | -0.7211 | 156 |
| Missouri-Kansas City | 73.6% | -0.7830 | 157 |
| Hawaii | 73.4% | -0.7997 | 158 |
| Quinnipiac | 73.3% | -0.8101 | 159 |
| Willamette | 73.3% | -0.8101 | 159 |
| Creighton | 73.1% | -0.8198 | 161 |
| Illinois-Chicago | 72.8% | -0.8464 | 162 |
| South Texas | 72.5% | -0.8704 | 163 |
| Arkansas-Little Rock | 71.7% | -0.9416 | 164 |
| St. Thomas (FL) | 70.8% | -1.0106 | 165 |
| CUNY | 70.7% | -1.0157 | 166 |
| Maine | 70.4% | -1.0462 | 167 |
| North Texas | 69.7% | -1.0988 | 168 |
| Western State | 69.4% | -1.1244 | 169 |
| Barry | 69.4% | -1.1254 | 170 |
| Faulkner | 69.0% | -1.1607 | 171 |
| Charleston | 68.8% | -1.1728 | 172 |
| Lincoln Memorial | 68.8% | -1.1783 | 173 |
| Southern Illinois | 68.3% | -1.2187 | 174 |
| Nova | 67.9% | -1.2480 | 175 |
| Touro | 67.7% | -1.2664 | 176 |
| San Francisco | 67.3% | -1.3000 | 177 |
| Massachusetts | 66.3% | -1.3797 | 178 |
| California Western | 65.2% | -1.4662 | 179 |
| Santa Clara | 64.4% | -1.5368 | 180 |
| Widener (DE) | 63.6% | -1.5991 | 181 |
| North Dakota | 63.0% | -1.6500 | 182 |
| Mitchell | Hamline | 61.6% | -1.7585 | 183 |
| Capital | 60.3% | -1.8656 | 184 |
| Western New England | 60.3% | -1.8692 | 185 |
| Western Michigan | 59.9% | -1.9034 | 186 |
| Florida A&M | 59.5% | -1.9341 | 187 |
| Southern | 58.9% | -1.9849 | 188 |
| Appalachian | 58.2% | -2.0397 | 189 |
| Golden Gate | 57.0% | -2.1379 | 190 |
| Texas Southern | 56.7% | -2.1584 | 191 |
| District of Columbia | 54.2% | -2.3670 | 192 |
| North Carolina Central | 47.7% | -2.8919 | 193 |
| Puerto Rico | 46.6% | -2.9858 | 194 |
| Inter-American (PR) | 38.4% | -3.6544 | 195 |
| Pontifical Catholic (PR) | 20.2% | -5.1325 | 196 |
For the Z-scores used to calculate this ranking, see here.
In recent years, enhanced ABA reporting rules have led to more information becoming available from law schools about the many types of positions law students take after they graduate. Each year, schools are required to report to the ABA how many of their most recent graduates had various types of jobs lined up after graduation.
As in previous years, the ABA mandated that schools report law school and university positions separately from all other nonuniversity-funded positions to make the difference between the two types of jobs very clear. U.S. News continued to use this standard for data collection for the class of 2020 at graduation and 10 months later.
These ABA standards require law schools to go into great detail by reporting 45 different job types, as well as employment status and duration. That includes, for example, whether each graduate's employment was long term – defined as lasting at least a year – or short term, whether it was full or part time, and whether it required passage of a bar exam.
U.S. News collected these same statistics when the schools were surveyed for the annual rankings and gathered the same data on members of the class who were employed at graduation and 10 months after graduation. U.S. News also collected data on students' jobs when the law school was unable to determine length of employment or full- or part-time status, as well as when employment status was unknown.
U.S. News incorporated this rich data into its computation of the employment measure for the class of 2020 at graduation and 10 months later. Placement success was calculated by assigning various weights to the number of graduates employed in 45 of these different types of post-J.D. jobs, employment statuses and durations.
Full weight was given for graduates who had two types of jobs. The 100% weighted jobs were those who had a full-time job not funded by the law school or university that lasted at least a year and for which bar passage was required, or a full-time job not funded by the law school or university that lasted at least a year where a J.D. degree was an advantage. Many experts in legal education consider these to be real law jobs.
Less weight went to full-time, long-term jobs that were professional or nonprofessional and did not require bar passage, to pursuit of an additional advanced degree, and to positions whose start dates were deferred. The lowest weight applied to jobs categorized as both part-time and short-term and those jobs for which a law school was unable to determine length of employment or whether they were full time.
https://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2023/03/preview-of-the-2024-us-news-law-school-rankings-employment.html
