The Law Schools Most Impacted By The Methodology Changes In The 2024 U.S. News Rankings

Following up on this morning's post, 2024 U.S. News Law School Peer Reputation Rankings (And Overall Rankings):  here are the schools most impacted by the methodology changes in the 2024 U.S. News Rankings (among schools with rankings in both 2023 and 2024).

Largest increases in the 2024 rankings:

Rank	School	2023 Rank	2024 Rank	Difference
1	Duquesne	129	89	+40
2	Florida Int'l	98	60	+38
3	Oklahoma	88	51	+37
4	Marquette	105	71	+34
4	Texas Tech	105	71	+34
6	St. Thomas (MN)	127	96	+31
7	Belmont	133	105	+28
8	Kansas	67	40	+27
8	Stetson	111	84	+27
10	South Carolina	84	60	+24
10	St. John's	84	60	+24
12	Drake	111	88	+23
12	Mercer	122	99	+23
14	Loyola-New Orleans	133	111	+22
15	Wyoming	129	111	+18
16	Albany	122	105	+17
16	Gonzaga	116	99	+17
16	Memphis	142	125	+17
16	Regent	142	125	+17
16	Seton Hall	73	56	+17
16	Texas A&M	46	29	+17
22	Cleveland State	127	111	+16
23	Wake Forest	37	22	+15
24	SMU	58	45	+13
24	Villanova	56	43	+13
26	Dayton	122	111	+11
26	Pace	142	131	+11
26	South Dakota	133	122	+11
29	Baylor	58	49	+9
29	Chapman	118	109	+9
29	Georgia	29	20	+9
29	Georgia State	78	69	+9
29	St. Louis	98	89	+9
29	Temple	63	54	+9
35	Boston College	37	29	+8
35	Fordham	37	29	+8
35	Ohio State	30	22	+8
35	Samford	139	131	+8
39	Kentucky	67	60	+7
39	Loyola-L.A.	67	60	+7
39	Montana	103	96	+7
39	Pepperdine Caruso	52	45	+7
39	Tulsa	118	111	+7
39	West Virginia	118	111	+7

Largest decreases in the 2024 rankings:

Rank	School	2023 Rank	2024 Rank	Difference
1	Hawaii	91	135	-44
2	Maine	114	146	-32
3	Penn State-Dickinson	58	89	-31
3	SUNY-Buffalo	94	125	-31
5	DePaul	105	135	-30
6	Catholic	94	122	-28
7	Howard	98	125	-27
8	Willamette	129	155	-26
9	Santa Clara	133	158	-25
10	Rutgers	86	109	-23
10	UC-Davis	37	60	-23
12	Hofstra	118	140	-22
12	UNLV	67	89	-22
12	Vermont	142	164	-22
15	CUNY	133	154	-21
15	Missouri-Kansas City	114	135	-21
17	Michigan State	91	111	-20
18	Arkansas-Fayetteville	86	105	-19
18	Syracuse	103	122	-19
20	Cardozo	52	69	-17
21	American	73	89	-16
21	Creighton	139	155	-16
21	Penn State-Univ. Park	64	80	-16
21	Tulane	55	71	-16
25	William & Mary	30	45	-15
26	San Diego	64	78	-14
27	Baltimore	122	135	-13
27	Brooklyn	98	111	-13
29	Loyola-Chicago	73	84	-11
29	Nebraska	78	89	-11
29	Oregon	67	78	-11
29	Pittsburgh	78	89	-11
29	Suffolk	122	133	-11
34	Alabama	25	35	-10
34	Boston University	17	27	-10
34	George Washington	25	35	-10
37	Florida State	47	56	-9
37	UC-San Francisco	51	60	-9
37	University of Arizona	45	54	-9
40	Illinois	35	43	-8
40	Pacific	133	141	-8
40	Richmond	52	60	-8
43	Colorado	49	56	-7
43	Connecticut	64	71	-7
43	Iowa	28	35	-7

• 2024 U.S. News Law School Peer Reputation Rankings (And Overall Rankings)
• The Law Schools Most Impacted By The Methodology Changes In The 2024 U.S. News Rankings
• Donald Tobin (Maryland; Google Scholar), A Preliminary Analysis Of The New U.S. News Law School Rankings
• Methodology Changes In The New 2024 U.S. News Law School Rankings
• 62 Law Schools Boycotted The U.S. News Law School Rankings
• Pepperdine’s Place In The 2024 U.S. News Law School Rankings
• A Law-School Rankings Formula After Ron DeSantis’s Own Heart