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2010 U.S. News Quality Assessment Rankings

U.S. News I previously blogged the two quality assessment components in the 2010 U.S. News Law School Rankings:

The Quality Assessment Ranking weights the Academic Peer Assessment and Lawyer/Judge Assessment according to the U.S. News methodology (62.5% and 37.5%, respectively):

































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































Academic Peer


& Lawyer/Judge


Weighted Rank


Academic Peer


& Lawyer/Judge


Weighted Score


 


 


School


 


Overall


Rank


1


4.80


Harvard


2


1


4.80


Yale


1


3


4.74


Stanford


3


4


4.60


Chicago


6


4


4.60


Columbia


4


6


4.50


NYU


5


6


4.50


UC-Berkeley


6


8


4.44


Michigan


9


9


4.41


Virginia


10


10


4.34


Pennsylvania


8


11


4.28


Duke


10


12


4.24


Cornell


13


13


4.21


Georgetown


14


14


4.14


Texas


15


15


4.11


Northwestern


10


16


3.93


UCLA


15


17


3.91


Vanderbilt


17


18


3.71


Washington U.


19


19


3.66


USC


18


20


3.65


North Carolina


30


21


3.61


Emory


20


21


3.61


George Washington


28


23


3.58


Minnesota


20


24


3.55


Iowa


26


24


3.55


Washington & Lee


30


26


3.54


Wisconsin


35


27


3.51


Boston College


26


28


3.49


Notre Dame


23


29


3.48


Boston University


20


29


3.48


Illinois


23


31


3.45


UC-Hastings


39


32


3.44


UC-Davis


35


33


3.41


William & Mary


28


34


3.38


Indiana-Bloomington


23


34


3.38


Ohio State


35


36


3.34


Fordham


30


37


3.31


U. Washington


30


38


3.29


Wake Forest


40


39


3.24


Arizona


43


40


3.21


Tulane


45


41


3.18


Florida


51


41


3.18


Georgia


35


43


3.11


Alabama


30


44


3.08


American


45


45


3.04


Arizona State


55


45


3.04


Colorado


45


47


2.99


BYU


41


47


2.99


George Mason


41


49


2.98


Maryland


43


50


2.95


Case Western


55


50


2.95


Oregon


77


52


2.94


Connecticut


52


53


2.91


Utah


45


54


2.89


Missouri-Columbia


65


54


2.89


SMU


49


56


2.88


Miami


71


57


2.86


Villanova


61


58


2.85


Kansas


65


59


2.84


Cardozo


49


59


2.84


Pittsburgh


71


59


2.84


San Diego


61


62


2.81


Temple


65


63


2.80


Florida State


52


64


2.79


Kentucky


55


65


2.78


Tennessee


59


66


2.76


Baylor


65


67


2.75


Houston


59


68


2.71


Cincinnati


52


69


2.69


Lewis & Clark


61


69


2.69


Nebraska


Tier 3


69


2.69


Oklahoma


71


69


2.69


Santa Clara


85


73


2.68


Rutgers-Camden


77


73


2.68


Rutgers-Newark


87


75


2.66


Brooklyn


61


75


2.66


Chicago-Kent


77


77


2.65


Catholic


94


77


2.65


Indiana-Indianapolis


87


77


2.65


Seton Hall


77


80


2.64


St. Louis


94


81


2.63


Loyola-Chicago


87


81


2.63


Marquette


87


81


2.63


Pepperdine


55


84


2.61


Denver


77


84


2.61


New Mexico


77


86


2.59


Penn State


65


86


2.59


Richmond


77


86


2.59


Seattle


77


89


2.55


DePaul


87


89


2.55


Syracuse


Tier 3


91


2.54


Hofstra


100


92


2.53


Loyola-LA


71


92


2.53


LSU


75


92


2.53


Mississippi


Tier 3


95


2.51


Arkansas-Fayetteville


94


95


2.51


Georgia State


65


95


2.51


Howard


Tier 3


95


2.51


Northeastern


94


95


2.51


South Carolina


87


100


2.50


Gonzaga


100


100


2.50


Loyola-New Orleans


Tier 3


102


2.48


Hawaii


Tier 3


102


2.48


UNLV


75


104


2.46


Michigan State


Tier 3


105


2.45


Louisville


98


105


2.45


Maine


100


105


2.45


Vermont


Tier 3


108


2.44


Wyoming


Tier 3


109


2.41


New York Law


Tier 3


109


2.41


St. John’s


87


111


2.39


SUNY-Buffalo


85


112


2.38


Mercer


Tier 3


112


2.38


Missouri-KC


Tier 3


114


2.36


Creighton


Tier 3


115


2.35


Pacific


Tier 3


115


2.35


Wayne State


Tier 3


117


2.33


Drake


Tier 3


117


2.33


San Francisco


98


117


2.33


Willamette


Tier 4


120


2.31


Arkansas-Little Rock


Tier 3


120


2.31


West Virginia


Tier 3


122


2.29


Texas Tech


Tier 3


123


2.28


Stetson


Tier 3


124


2.26


South Dakota


Tier 3


124


2.26


Valparaiso


Tier 4


126


2.25


Cleveland State


Tier 3


126


2.25


Montana


Tier 3


128


2.24


Albany


Tier 3


129


2.23


Franklin Pierce


Tier 3


130


2.21


Suffolk


Tier 4


131


2.19


Baltimore


Tier 4


131


2.19


Dayton


Tier 4


131


2.19


Idaho


Tier 3


134


2.16


North Dakota


Tier 3


134


2.16


St. Thomas (MN)


Tier 3


136


2.15


Hamline


Tier 4


136


2.15


Memphis


Tier 3


136


2.15


Tulsa


Tier 4


136


2.15


Washburn


Tier 4


140


2.13


Akron


Tier 3


140


2.13


Duquesne


Tier 4


142


2.11


Samford


Tier 3


142


2.11


Southern Illinois


Tier 4


142


2.11


Toledo


Tier 3


145


2.10


Pace


Tier 4


145


2.10


Quinnipiac


Tier 3


147


2.08


CUNY


Tier 4


148


2.05


John Marshall


Tier 4


148


2.05


Widener


Tier 4


148


2.05


William Mitchell


Tier 3


151


1.99


St. Mary’s


Tier 4


152


1.98


Chapman


Tier 3


153


1.96


Southwestern


Tier 3


154


1.95


New England


Tier 4


154


1.95


South Texas


Tier 4


156


1.91


California Western


Tier 4


156


1.91


Roger Williams


Tier 4


158


1.89


Northern Illinois


Tier 4


159


1.88


Capital


Tier 4


159


1.88


Nova


Tier 4


161


1.85


Golden Gate


Tier 4


161


1.85


Ohio Northern


Tier 3


163


1.83


Campbell


Tier 4


163


1.83


Mississippi College


Tier 4


165


1.81


Northern Kentucky


Tier 4


166


1.79


N. Carolina Central


Tier 4


166


1.79


Thomas Jefferson


Tier 4


168


1.75


Florida International


Tier 4


168


1.75


Oklahoma City


Tier 4


170


1.73


Texas Wesleyan


Tier 4


171


1.71


Texas Southern


Tier 4


172


1.69


Detroit Mercy


Tier 4


173


1.68


W. New England


Tier 4


174


1.66


Touro


Tier 4


174


1.66


Whittier


Tier 4


176


1.65


St. Thomas (FL)


Tier 4


177


1.61


Southern


Tier 4


178


1.59


Thomas Cooley


Tier 4


179


1.53


Ave Maria


Tier 4


180


1.50


District of Columbia


Tier 4


181


1.48


Appalachian


Tier 4


181


1.48


Florida Coastal


Tier 4


183


1.41


Barry


Tier 4


183


1.41


Regent


Tier 4


 


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