I previously blogged the lists of the Top 10 law schools in eleven categories posted on Princeton Review’s web site in connection with its publication of the 2011 edition of Best 172 Law Schools (with the University of Cincinnati College of Law again on the cover). The rankings are the result of Princeton Review’s survey of 18,000 students at the 172 law schools, along with school statistics provided by administrators.
I have extracted from the individual profiles of the 172 law schools all of the available data to rank the schools in six categories. I will report each day on one of the ranking categories.
Admissions Selectivity Rating: How competititve admission is at the law school, on a scale of 60 to 99. Several factors determine this rating, including LSAT scores and the average undergraduate GPA of entering 1L students, the percentage of applicants accepted, and the percentage of accepted applicants who enrolled in the law school. We collect this information through a survey that law school administrators completed for the Fall 2010 entering class.
Here are the law schools that are the most and least selective in admissions among the 172 law schools profiled in the book (an asterisk indicates that the school did not supply the Princeton Review with the requested statistical information):
School
Score
School
Score
1
Harvard
99
148
N. Carolina Central
69
Stanford
99
Vermont
69
Yale
99
Whittier
69
4
Columbia
98
151
Creighton
68
Pennsylvania
98
152
Nova
67
UC-Berkeley
98
Southern
67
Virginia
98
W. New England
67
8
Chicago
97
155
Ave Maria
66
North Carolina
97
South Dakota
66
Northwestern
97
Washburn
66
11
Michigan
96
Widener-Delaware
66
NYU
96
159
Roger Williams
65
SMU
96
St. Thomas (Miami)
65
14
Geo. Washington
95
161
New England
64
Georgetown
95
162
Dayton
63
USC
95
Faulkner
63
Texas
95
Mississippi College
63
18
Cornell
94
165
Appalachian
62
Duke
94
Widener-Harrisburg
62
Fordham
94
167
Oklahoma City
61
21
Boston College
93
Thomas Cooley
61
BYU
93
169
Alabama*
60
Maryland
93
Phoenix*
60
Minnesota
93
Touro*
60
Vanderbilt
93
Washington U.*
60
For prior years’ rankings, see:
