Yesterday, I blogged the Princeton Review’s Top 50 Law Schools, based on data I extracted from the individual profiles of the 172 law schools in the 2011 edition of Best 172 Law Schools (with the University of Cincinnati College of Law again on the cover). The rankings are based on the Princeton Review’s survey of 18,000 students at the 172 law schools, along with school statistics provided by administrators. The rankings based on the scores (ranging from 60-99) in five categories:
- Academic Experience
- Admissions Selectivity
- Career Preparation
- Professors: Accessible and Interesting
Here are the 50 law schools whose Princeton Review ranking most outperformed their U.S. News ranking (assigning a ranking of 103 to schools in the U.S. News 3rd Tier (103-144) and a ranking of 145 to schools in the U,S, News 4th Tier (145-188):
Law School
Princeton Rank
US News Rank
Difference
Regent
79
Tier 4
+66
Chapman
28
93
+65
Florida Int’l
81
Tier 4
+64
Samford
42
Tier 3
+61
Ave Maria
85
Tier 4
+60
CUNY
85
Tier 4
+60
Richmond
32
86
+54
St. Thomas (MN)
50
Tier 3
+53
Mercer
57
Tier 3
+46
Faulkner
100
Tier 4
+45
Quinnipiac
58
Tier 3
+45
Texas Wesleyan
100
Tier 4
+45
Rutgers-Camden
37
80
+43
Campbell
103
Tier 4
+42
Texas Tech
65
Tier 3
+38
DePaul
61
98
+37
Pepperdine
17
52
+35
Loyola-L.A.
24
56
+32
San Francisco
71
98
+27
LSU
55
80
+25
Florida State
30
54
+24
BYU
19
42
+23
Dist. of Columbia
123
Tier 4
+22
Memphis
82
Tier 3
+21
Temple
51
72
+21
Wake Forest
17
38
+21
New England
125
Tier 4
+20
Boston College
10
28
+18
Tennessee
42
60
+18
Boston University
5
22
+17
Chicago Kent
63
80
+17
Oklahoma
55
72
+17
Georgia State
44
60
+16
Toledo
87
Tier 3
+16
W. New England
130
Tier 4
+15
Fordham
20
34
+14
Marquette
89
Tier 3
+14
UNLV
64
78
+14
Cardozo
39
52
+13
UC-Hastings
29
42
+13
Tulane
36
48
+12
Valparaiso
133
Tier 4
+12
Houston
49
60
+11
Nebraska
82
93
+11
Wayne State
92
Tier 3
+11
Whittier
135
Tier 4
+10
Roger Williams
136
Tier 4
+9
Southern Illinois
136
Tier 4
+9
Vanderbilt
8
17
+9
Virginia
1
10
+9
Here are the 50 law schools whose Princeton Review ranking most underperformed their U.S. News ranking (assigning a ranking of 103 to schools in the U.S. News 3rd Tier (103-144) and a ranking of 145 to schools in the U,S, News 4th Tier (145-188):
Law School
Princeton Rank
US News Rank
Difference
Washington (St.Louis)
163
19
-144
Cornell
108
13
-95
West Virginia
162
93
-69
South Dakota
170
Tier 3
-67
Alabama
104
38
-66
Kentucky
130
64
-66
Syracuse
151
86
-65
Arkansas-Little Rock
160
Tier 3
-57
Idaho
156
Tier 3
-53
Miami
113
60
-53
Ohio Northern
153
Tier 3
-50
UCLA
65
15
-50
Washburn
151
Tier 3
-48
Akron
149
Tier 3
-46
Cincinnati
102
56
-46
SMU
94
48
-46
Albany
148
Tier 3
-45
Maine
147
Tier 3
-44
Case Western
98
56
-42
Washington (Seattle)
76
34
-42
Loyola-New Orleans
142
Tier 3
-39
Missouri-Kansas City
142
Tier 3
-39
Wyoming
141
Tier 3
-38
Yale
39
1
-38
Missouri-Columbia
129
93
-36
St. John’s
108
72
-36
Southwestern
138
Tier 3
-35
William Mitchell
130
98
-32
Gonzaga
134
Tier 3
-31
Hofstra
117
86
-31
Lewis & Clark
95
64
-31
Seattle
117
86
-31
Indiana – Indianapolis
115
86
-29
Appalachian
172
Tier 4
-27
Oregon
106
80
-26
Southern
171
Tier 4
-26
Cleveland State
127
Tier 3
-24
Florida
71
47
-24
New York Law School
127
Tier 3
-24
Oklahoma City
168
Tier 4
-23
Minnesota
44
22
-22
Thomas Cooley
167
Tier 4
-22
Vermont
125
Tier 3
-22
Columbia
25
4
-21
St. Mary’s
166
Tier 4
-21
Connecticut
74
54
-20
Creighton
123
Tier 3
-20
Northern Illinois
165
Tier 4
-20
Ohio State
54
34
-20
Dayton
164
Tier 4
-19
Harvard
21
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-19
