I previously blogged the Conglomerate’s new crowdsourced law school rankings of 188 law schools, compiled with over 300,000 votes by over 6,100 unique users in head-to-head match-ups. (The full 1-188 crowdsourced rankings are below the fold.)
Below are the 25 schools whose crowdsourced ranking most overperform and underperform their U.S. News peer-reputation ranking:
|
School |
US News Peer |
Crowdsourced |
Difference |
|
Michigan State |
108 |
63 |
+45 |
|
Baylor |
96 |
61 |
+35 |
|
Syracuse |
85 |
55 |
+30 |
|
South Carolina |
96 |
67 |
+29 |
|
Duquesne |
152 |
128 |
+24 |
|
Gonzaga |
108 |
87 |
+21 |
|
Penn State |
71 |
53 |
+18 |
|
Whittier |
176 |
158 |
+18 |
|
Pepperdine |
71 |
54 |
+17 |
|
DePaul |
96 |
80 |
+16 |
|
UNH (Franklin Pierce) |
128 |
112 |
+16 |
|
Regent |
184 |
168 |
+16 |
|
Texas Southern |
171 |
157 |
+14 |
|
Loyola-New Orleans |
114 |
101 |
+13 |
|
Northern Illinois |
158 |
145 |
+13 |
|
Texas Tech |
128 |
116 |
+12 |
|
Loyola-Chicago |
71 |
60 |
+11 |
|
Richmond |
85 |
76 |
+9 |
|
Boston College |
27 |
19 |
+8 |
|
Maryland |
44 |
36 |
+8 |
|
George Mason |
52 |
44 |
+8 |
|
San Francisco |
114 |
106 |
+8 |
|
George Washington |
23 |
16 |
+7 |
|
Boston University |
27 |
20 |
+7 |
|
U. Washington (Seattle) |
39 |
32 |
+7 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Oklahoma |
71 |
90 |
-19 |
|
Southwestern |
128 |
147 |
-19 |
|
Arkansas-Fayetteville |
96 |
117 |
-21 |
|
Minnesota |
20 |
42 |
-22 |
|
Widener |
128 |
150 |
-22 |
|
Capital |
152 |
174 |
-22 |
|
Houston |
66 |
89 |
-23 |
|
Santa Clara |
71 |
94 |
-23 |
|
Hawaii |
85 |
108 |
-23 |
|
Cleveland State |
128 |
151 |
-23 |
|
Touro |
158 |
181 |
-23 |
|
St. Louis |
71 |
95 |
-24 |
|
Hamline |
139 |
163 |
-24 |
|
Catholic |
71 |
97 |
-26 |
|
Mercer |
108 |
135 |
-27 |
|
Willamette |
114 |
141 |
-27 |
|
New Mexico |
71 |
99 |
-28 |
|
Seattle |
85 |
114 |
-29 |
|
Samford |
139 |
170 |
-31 |
|
Wayne State |
108 |
140 |
-32 |
|
Washburn |
128 |
161 |
-33 |
|
Stetson |
114 |
148 |
-34 |
|
Nova Southeastern |
152 |
187 |
-35 |
|
Alabama |
44 |
83 |
-39 |
|
Chicago-Kent |
59 |
98 |
-39 |
|
Utah |
48 |
91 |
-43 |
|
1 |
Yale |
|
2 |
Stanford |
|
3 |
Harvard |
|
4 |
Chicago |
|
5 |
Michigan |
|
6 |
Penn |
|
7 |
UC-Berkeley |
|
8 |
Columbia |
|
9 |
Virginia |
|
10 |
NYU |
|
11 |
Georgetown |
|
12 |
Cornell |
|
13 |
UCLA |
|
14 |
Texas |
|
15 |
Vanderbilt |
|
16 |
George Washington |
|
17 |
Duke |
|
18 |
Northwestern |
|
19 |
Boston College |
|
20 |
Boston University |
|
21 |
North Carolina |
|
22 |
Washington U. (St. Louis) |
|
23 |
Notre Dame |
|
24 |
USC |
|
25 |
Fordham |
|
26 |
Wisconsin |
|
27 |
Emory |
|
28 |
William & Mary |
|
29 |
Washington & Lee |
|
30 |
UC-Hastings |
|
31 |
UC-Davis |
|
32 |
U. Washington (Seattle) |
|
33 |
Illinois |
|
34 |
Iowa |
|
35 |
Wake Forest |
|
36 |
Maryland |
|
37 |
Indiana-Bloomington |
|
38 |
American |
|
39 |
Colorado |
|
40 |
Georgia |
|
41 |
Ohio State |
|
42 |
Minnesota |
|
43 |
Tulane |
|
44 |
George Mason |
|
45 |
California-Irvine |
|
46 |
Florida |
|
47 |
Arizona |
|
48 |
Connecticut |
|
49 |
Oregon |
|
50 |
Cardozo |
|
51 |
Arizona State |
|
52 |
BYU |
|
53 |
Penn State |
|
54 |
Pepperdine |
|
55 |
Syracuse |
|
56 |
Case Western |
|
57 |
Miami |
|
58 |
Pittsburgh |
|
59 |
Villanova |
|
60 |
Loyola-Chicago |
|
61 |
Baylor |
|
62 |
Brooklyn |
|
63 |
Michigan State |
|
64 |
Rutgers-Newark |
|
65 |
Temple |
|
66 |
San Diego |
|
67 |
South Carolina |
|
68 |
Florida State |
|
69 |
Seton Hall |
|
70 |
Kansas |
|
71 |
Loyola-L.A. |
|
72 |
Rutgers-Camden |
|
73 |
Kentucky |
|
74 |
SMU |
|
75 |
Missouri-Columbia |
|
76 |
Richmond |
|
77 |
Tennessee |
|
78 |
Indiana-Indianapolis |
|
79 |
Marquette |
|
80 |
DePaul |
|
81 |
Northeastern |
|
82 |
St. John’s |
|
83 |
Alabama |
|
84 |
Cincinnati |
|
85 |
Denver |
|
86 |
Nebraska |
|
87 |
Gonzaga |
|
88 |
Lewis & Clark |
|
89 |
Houston |
|
90 |
Oklahoma |
|
91 |
Utah |
|
92 |
Vermont |
|
93 |
Hofstra |
|
94 |
Santa Clara |
|
95 |
St. Louis |
|
96 |
UNLV |
|
97 |
Catholic |
|
98 |
Chicago-Kent |
|
99 |
New Mexico |
|
100 |
Georgia State |
|
101 |
Loyola-New Orleans |
|
102 |
New York Law School |
|
103 |
SUNY-Buffalo |
|
104 |
Louisville |
|
105 |
Maine |
|
106 |
San Francisco |
|
107 |
LSU |
|
108 |
Hawaii |
|
109 |
U. Mississippi |
|
110 |
Missouri-Kansas City |
|
111 |
Howard |
|
112 |
UNH (Franklin Pierce) |
|
113 |
Drexel |
|
114 |
Seattle |
|
115 |
West Virginia |
|
116 |
Texas Tech |
|
117 |
Arkansas-Fayetteville |
|
118 |
Arkansas-Little Rock |
|
119 |
Montana |
|
120 |
Idaho |
|
121 |
Valparaiso |
|
122 |
Creighton |
|
123 |
Pace |
|
124 |
Suffolk |
|
125 |
Wyoming |
|
126 |
Baltimore |
|
127 |
McGeorge (Pacific) |
|
128 |
Duquesne |
|
129 |
Albany |
|
130 |
Drake |
|
131 |
Tulsa |
|
132 |
John Marshall |
|
133 |
CUNY |
|
135 |
Mercer |
|
136 |
Akron |
|
137 |
Dayton |
|
138 |
North Dakota |
|
139 |
Toledo |
|
140 |
Wayne State |
|
141 |
Willamette |
|
142 |
South Dakota |
|
143 |
William Mitchell |
|
144 |
Chapman |
|
145 |
Northern Illinois |
|
146 |
Quinnipiac |
|
147 |
Southwestern |
|
148 |
Stetson |
|
149 |
Memphis |
|
150 |
Widener |
|
151 |
Cleveland State |
|
152 |
Southern Illinois |
|
153 |
St. Mary’s |
|
154 |
Texas Wesleyan |
|
155 |
U. St. Thomas (MN) |
|
156 |
California Western |
|
157 |
Texas Southern |
|
158 |
Whittier |
|
159 |
New England |
|
160 |
South Texas |
|
161 |
Washburn |
|
162 |
Golden Gate |
|
163 |
Hamline |
|
164 |
North Carolina Central |
|
165 |
Oklahoma City |
|
166 |
Mississippi College |
|
167 |
Ohio Northern |
|
168 |
Regent |
|
169 |
Roger Williams |
|
170 |
Samford |
|
171 |
Florida International |
|
172 |
Detroit Mercy |
|
173 |
District of Columbia |
|
174 |
Capital |
|
175 |
Northern Kentucky |
|
176 |
St. Thomas U. (FL) |
|
177 |
Thomas Jefferson |
|
178 |
Southern |
|
179 |
Western New England |
|
180 |
Campbell |
|
181 |
Touro |
|
182 |
Western State |
|
183 |
Appalachian |
|
184 |
Ave Maria |
|
185 |
Florida Coastal |
|
186 |
Thomas Cooley |
|
187 |
Nova Southeastern |
|
188 |
Barry |
Dan Filler and Brian Leiter comment on the crowdsourced rankings here.
