The annual U.S. News and World Report (USN) ranking of the top 100 (due to a five-way tie for position 100, the top 104) law schools appeared in the April 7-14, 2008 issue of USN. The USN publication AMERICA'S BEST GRADUATE SCHOOLS (2009 edition) makes an attempt to rank the remaining 80 accredited law schools by partitioning these law schools into Tier 3 (law schools ranked 105 to 141) and Tier 4 (law schools ranked 142 to 184). No explicit ranking of the law schools withn Tier 3 is given; the same applies for Tier 4.
2009 LAW SCHOOL RANKINGS THIRD TIER (105-141) WITH RAW DATA
April
April
2008
2008
2008
2008
2008
2008
2008
2007
Peer
Judge/
GPA
LSAT
Accept-
Student/
USN
USN
Score
Law
25th-75th
25th-75th
ance
Faculty
TIER
TIER
LAW SCHOOL
5 Max
Score
Percentile
Percentile
Rate
Ratio
Tier 3
Tier 3
Albany LS-Union U
2.1
2.4
2.92-3.48
152-157
45.1%
14.7
Tier 3
Tier 4
Chapman U (CA)
1.8
1.9
3.10-3.61
154-159
31.5%
12.6
Tier 3
Tier 3
Cleveland State U
2.1
2.3
3.14-3.65
153-157
36.3%
13.0
Tier 3
Tier 3
Creighton U (NE)
2.0
2.9
3.23-3.68
151-156
45.3%
18.1
Tier 3
Tier 3
Drake U (IA)
2.0
2.6
3.11-3.72
153-158
50.7%
12.9
Tier 3
Tier 3
Franklin Pierce (NH)
1.9
2.5
3.00-3.50
150-155
49.8%
14.4
Tier 3
Tier 3
Gonzaga U (WA)
2.1
3.0
3.06-3.54
153-157
45.4%
14.8
Tier 3
Tier 4
Hamline U (MN)
1.9
2.3
3.22-3.70
152-158
48.6%
14.6
Tier 3
Tier 3
Howard U (DC)
2.3
2.7
2.90-3.50
149-155
22.7%
18.7
Tier 3
Tier 3
Loyola U New Orle
2.1
3.0
3.09-3.56
149-155
67.2%
17.5
Tier 3
Tier 3
Michigan State U
2.2
2.9
3.21-3.64
155-161
41.8%
19.4
Tier 3
Tier 3
New York LS
2.2
2.8
3.08-3.57
153-157
47.1%
22.9
Tier 3
Tier 4
Ohio Northern U
1.7
1.9
3.10-3.70
148-156
29.7%
12.2
Tier 3
Tier 3
Pace U (NY)
2.1
2.3
3.13-3.59
153-157
36.9%
14.2
Tier 3
Tier 3
Quinnipiac U (CT)
2.0
2.2
3.01-3.62
157-160
27.6%
10.4
Tier 3
Tier 3
Samford U (AL)
1.9
2.3
3.07-3.52
155-159
40.2%
17.6
Tier 3
Tier 3
Suffolk U (MA)
2.1
2.4
3.03-3.49
154-158
49.8%
16.5
Tier 3
Tier 3
Texas Tech U
2.0
2.7
3.34-3.75
151-157
43.4%
15.4
Tier 3
Tier 3
U Akron (OH)
1.9
2.2
3.16-3.76
156-160
32.1%
13.3
Tier 3
Tier 3
U Ark,-Fayettville
2.4
2.7
3.17-3.70
151-159
30.3%
13.8
Tier 3
Tier 3
U Arkansas, L Rock
2.2
2.5
2.94-3.68
151-156
26.1%
14.3
Tier 3
Tier 4
U Baltimore
2.0
2.4
3.00-3.57
153-157
40.9%
18.9
Tier 3
Tier 3
University of Idaho
2.1
2.7
3.03-3.64
151-159
43.7%
16.0
Tier 3
Tier 3
University of Maine
2.3
2.9
3.06-3.69
154-159
46.9%
15.3
Tier 3
Tier 3
U Mississippi
2.2
2.9
3.28-3.79
152-157
30.7%
15.8
Tier 3
Tier 3
U Missouri-KC
2.3
2.7
3.03-3.64
152-156
50.4%
12.8
Tier 3
Tier 3
U Montana
2.1
2.7
3.12-3.75
151-158
42.3%
14.3
Tier 3
102
U San Francisco
2.2
2.5
3.02-3.56
156-161
37.7%
19.1
Tier 3
Tier 4
U South Dakota
2.0
2.7
3.21-3.75
150-156
49.3%
16.2
Tier 3
Tier 3
U Sl Thomas (MN)
1.9
2.7
3.16-3.63
154-161
48.6%
16.8
Tier 3
87.5
U Toledo (OH)
2.0
2.1
3.10-3.74
156-161
26.9%
15.1
Tier 3
Tier 3
U Wyoming
2.1
2.9
3.18-3.63
150-156
27.6%
11.4
Tier 3
Tier 3
Vermont Law Sch
2.3
2.7
2.95-3.54
151-158
58.6%
11.6
Tier 3
Tier 3
Washburn U (KS)
2.0
2.5
3.06-3.69
150-156
52.3%
13.8
Tier 3
Tier 4
Wayne State U (MI)
2.3
2.5
3.29-3.69
152-158
51.8%
14.2
Tier 3
Tier 3
West Virainia U
2.1
2.3
3.18-3.75
150-156
37.2%
13.8
Tier 3
Tier 4
Willamelle U (OR)
2.1
2.6
2.85-3.52
153-158
45.0%
14.1
2009 LAW SCHOOL RANKINGS FOURTH TIER (142-184) WITH RAW DATA
