2005 US News Rankings-Law -3d,4th Tiers

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U.S. News & World Report  
©  Copyright 2004 U.S. News & World Report. All rights reserved.  
   
Monday, April 12, 2004  
   
Vol. 136, No. 12  
   
Other schools to consider  


The next two quartiles of schools are listed in two groups, the Third Tier
and
Fourth Tier. Law schools within each of these tiers should be considered
broadly similar in quality and therefore are listed alphabetically. To be
listed, a law school must be accredited and fully approved by the American
Bar
Association and must draw most of its students from the United States.
Remember
that in considering a law school you should look not only at its ranking or
tier but also at other characteristics--its location, price, course
offerings,
and faculty expertise, to name a few--as well as how well a school meets your
own needs.

  
    Schools of Law
    Third tier (ranking begins at 105; schools are listed alphabetically)
    A - Rank/School
    B - Overall score
    C - Peer assessment score (5.0 highest)
    D - Assessment score by lawyers/judges(5.0 highest)
    E - '03 undergrad GPA 25th-75th percentile
    F - '03 LSAT score 25th-75th percentile
    G - '03 acceptance rate (percentage)
    H - '03 student/faculty ratio
    I - '02 grads employed at graduation (percentage)
    J - Employed 9 months after graduation (percentage)
    K - School's bar passage rate in jurisdiction
    L - Jurisdiction's overall bar passage rate
    A
    B   C   D   E   F   G   H     I   J   K    L
    Albany Law School-Union University (NY)
    2.1  2.1  3.03- 3.50  150-156  40.9  20.6  N/A  96.3  75.0/NY  75
    Cleveland State University (Marshall)
    2.1  2.1  3.05-3.51  150-154  39.9  14.5  74.9  97.5  69.4/OH  76
    Creighton University (NE)
    2.0  2.7  3.18-3.72  148-155  39.1  17.7  61.4  97.7  81.0/NE  85
    DePaul University (IL)
    2.3  2.5  3.07-3.63  154-159  35.1  16.8  56.3  89.5  72.5/IL  81
    Drake University (IA)
    2.1  2.6  3.04-3.69  152-157  43.2  20.0  60.2  91.9  83.1/IA  83
    Duquesne University (PA)
   1.9  2.4  3.20-3.68  152-156  37.8  20.0  89.4  94.1  71.7/PA  76
    Franklin Pierce Law Center (NH)
    2.0  2.0  2.92-3.37  149-156  39.1  14.5  61.2  90.9  60.6/NH  65
    Howard University (DC)
    2.2  2.5  2.86-3.37  148-155  23.2  17.3  70.3  93.2  71.8/NY  75
    Loyola University-New Orleans
    2.1  2.4  3.06-3.55  150-155  31.8  20.4  98.8  99.1  66.9/LA  65
    New York Law School
    2.1  2.2  2.95-3.42  153-157  29.4  22.9  N/A  90.4  69.5/NY  75
    Pace University (NY)
    2.1  2.0  3.06-3.57  152-156  28.4  16.2  54.7  90.6  68.4/NY  75
    Penn State University (Dickinson School of Law)
    2.3  2.9  3.05-3.63  152-157  29.9  19.7  51.4  86.9  79.5/PA  76
    Samford University (Cumberland) (AL)
    1.9  2.2  2.90-3.46  152-156  35.1  21.2  62.9  94.7  88.1/AL  71
    Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
    2.0  2.3  3.11-3.59  150-155  49.5  13.8  N/A  87.5  85.2/IL  81
    Southwestern University School of Law (CA)
    1.9  1.9  3.10-3.60  155-159  24.7  16.3  83.5  96.1  67.7/CA  61
    Stetson University (FL)
    2.1  2.4  3.07-3.56  149-156  29.9  18.7  N/A  97.5  85.4/FL  78
    Syracuse University (NY)
    2.5  2.7  3.17-3.55  150-155  28.2  19.8  57.3  87.0  69.5/NY  75
    Texas Tech University
    1.9  2.0  3.27-3.75  147-158  32.8  19.9  40.9  98.8  82.3/TX  78
    University of Idaho
    2.0  2.3  3.03-3.65  151-158  33.2  17.1  92.7  94.5  70.9/ID  68
    University of Memphis
    1.8  2.3  2.98-3.56  153-157  28.5  22.8  65.4  97.2  79.4/TN  76
    University of Montana
    2.1  3.0  3.17-3.59  152-157  33.3  17.1  68.6  88.6  72.9/MT  78
    University of South Dakota
    2.0  2.2  3.01-3.62  148-154  45.5  17.6  92.9  92.9  89.5/SD  91
    University of the Pacific (McGeorge) (CA)
    2.1  2.1  2.88-3.40  154-159  35.9  20.3  N/A  97.7  68.8/CA  61
    Vermont Law School
    2.3  2.5  2.81-3.40  149-157  54.2  15.8  46.9  88.4  81.0/MA  78
    Washburn University (KS)
    2.0  2.4  2.78-3.51  150-155  35.7  16.4  76.5  96.0  81.6/KS  84
    Wayne State University (MI)
    2.5  2.5  3.20-3.71  152-158  34.8  21.5  52.7  92.6  82.9/MI  78
    West Virginia University
    2.1  2.3  3.17-3.71  149-156  45.1  22.8  N/A  92.0  71.9/WV  73
    Willamette University (OR)
    2.1  2.5  2.92-3.49  152-157  53.7  16.9  N/A  88.4  64.6/OR  78
    William Mitchell College of Law (MN)
    2.1  2.2  3.02-3.56  153-159  54.8  23.3  85.4  89.4  88.0/MN  92
    Fourth tier (ranking begins at 134; schools are listed alphabetically)
    California Western School of Law
    1.7  1.6  2.90-3.43  151-155  40.1  26.2  N/A  79.7  64.3/CA  61

  
    Campbell University (NC)
    1.6  2.0  2.84-3.55  153-157  21.0  16.5  68.8  93.8  89.8/NC  76

  
    Capital University (OH)
    1.8  2.0  3.05-3.50  149-155  45.4  19.6  N/A  92.6  63.5/OH  76

  
    Chapman University (CA)
   1.5  1.4  2.98-3.50  154-158  26.9  18.2  69.2  96.2  71.2/CA  61

  
    CUNY-Queens College
    1.9  2.0  2.87-3.48  147-154  18.2  13.1  N/A  67.9  50.0/NY  75

  
    Florida Coastal School of Law
    1.2  1.5  2.65-3.30  149-154  4.3  19.7  N/A  94.1  74.5/FL  78

  
    Golden Gate University (CA)
    1.7  1.6  2.81-3.38  148-154  45.9  20.6  N/A  72.1  57.0/CA  61

  
    Gonzaga University (WA)
    2.1  2.4  3.07-3.52  150-155  38.5  17.8  N/A  87.4  59.6/WA  77

  
    Hamline University (MN)
    1.9  2.1  3.14-3.63  150-155  49.7  21.3  44.9  87.5  87.9/MN  92
    John Marshall Law School (IL)
    1.9  2.0  2.68-3.33  151-155  35.9  20.9  50.5  70.6  57.1/IL  81

  
    Michigan State Univ.-DCL Col. of Law
    1.9  2.4  2.94-3.48  152-159  42.4  23.7  N/A  92.2  85.0/MI  78
    Mississippi College
    1.5  2.0  2.84-3.38  146-152  44.4  22.2  67.0  97.3  91.8/MS  92

  
    New England School of Law (MA)
    1.7  1.9  2.96-3.42  149-154  37.2  24.8  40.7  80.3  71.5/MA  78

  
    North Carolina Central University (1)
    1.5  2.3  2.91-3.40*  143-153*  28.7*  15.9*  N/A  91.1*  N/A  N/A

  
    Northern Illinois University
    1.7  1.8  2.84-3.39  153-158  26.6  17.0  49.3  94.0  76.9/IL  81

  
    Northern Kentucky University (Chase)
    1.6  1.8  3.10-3.60  150-154  45.8  18.4  57.0  92.0  78.3/KY  79

  
    Nova Southeastern University (FL)
    1.8  1.8  2.82-3.32  146-152  34.7  15.8  N/A  74.6  71.8/FL  78

  
    Ohio Northern University
    1.6  2.1  3.00-3.59  147-154  33.6  13.6  N/A  96.8  75.0/OH  76

  
    Oklahoma City University
    1.6  1.8  2.84-3.37  145-151  40.2  18.5  N/A  86.1  61.9/OK  75
    Quinnipiac University (CT)
    1.9  1.9  2.95-3.49  151-154  19.6  14.0  37.3  95.6  76.5/CT  82

  
    Regent University (VA)
    1.4  1.7  2.96-3.57  148-154  55.4  20.7  28.7  81.5  45.3/VA  74

  
    Roger Williams University (RI)
    1.6  1.5  2.79-3.43  148-154  41.9  19.9  N/A  64.7  59.4/MA  78

  
    Southern University1 (LA)
    1.5  1.7  2.44-3.11*  143-149*  29.2*  13.9*  N/A  85.5*  N/A  N/A

  
    South Texas College of Law
    1.7  1.7  2.89-3.36  149-154  37.6  19.1  N/A  80.6  73.1/TX  78

  
    St. Mary's University (TX)
    1.7  1.8  2.80-3.29  150-154  38.9  21.3  N/A  67.5  61.0/TX  78

  
    Suffolk University (MA)
    2.0  2.0  3.00-3.50  153-158  40.2  18.1  60.9  87.5  76.2/MA  78

  
    Texas Southern University1 (Thurgood Marshall)
    1.5  1.6  2.47-3.08*  141-146*  41.3*  16.7*  N/A  44.5*  N/A  N/A

  
    Texas Wesleyan University
    1.5  1.4  2.75-3.48  149-155  32.9  24.0  N/A  86.8  80.6/TX  78

  
    Thomas Jefferson School of Law (CA)
    1.4  1.5  2.65-3.30  147-156  38.7  26.3  N/A  56.4  48.4/CA  61

  
    Thomas M. Cooley Law School (MI)
    1.4  1.6  2.66-3.22  141-149  41.1  20.1  44.5  72.4  63.9/MI  78

  
    Touro College (Jacob D. Fuchsberg) (NY)
    1.7  1.5  2.78-3.37  147-152  34.6  16.9  42.0  77.0  55.6/NY  75

  
    University of Akron (OH)
    1.8  2.1  2.80-3.56  155-159  20.6  18.2  61.9  94.3  78.0/OH  76

  
    University of Arkansas-Little Rock (Bowen)
    2.1  2.2  3.14-3.64  150-157  38.4  17.8  N/A  85.8  81.9/AR  80

  
    University of Baltimore
    1.9  1.8  2.91-3.47  150-156  30.1  21.3  N/A  74.5  70.5/MD  73

  
    University of Dayton (OH)
    1.9  2.1  2.71-3.34  150-154  46.0  16.7  58.6  92.1  61.3/OH  76

  
    University of Detroit Mercy
    1.5  1.9  2.98-3.45  146-154  40.0  17.3  N/A  93.2  69.0/MI  78

  
    University of Maine
    2.3  2.5  3.03-3.62  152-160  33.7  17.6  N/A  68.7  64.1/ME  74

  
    University of North Dakota
    2.0  2.3  3.29-3.79  147-155  40.1  18.5  86.7  87.1  81.8/MN  92

  
    University of Tulsa (OK)
    2.1  2.1  2.90-3.40  146-153  44.4  17.7  49.6  88.4  69.4/OK  75

  
    University of Wyoming
    2.1  2.3  3.03-3.51  150-156  23.7  14.5  N/A  84.8  66.7/WY  64

  
    Valparaiso University (IN)
    2.0  2.5  2.96-3.58  151-157  47.4  19.0  29.8  89.0  80.8/IN  80

  
    Western New England College (MA)
    1.6  1.5  2.65-3.43  150-155  43.2  17.7  55.8  80.6  53.5/MA  78

  
    Whittier Law School (CA)
    1.6  1.7  2.83-3.32  149-153  45.7  21.5  68.4  94.9  38.9/CA  61

  
    Widener University (DE/PA)
    1.9  2.1  2.77-3.40  150-153  45.9  22.3  38.5  72.9  60.1/PA  76

:  Law schools ranked in the third and fourth tiers