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Top 100 U.S. Law Schools

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2011 U.S. News Rank	Law School	Educational Quality Rankings	2008 GPA 25th-75th %	2008 LSAT 25th-75th %	2008 Student/Faculty Ratio
1	Yale University (CT)	1	3.82-3.96	170-176	7.3
2	Harvard University (MA)	2*	3.76-3.96	171-176	11.0
3	Stanford University (CA)	4	3.77-3.97	167-172	8.0
4	Columbia University (NY)	5	3.60-3.81	170-175	10.1
5	University of Chicago	2*	3.63-3.84	169-173	9.5
6	New York U	6	3.57-3.86	169-173	9.4
7*	UC Berkeley (Boalt)	7	3.68-3.95	165-170	11.4
7*	University of Pennsylvania	11	3.57-3.90	166-171	10.7
9	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	8	3.55-3.84	167-170	11.3
10	University of Virginia	10	3.54-3.92	165-171	12.6
11*	Duke University (NC)	17	3.60-3.84	167-171	9.7
11*	Northwestern University (IL)	14*	3.40-3.81	166-172	8.8
13	Cornell University (NY)	14*	3.50-3.80	165-168	10.0
14	Georgetown University (DC)	12	3.42-3.79	167-171	12.4
15*	UCLA	14*	3.57-3.88	164-169	11.3
15*	University of Texas-Austin	10*	3.54-3.87	164-168	11.3
17	Vanderbilt University (TN)	18	3.50-3.96	164-169	14.4
18	University of Southern California	12	3.47-3.71	165-167	12.4
19	Washington University (MO)	29*	3.30-3.80	161-168	10.7
20	George Washington U	22*	3.41-3.86	163-168	14.2
21	University of Illinois (UIUC)	22*	3.20-3.90	160-167	13.1
22*	Boston U	19*	3.50-3.83	164-167	12.1
22*	Emory University (GA)	29*	3.37-3.68	165-167	10.5
22*	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities	21	3.30-3.85	160-168	11.9
22*	University of Notre Dame (IN)	46*	3.36-3.74	163-167	10.9
26	University of Iowa	19*	3.43-3.81	158-164	15.5
27	Indiana U-Bloomington	40*	3.26-3.83	156-165	9.5
28*	Boston College	32*	3.34-3.68	163-167	13.2
28*	William and Mary (VA)	37*	3.42-3.77	161-166	15.7
28*	UC Davis	32*	3.23-3.72	160-165	11.6
28*	University of Georgia	31	3.40-3.80	161-165	12.2
28*	University of North Carolina	32*	3.43-3.73	157-164	15.4
28*	University of Wisconsin-Madison	22*	3.31-3.76	156-163	12.7
34*	Fordham University (NY)	26*	3.37-3.74	162-167	13.6
34*	Ohio State U	32*	3.49-3.81	158-164	13.3
34*	University of Washington		3.47-3.80	160-166	10.0
34*	Washington & Lee U	32*	3.28-3.73	160-167	9.4
38*	Arizona State U	40*	3.34-3.78	158-163	8.5
38*	University of Alabama		3.32-3.90	159-165	10.2
38*	University of Colorado-Boulder	40*	3.42-3.78	160-165	11.5
38*	Wake Forest University (NC)		3.20-3.70	160-164	9.8
42*	Brigham Young University (UT)		3.52-3.85	161-166	17.3
42*	George Mason University (VA)	26*	3.21-3.83	158-165	13.2
42*	University of Arizona (Rogers)	40*	3.34-3.71	159-163	12.6
42*	UC (Hastings)	29*	3.39-3.71	161-165	16.5
42*	University of Utah		3.41-3.76	156-163	8.1
47	University of Florida	46*	3.42-3.85	158-163	15.4
48*	American University (DC)	46*	3.13-3.56	158-164	13.4
48*	Southern Methodist U		3.24-3.84	155-165	14.9
48*	Tulane University (LA)	40*	3.34-3.75	160-164	14.1
48*	University of Maryland		3.21-3.66	159-166	11.7
52*	Pepperdine University (CA)		3.43-3.79	160-163	16.0
52*	Yeshiva University (Cardozo)	28	3.37-3.73	160-165	15.6
54*	Florida State U		3.23-3.74	159-162	14.2
54*	University of Connecticut		3.20-3.59	158-162	11.4
56*	Case Western Reserve		3.20-3.63	159-160	12.2
56*	Loyola (Los Angeles)		3.31-3.67	157-163	14.8
56*	University of Cincinnati		3.29-3.79	156-161	9.9
56*	University of San Diego (Warren Hall)	22*	3.22-3.59	158-162	14.2
60*	Georgia State U		3.20-3.78	159-162	10.7
60*	University of Houston		3.08-3.62	159-162	11.8
60*	University of Miami (FL)		3.25-3.66	155-159	16.5
60*	University of Tennessee-Knoxville		3.28-3.77	157-161	13.9
64*	Baylor University (TX)		3.40-3.80	156-162	15.1
64*	Lewis and Clark (OR)		3.20-3.71	157-164	10.0
64*	University of Kentucky		3.33-3.82	156-161	16.8
67*	Brooklyn Law School	46*	3.26-3.63	159-164	18.4
67*	University of Kansas		3.25-3.71	155-160	12.4
67*	University of New Mexico		3.12-3.67	152-158	11.3
67*	University of Pittsburgh		3.18-3.63	157-161	12.9
67*	Villanova University (PA)		3.17-3.63	160-163	17.0
72*	Pennsylvania State U		3.28-3.68	157-160	9.4
72*	Seton Hall University (NJ)		3.13-3.64	154-160	15.4
72*	St. John’s University (NY)		3.16-3.73	154-162	14.6
72*	Temple University (PA)		3.11-3.61	159-163	13.0
72*	University of Hawaii		3.18-3.68	153-158	7.8
72*	University of Oklahoma		3.29-3.72	155-161	14.2
78*	Loyola University Chicago		3.24-3.60	156-161	14.3
78*	University of Nevada-Las Vegas		3.18-3.66	155-160	16.8
80*	IIT (Chicago-Kent)	37*	3.11-3.67	156-163	10.9
80*	Louisiana State U		3.22-3.66	155-159	17.5
80*	Rutgers-Camden (NJ)		3.18-3.70	158-162	11.8
80*	Rutgers-Newark (NJ)		3.09-3.60	155-161	17.6
80*	University of Denver (Sturm)		3.23-3.69	155-160	15.5
80*	University of Oregon		3.12-3.56	157-161	16.4
86*	Hofstra University		3.27-3.70	155-159	15.4
86*	Indiana U-Indianapolis		3.15-3.70	151-159	17.7
86*	Northeastern University (MA)		3.20-3.63	155-163	15.4
86*	Seattle U		3.15-3.63	155-160	12.3
86*	Syracuse University		3.13-3.51	153-157	10.9
86*	University of of Arkansas-Fayetteville		3.16-3.74	153-158	12.2
86*	University of Richmond (VA)		3.19-3.63	159-163	13.8
93*	Chapman University (CA)		3.11-3.56	156-159	8.9
93*	Santa Clara University (CA)		3.03-3.59	157-161	17.8
93*	University of Missouri-Columbia		3.24-3.70	156-161	16.8
93*	University of Nebraska-Lincoln		3.29-3.82	154-158	13.6
93*	West Virginia University		3.12-3.70	151-156	12.9
98*	Catholic University (DC)		3.13-3.55	156-160	12.8
98*	DePaul University (IL)		3.09-3.53	154-161	13.3
98*	University of of San Francisco		3.12-3.57	155-160	15.2
98*	University of the Pacific		3.05-3.58	153-159	14
98*	William Mitchell College of Law (MN)		3.19-3.60	150-158	20.4
>100	University of at Buffalo-SUNY		3.19-3.73	153-159	15.3
>100	Marquette University (WI)		3.07-3.61	154-159	19.1
>100	University of South Carolina		3.13-3.65	149-155	12.3
>100	St. Louis U		3.16-3.61	153-159	16.5
>100	University of Louisville (KY)		3.14-3.73	153-159	15.4
>100	Gonzaga University		3.05-3.51	153-157	15.3
>100	University of Maine		3.06-3.61	152-158	14.2
*Indicates a tie