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May 12, 2021

The Diversity Rankings That Almost Were

The Diversity Rankings That Almost Were

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As you may have heard, USNews originally intended to release new “diversity rankings” with the 2022 Law School Rankings. The diversity rankings were to be stand-alone rankings that analyzed a school’s demographic break-out and rated schools on how diverse they were. However, due to several controversies (discussed on The PowerScore LSAT PodCast), these rankings were delayed until a later date. But what would those rankings have looked like?

Because ABA 509 reports include certain data with regards to a school’s breakout, we can get a sense of how these diversity rankings might have appeared. Below we have used the 509 data to analyze the diversity factors that US News was tracking, and then placed schools into a ranking based on diversity %.

Demographic Breakouts for the T100

To start, let’s visually examine how the T100 appears demographically. Below are the demographic snapshots of every school in the T100. Schools are displayed in tiers using the rankings of 1-25, 26-52, 53-78, and 79-102:

Diversity Ranking T25 Diversity Ranking T25 T78 T102

Note: the 509s do not include detail on the demographics of international students, and they include Middle Eastern/North African students as white. However, it is the information we have available.

Ranking by % of Diversity

All of the above can be ranked, and here is what the schools would look like if re-ranked by % of diversity (international students are included in diversity for purposes of this table). This ranking is not identical to the US News rankings, but likely has great similarity:

USWNRDiversitySchoolLatinXNative AmericanAsianBlackPacific IslanderMultiracialWhiteInternationalUnknown
911Howard0.02630.00220.00880.75930.00220.15320.02630.01310.0088
147+2Texas Southern0.25750.00370.06160.563400.00190.11010.00190
147+3St. Thomas (Florida)0.68460.00320.0190.090300.00630.16960.02220.0048
984Hawaii0.106200.30380.00880.02950.27140.2360.02360.0206
147+5District of Columbia0.133300.10.471400.02860.23810.00950.019
147+6Florida A&M0.12500.01060.46820.00210.12920.264800
147+7Southern University0.05650.00360.0060.596200.02640.26080.01320.0373
888Florida International0.550100.01570.070700.01180.30450.02550.0216
147+9North Carolina Central0.05930.00250.02720.54570.029600.318500.0173
147+10Golden Gate0.29340.00210.10330.10330.00620.06610.32020.03930.0661
147+11Western State0.310.00870.1310.03930.00440.06110.41480.03060
147+12St. Mary's0.50.00410.02850.0435000.4090.00270.0122
147+13San Fransisco0.27520.00540.14170.07080.00270.05180.37870.02720.0463
147+14Detroit Mercy0.02560.00170.03070.071600.0170.39690.4140.0426
12615Santa Clara0.2280.00140.20330.02340.00550.06180.43960.03710
10216CUNY0.25890.00150.09820.07590.00450.08330.42110.03270.0238
1317Cornell0.14530.00870.11250.06400.0450.43430.17130.019
3518Irvine0.1520.0020.1920.05600.0740.430.0580.036
147+19Barry0.28510.01640.04930.152200.0030.45520.02540.0134
3520Davis0.16560.00160.20740.022500.08360.4550.04180.0225
7221Miami0.36740.00350.02180.050600.03660.39350.0340.0925
147+22Nova Southeastern0.359100.02350.07550.00670.01680.43290.01850.0671
123Yale0.14820.00470.13570.07490.00310.08580.50230.04520
5024Hastings0.1790.00710.25080.03340.006100.4520.02020.0516
147+25Southwestern0.259400.09560.05570.00230.05010.48350.02960.0239
147+26California Western0.29330.00440.06010.02930.01320.05570.48530.02050.0381
7227Loyola Marymount - LA0.23110.00290.10480.03040.0020.05970.52110.04110.0069
10228New Mexico0.31620.0790.02410.034400.01030.47420.00690.055
929Berkeley0.11960.00380.16560.051700.07940.50140.04210.0364
13430Chapman0.230600.13360.017200.0560.47630.01720.069
431Columbia0.06730.00240.14330.087900.02060.51780.13140.0293
232Stanford0.166400.0920.08500.06730.54510.03540.0088
147+33South Texas - Houston0.27130.0020.07510.08210.0020.0110.502500.0541
1934Southern California0.11350.00170.15190.086800.05510.51420.03170.0451
147+35Western Michigan0.0410.00320.03350.20840.00320.12530.51940.02590.04
336Harvard0.1050.00410.11080.0810.00120.03620.51430.1020.0455
437Chicago0.170400.12220.064300.03860.57070.01130.0225
1438UCLA0.12380.0010.12380.045900.06890.55490.03690.0449
14139McGeorge0.15540.0110.1280.025600.07680.550300.053
147+40Touro0.12590.00560.09070.075900.06480.57040.03330.0333
12941Baltimore0.09400.06980.155300.06270.56550.00850.0442
642NYU0.100700.09780.0730.00070.05110.59420.0650.0175
643uPenn0.0730.00260.1160.074300.06780.56840.05220.0456
6044uHouston0.17230.00440.11680.055500.02190.60440.01310.0117
1245Northwestern0.1040.00260.10910.053900.03980.58150.07320.0359
2946Emory0.086800.09610.069700.02370.58160.10390.0382
6747Northeastern0.11660.01480.09520.05910.00160.06080.59610.03120.0246
12648Seattle0.12440.01050.0960.04050.00450.0840.58770.0150.0375
8149American0.12570.00180.07290.077300.06940.59750.02720.0281
147+50Florida Coastal0.128900.04640.139200.05670.577300.0515
147+51Oklahoma City0.15350.03620.02990.053300.09170.624700.0107
2952Illinois0.105400.10780.04900.03190.5760.06860.0613
4653Arizona0.12240.04080.02550.0230.00510.03060.64030.11220
3554Fordham0.117900.09450.0640.00080.04220.60660.03830.0359
11155Depaul0.1330.00170.07430.089800.03450.60970.02070.0363
8156Brooklyn0.105600.08990.039300.05240.61610.0620.0349
1657Texas0.15440.00310.08910.040400.03940.6280.02070.0249
4858Florida State0.16180.00650.02120.081700.06050.65360.01470
9159Rutgers0.13150.00240.08640.0880.00160.01350.58720.01510.0745
6060Nevada - Las Vegas0.1640.00670.06970.06290.00220.01350.6180.0180.0449
10261Texas Tech0.10580.00240.0240.048100.15380.64420.00240.0192
5362TAMU0.20.00390.03690.05240.00190.03110.65050.00970.0136
14463Loyola - NOLA0.12270.00370.02790.13010.00190.04280.63750.00560.0279
9164Chicago-Kent0.13760.00140.05640.057800.03710.62720.0440.0385
6765Oklahoma0.0820.0410.02730.04300.13280.65820.00780.0078
2166Florida0.1690.00550.0180.10110.00140.02350.63020.01390.0374
2067BostonU0.141400.07520.038900.04410.61480.03240.0532
8668San Diego0.14770.0040.09130.02680.00270.04430.62420.01480.0443
1069Duke0.08040.00140.08040.06630.00140.03530.64460.06630.024
1570GULC0.061400.07820.09150.0010.02420.59570.07420.0737
5371Temple0.10460.00140.08290.08830.00140.03670.6590.01490.0109
4572Washington, University of0.0880.0080.110.030.0080.0540.6020.030.07
7873Georgia State0.078100.06330.142900.02650.6480.01470.0265
6074Penn State - Dickinson0.074100.06580.07410.00410.04530.63790.06170.037
7275St. John's0.118400.06330.068600.02560.66890.04850.0067
147+76John Marshall0.11980.0020.06290.099500.03050.62540.00810.0518
4877Colorado0.16860.01720.03830.028700.06320.64750.00570.0307
5078Maryland0.09150.00150.05790.115900.03660.68140.01520
1679WUSTL0.040100.06770.082900.02490.64920.09940.0359
13980Pace0.095200.05540.065300.08240.66480.01280.0241
11981New York Law School0.12960.00090.06430.04450.00090.03690.63390.03310.0558
147+82Massachussetts - Dartmouth0.12290.00840.04470.072600.03910.63130.02230.0587
1083Michigan0.06910.00590.10170.04540.0010.06520.65450.01780.0395
4684Pepperdine0.102500.07740.0600.03870.63640.02510.06
5285Southern Methodist0.11780.00290.05320.060300.05460.66950.01440.0273
147+86North Dakota0.05050.00460.01830.013800.05960.67890.1560.0183
10287Syracuse0.12010.00160.04420.07270.00160.030.66980.03160.0284
2788George Washington0.02660.00640.12480.06930.00120.00580.60720.0670.0919
147+89Liberty0.11020.00410.03270.053100.06940.68570.02860.0163
147+90Ave Maria0.202800.0070.05940.00350.0070.67830.01750.0245
147+91Elon0.05340.00970.02910.16500.03880.669900.034
147+92Widener Commonwealth0.09290.00310.04330.1424000.6780.00930.031
10293Catholic University0.13600.05290.0680.00250.02020.670.01010.0403
7894Loyola - Chicago0.12120.00130.05870.049700.04210.70920.01530.0026
2495UNC0.090.00680.06790.050900.07130.701200.0119
2596Arizona State0.11530.02010.03880.01880.00130.06140.67540.02510.0439
147+97Roger Williams0.13730.00190.03680.06770.00190.01740.67890.01740.0406
2298Notre Dame0.10510.00180.0670.045300.03260.70110.02360.0236
5399Cardozo0.09600.07720.037600.0230.6180.04070.1075
144100Memphis0.04710.00550.04160.1801000.714700.0111
119101Dayton0.05790.00910.03660.08840.0030.06710.70430.00910.0244
60102Tulane0.12580.00660.02480.086100.01320.69540.01320.0348
111103Stetson0.14680.00880.03090.050800.01550.70640.01660.0243
72104Case Western0.03760.00250.06270.082700.02510.72180.05760.01
58105Baylor0.14990.02460.05150.020100.01570.73380.00450
29106Iowa0.095100.03380.040200.03380.67650.05920.0613
41107Wake Forest0.09660.00430.01930.077300.03860.73820.02580
22108Minnesota0.08460.0030.0430.02080.00150.04150.72850.06680.0104
147+109Vermont0.104300.03630.09520.00450.01130.64630.00910.093
147+110Northern Illinois0.120500.02930.081400.02930.703600.0358
88111Lewis and Clark0.11460.01560.06420.020800.02950.70140.01560.0382
147+112New England Law Boston0.10410.00330.04160.06680.00220.0230.69660.01860.0438
147+113Willamette0.14330.02130.03960.02130.01220.02130.667700.0732
72114Oregon0.08970.01610.0460.027600.07130.71720.00690.0253
29115BostonC0.051500.09210.047400.03250.70190.03390.0407
35116Washington & Lee0.05830.00280.06940.06670.00280.0250.69720.03060.0472
70117Seton Hall0.1010.00140.06280.03680.00270.02860.71350.02180.0314
60118Penn State - College Park0.071400.03440.055600.0370.72750.05560.0185
119119Hofstra0.10690.00240.05950.05590.00360.01220.65980.01220.0875
29120Wisconsin0.09320.00530.0280.03730.00270.04790.7190.03730.0293
58121Connecticut0.10250.0020.07580.036900.00820.71720.02460.0328
8122UVA0.06260.00110.0870.056300.03290.71970.00960.0308
43123Indiana - Bloomington0.07300.04120.048700.01310.72280.0730.0281
16124Vanderbilt0.05340.00360.07650.0890.00180.00180.70640.02140.0463
147+125Appalachian0.08820.01760.04710.0647000.68820.02940.0647
98126Ole Miss0.05390.00650.01080.16380.00650.00430.730600.0237
111127Tulsa0.03930.03020.01510.036300.11780.7160.0060.0393
81128Drexel0.0700.05140.065800.02670.70780.02880.0494
98129Buffalo - SUNY0.07660.00230.03380.056300.02930.71850.04280.0405
147+130Western New England0.09660.00620.03120.1059000.660400.0997
40131THE Ohio State0.06530.00360.03990.067200.03810.74950.02540.0109
53132Richmond0.076400.04060.064400.03340.72320.02390.0382
147+133Widener - Delaware0.06020.0030.03610.105300.02560.73230.0060.0316
139134Idaho0.04550.01950.01080.01950.00220.12770.70130.00870.0649
91135Saint Louis0.036700.05240.097900.02970.7640.01570.0035
147+136Mitchell Hamline0.06770.00980.0440.06850.00490.0220.71210.01220.0587
116137Albany0.076800.05370.04800.0250.73320.0230.0403
147+138Faulkner0.04520.01130.02260.129900.01690.745800.0282
41139George Mason0.072300.05580.01650.00210.05170.75210.02480.0248
141140Creighton0.12290.00290.02570.034300.03140.74290.00290.0371
78141Denver0.12420.00250.02360.02240.00250.04350.73910.00120.041
124142Mercer0.051700.02840.121400.01810.73900.0413
102143Marquette0.117500.02210.04770.00170.02730.781900.0017
88144New Hampshire0.056500.05650.031900.03930.72970.03190.0541
91145Michigan State0.04110.01580.03160.050600.0380.75160.03480.0364
129146Suffolk0.078800.05220.03890.00090.01590.74690.02210.0442
27147Georgia0.05020.00690.05190.08480.003500.77510.01040.0173
70148Kansas0.09840.00980.03610.029500.02620.7770.00660.0164
25149Alabama0.05290.00260.01590.105800.02120.77250.00260.0265
109150Washburn0.07070.00320.01290.054700.05140.77490.00640.0257
111151Missouri-Kansas City0.08540.00250.02260.040200.03270.76880.01510.0327
129152Gonzaga0.10390.00970.01690.012100.04590.76570.00970.0362
81153Cincinnati0.05580.01020.02790.060900.02030.7690.02280.033
109154LSU0.0640.00340.01520.090900.02360.786200.0168
147+155Ohio Northern0.047300.04730.081100.01350.7770.00680.027
147+156Capital University0.04120.00220.01950.056400.06510.78090.01080.0239
111157Indiana - Indianapolis0.058600.0280.053500.03310.79490.02170.0102
60158Tennessee0.071200.00820.082200.02740.79730.00550.0082
141159Arkansas - Little Rock0.0660.01440.02060.0598000.79380.0330.0124
96160South Carolina0.04570.00630.01570.099200.0220.77950.00310.0283
81161Kentucky0.05210.0110.03010.0932000.77530.00550.0329
147+162Mississippi College0.02780.00280.03890.108300.00280.70830.01110.1
126163St. Thomas (Minnesota)0.073800.02740.03800.02320.78690.02740.0232
67164Pittsburgh0.056800.04650.043900.01810.75450.02330.0568
29165Brigham Young0.07230.01730.03470.01160.00870.01160.79770.03180.0145
53166Villanova0.067200.0280.048500.03360.78170.00560.0354
43167Utah0.09310.02070.05170.01030.003400.80.00340.0172
134168Akron0.03040.0210.05140.07710.002300.780400.0374
129169Quinnipiac0.088500.01560.049500.0260.796900.0234
119170Duquesne0.05820.00210.04160.058200.01250.81290.00620.0083
147+171Regent0.06270.01050.02790.045300.01390.81880.01740.0035
147+172Charleston0.05730.01430.00720.082400.01250.79210.00180.0323
72173Wayne State0.03560.01530.01780.08400.01020.7710.01270.0534
134174Montana0.0350.03110.02330.019500.06610.778200.0467
129175Toledo0.039700.04640.03970.00330.0430.781500.0464
147+176Southern Illinois - Carbondale0.021100.02950.067500.04220.83120.00840
35177William & Mary0.014100.04220.03910.00160.03280.77970.03910.0516
147+178Campbell0.06430.00580.00970.064300.01560.81090.00190.0273
116179Cleveland State0.02320.00930.01860.109000.798100.0418
96180Arkansas - Fayetteville0.05350.01410.00850.050700.0310.833800.0085
60181Missouri0.03010.00330.02340.066900.02680.81940.00670.0234
147+182Lincoln Memorial0.036800.02010.043500.05020.832800.0167
134183Belmont0.0630.00290.01720.025800.03150.80520.00860.0458
119184Wyoming0.10.02170.0130.004300.00870.795700.0565
98185Louisville0.049200.01540.036900.03690.85850.00310
124186Maine0.05120.00790.04330.011800.00390.85830.01180.0118
144187Samford0.02550.00230.00690.08800.00460.840300.0324
147+188Northern Kentucky0.03090.00260.02060.06700.00260.858200.018
102189Drake0.043200.01540.043200.01540.87350.00620.0031
134190South Dakota0.02330.023300.01400.04650.879100.014
116191West Virginia0.027600.00610.021500.03990.89570.00310.0061
87192Nebraska0.04520.0050.02510.0075000.88190.01260.0226

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