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The 2022 U.S. News Law School Rankings Are Here

Check out some of the largest rankings tumbles and gains. Yikes!

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With that out of the way, let’s take a peek at the law schools outside of the Top 50, i.e., the law schools that make up the rest of the Top 100, starting with Nos. 52 through 72. This section of the rankings was especially erratic, with two ties, one three-way tie, one five-way tie, one six-way tie, and one seven-way tie. Here we saw three schools rise like phoenixes with a double-digit gains.

(52) Southern Methodist University (+4)
(53) Yeshiva University (0)
(53) Temple University (+3)
(53) Villanova University (+9)
(53) University of Richmond (+1)
(53) Texas A&M University (+7)
(58) University of Connecticut (-8)
(58) Baylor University (-8)
(60) Tulane University (-6)
(60) University of Missouri (+7)
(60) University of Tennessee–Knoxville (+10)
(60) University of Houston (-4)
(60) University of Nevada–Las Vegas (+2)
(60) Pennsylvania State University Dickinson Law (+2)
(60) Pennsylvania State University–University Park (0)
(67) Northeastern University (0)
(67) University of Oklahoma (+9)
(67) University of Pittsburgh (+9)
(70) University of Kansas (0)
(70) Seton Hall University (-8)
(72) Loyola Marymount University (-10)
(72) University of Miami (-5)
(72) Wayne State University (+11)
(72) St. John’s University (+2)
(72) Case Western Reserve University (+4)
(72) University of Oregon (+16)

Way to go, Tennessee (+10), Wayne State (+11), and Oregon (+16)! Congratulations also go out to Villanova, Oklahoma, and Pittsburgh. Well done! As for the biggest drops in this segment of the rankings, we’ve got UConn (-8), Baylor (-8), Seton Hall (-8), and Loyola Marymount (-10). Ooof.

Moving right along, let’s check out the schools that make up the bottom of the Top 100. This segment of the rankings is the most volatile yet, with one tie, two three-way ties, one four-way tie, and two five-way ties.

(78) University of Denver (-4)
(78) Georgia State University (-2)
(78) Loyola University Chicago (-8)
(81) American University (-5)
(81) University of Kentucky (-11)
(81) Brooklyn Law School (+2)
(81) University of Cincinnati (+2)
(81) Drexel University (+12)
(86) University of San Diego (-3)
(87) University of Nebraska–Lincoln (-11)
(88) University of New Hampshire (0)
(88) Lewis & Clark College (+5)
(88) Florida International University (+2)
(91) Howard University (+16)
(91) Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago-Kent College of Law (-8)
(91) Michigan State University (+2)
(91) Saint Louis University (-1)
(91) Rutgers University (-15)
(96) University of Arkansas–Fayetteville (-6)
(96) University of South Carolina (0)
(98) University of Hawaii–Manoa (-2)
(98) University of Louisville (+1)
(98) University of Mississippi (+13)
(98) University at Buffalo–SUNY (+1)

Ouch, Rutgers posted a 15-spot drop, the most offensive drop in rank thus far in the 2022 edition the rankings. On the other hand, let’s shine a light on Howard, which deserves recognition for a 16-spot jump that put it into the Top 100 this year. Nice!

The final portion of the 2021 rankings are available on the next page.

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Staci ZaretskyStaci Zaretsky is a senior editor at Above the Law, where she’s worked since 2011. She’d love to hear from you, so please feel free to email her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on Twitter or connect with her on LinkedIn.

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