Law School Diversity Index Best Law Schools

Ranked in 2011

The diversity index is based on data collected by U.S. News. The methodology used to compute the index was published in a 1992 article by Philip Meyer and Shawn McIntosh in the International Journal of Public Opinion Research. For the purposes of this index, students classified as ethnicity unknown/unreported were counted as white.

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College name	Diversity Index	Largest minority and its proportion
University of Hawaii--Manoa (Richardson) Honolulu, HI	0.73	Asian-American, 31%
Texas Southern University (Marshall) Houston, TX	0.68	African-American, 45%
Florida International University Miami, FL	0.64	Hispanic, 40%
University of the District of Columbia (Clarke) Washington, DC	0.64	African-American, 31%
Florida A&M University Orlando, FL	0.64	African-American, 42%
St. Thomas University Miami Gardens, FL	0.62	Hispanic, 38%
University of Southern California (Gould) Los Angeles, CA	0.60	Asian-American, 21%
Southern University Law Center Baton Rouge, LA	0.60	African-American, 53%
Northwestern University Chicago, IL	0.59	Asian-American, 20%
Santa Clara University Santa Clara, CA	0.59	Asian-American, 26%
Loyola Marymount University Los Angeles, CA	0.59	Asian-American, 18%
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey--Newark Newark, NJ	0.59	African-American, 16%
University of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM	0.58	Hispanic, 29%
University of California--Berkeley Berkeley, CA	0.58	Asian-American, 17%
American University (Washington) Washington, DC	0.58	Hispanic, 16%
Cornell University Ithaca, NY	0.57	Asian-American, 15%
CUNY Flushing, NY	0.57	Hispanic, 15%
Western State University Fullerton, CA	0.57	Asian-American, 15%
University of San Francisco San Francisco, CA	0.56	Asian-American, 14%
North Carolina Central University Durham, NC	0.56	African-American, 51%
Southwestern Law School Los Angeles, CA	0.55	Hispanic, 14%
Stanford University Stanford, CA	0.55	African-American, 10%
Columbia University New York, NY	0.54	Asian-American, 18%
University of California--Davis Davis, CA	0.54	Asian-American, 23%
University of California (Hastings) San Francisco, CA	0.53	Asian-American, 21%

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College name

Diversity Index

Largest minority and its proportion

University of Hawaii--Manoa (Richardson)

Honolulu, HI

0.73

Asian-American, 31%

Texas Southern University (Marshall)

Houston, TX

0.68

African-American, 45%

Florida International University

Miami, FL

0.64

Hispanic, 40%

University of the District of Columbia (Clarke)

Washington, DC

0.64

African-American, 31%

Florida A&M University

Orlando, FL

0.64

African-American, 42%

St. Thomas University

Miami Gardens, FL

0.62

Hispanic, 38%

University of Southern California (Gould)

Los Angeles, CA

0.60

Asian-American, 21%

Southern University Law Center

Baton Rouge, LA

0.60

African-American, 53%

Northwestern University

Chicago, IL

0.59

Asian-American, 20%

Santa Clara University

Santa Clara, CA

0.59

Asian-American, 26%

Loyola Marymount University

Los Angeles, CA

0.59

Asian-American, 18%

Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey--Newark

Newark, NJ

0.59

African-American, 16%

University of New Mexico

Albuquerque, NM

0.58

Hispanic, 29%

University of California--Berkeley

Berkeley, CA

0.58

Asian-American, 17%

American University (Washington)

Washington, DC

0.58

Hispanic, 16%

Cornell University

Ithaca, NY

0.57

Asian-American, 15%

CUNY

Flushing, NY

0.57

Hispanic, 15%

Western State University

Fullerton, CA

0.57

Asian-American, 15%

University of San Francisco

San Francisco, CA

0.56

Asian-American, 14%

North Carolina Central University

Durham, NC

0.56

African-American, 51%

Southwestern Law School

Los Angeles, CA

0.55

Hispanic, 14%

Stanford University

Stanford, CA

0.55

African-American, 10%

Columbia University

New York, NY

0.54

Asian-American, 18%

University of California--Davis

Davis, CA

0.54

Asian-American, 23%

University of California (Hastings)

San Francisco, CA

0.53

Asian-American, 21%