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Law School Diversity Index

Ranked in 2013, part of Best Law Schools | Law School Diversity Index Rankings Methodology

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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School name	Diversity Index	Largest minority and its proportion
Phoenix School of Law Phoenix, AZ	0.56	Hispanic, 17%
University of Maryland (Carey) Baltimore, MD	0.55	Hispanic, 11%
Columbia University New York, NY	0.55	Asian-American, 18%
American University (Washington) Washington, DC	0.55	Hispanic, 15%
Southern University Law Center Baton Rouge, LA	0.55	African-American, 57%
California Western School of Law San Diego, CA	0.55	Hispanic, 16%
Northeastern University Boston, MA	0.54	Hispanic, 12%
Golden Gate University San Francisco, CA	0.53	Asian-American, 16%
Harvard University Cambridge, MA	0.53	Asian-American, 12%
Florida Coastal School of Law Jacksonville, FL	0.53	African-American, 16%
Nova Southeastern University (Broad) Fort Lauderdale, FL	0.53	Hispanic, 27%
St. Mary's University San Antonio, TX	0.52	Hispanic, 29%
University of San Diego San Diego, CA	0.52	Asian-American, 16%
University of California–Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA	0.52	Asian-American, 16%
University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL	0.52	Hispanic, 11%
Yale University New Haven, CT	0.51	Asian-American, 13%
University of Nevada–Las Vegas Las Vegas, NV	0.51	Hispanic, 12%
University of Houston Houston, TX	0.51	Asian-American, 13%
Northwestern University Chicago, IL	0.50	Asian-American, 14%
Hofstra University (Deane) Hempstead, NY	0.50	Asian-American, 10%
Thomas M. Cooley Law School Lansing, MI	0.50	African-American, 16%
South Texas College of Law Houston, TX	0.50	Hispanic, 15%
Chapman University Orange, CA	0.49	Asian-American, 12%
Charlotte School of Law Charlotte, NC	0.49	African-American, 22%
University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA	0.49	Asian-American, 13%

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