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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
Ohio State University (Moritz) Columbus, OH	0.38	Asian-American, 7%
University of Wisconsin–Madison Madison, WI	0.38	Hispanic, 7%
University of Tulsa Tulsa, OK	0.38	Native American, 9%
Georgia State University Atlanta, GA	0.38	African-American, 11%
DePaul University Chicago, IL	0.37	Hispanic, 8%
Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, NC	0.37	African-American, 11%
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey–Camden Camden, NJ	0.37	Hispanic, 8%
University of Colorado–Boulder Boulder, CO	0.37	Hispanic, 9%
Florida State University Tallahassee, FL	0.37	Hispanic, 10%
Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN	0.36	African-American, 11%
Seton Hall University Newark, NJ	0.36	Asian-American, 8%
Northern Illinois University De Kalb, IL	0.36	African-American, 8%
Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH	0.36	Asian-American, 9%
Boston College Newton, MA	0.36	Asian-American, 8%
Brigham Young University (Clark) Provo, UT	0.35	Hispanic, 10%
University of Oklahoma Norman, OK	0.35	Native American, 9%
Pace University White Plains, NY	0.35	Asian-American, 6%
Ave Maria School of Law Naples, FL	0.35	Hispanic, 14%
New England Law Boston Boston, MA	0.34	Hispanic, 6%
College of William and Mary (Marshall-Wythe) Williamsburg, VA	0.34	African-American, 11%
Drexel University (Mack) Philadelphia, PA	0.33	African-American, 8%
Marquette University Milwaukee, WI	0.33	African-American, 7%
University of Missouri Columbia, MO	0.33	African-American, 9%
Albany Law School Albany, NY	0.33	Multiracial, 9%
Tulane University New Orleans, LA	0.33	African-American, 7%

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