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.
| School name | Diversity Index | Largest minority and its proportion |
|---|---|---|
|
University of Georgia
Athens, GA |
0.33 | African-American, 13% |
|
University of Arkansas–Little Rock (Bowen)
Little Rock, AR |
0.33 | African-American, 10% |
|
Indiana University–Bloomington (Maurer)
Bloomington, IN |
0.32 | African-American, 7% |
|
Syracuse University
Syracuse, NY |
0.32 | Multiracial, 7% |
|
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA |
0.32 | African-American, 10% |
|
Western New England University
Springfield, MA |
0.32 | African-American, 7% |
|
Hamline University
St. Paul, MN |
0.31 | Asian-American, 6% |
|
Willamette University (Collins)
Salem, OR |
0.31 | Hispanic, 7% |
|
University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA |
0.31 | Asian-American, 6% |
|
University of Mississippi
University, MS |
0.31 | African-American, 13% |
|
Wayne State University
Detroit, MI |
0.31 | Asian-American, 8% |
|
Georgetown University
Washington, DC |
0.31 | African-American, 8% |
|
Faulkner University (Jones)
Montgomery, AL |
0.31 | African-American, 11% |
|
University of Arkansas–Fayetteville
Fayetteville, AR |
0.31 | African-American, 7% |
|
Liberty University
Lynchburg, VA |
0.31 | African-American, 8% |
|
University of Oregon
Eugene, OR |
0.30 | Asian-American, 5% |
|
Villanova University
Villanova, PA |
0.30 | Hispanic, 6% |
|
University of Denver (Sturm)
Denver, CO |
0.30 | Hispanic, 8% |
|
University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS |
0.30 | Hispanic, 7% |
|
Cleveland State University (Cleveland-Marshall)
Cleveland, OH |
0.29 | African-American, 9% |
|
Widener University
Wilmington, DE |
0.29 | African-American, 7% |
|
Roger Williams University
Bristol, RI |
0.29 | Hispanic, 10% |
|
Mississippi College
Jackson, MS |
0.29 | African-American, 11% |
|
Regent University
Virginia Beach, VA |
0.28 | African-American, 5% |
|
University of Wyoming
Laramie, WY |
0.28 | Multiracial, 6% |
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