U.S. News' Rankings: Winners & Losers

The Big Winners: U.S. News’ Best Law Schools of 2015

2014	School	Index	2013	2012	2011	2010	2014 vs. 2013	5 Year Trend	5 Year Average
68	University of Kansas	43	86	89	79	67	18	-1	77.8
61	University of Miami	45	76	69	77	60	15	-1	68.6
72	University of Tulsa	42	86	99	101	101	14	29	91.8
51	Penn State University	48	64	76	60	72	13	21	64.6
64	University of Missouri-Columbia	44	76	79	101	93	12	29	82.6
87	Indiana University-Indianapolis	38	98	89	79	86	11	-1	87.8
58	University of Oklahoma	46	68	82	71	72	10	14	70.2
81	Rutgers University-Camden	40	91	99	84	80	10	-1	87.0
81	University of Pittsburgh	40	91	69	71	67	10	-14	75.8
24	College of William & Mary	63	33	35	27	28	9	4	29.4
68	Loyola (Chicago)	43	76	67	71	78	8	10	72.0
83	West Virginia University	39	91	101	95	93	8	10	92.6
36	Brigham Young University	56	44	39	42	42	8	6	40.6
72	Lewis & Clark University	42	80	58	67	64	8	-8	68.2
54	University of Nebraska	47	61	89	84	93	7	39	76.2
61	University of Arkansas	45	68	89	84	86	7	25	77.6
54	Pepperdine University	47	61	49	54	52	7	-2	54.0
40	University of Illinois	55	47	35	23	21	7	-19	33.2
42	Southern Methodist University	55	48	51	50	48	6	6	47.8
93	University of South Carolina	37	98	101	101	101	5	8	98.8
31	Wake Forest University	57	36	44	39	38	5	7	37.6
31	Ohio State University	57	36	39	35	34	5	3	35.0
93	Villanova University	37	98	101	84	67	5	-26	88.6

Source: U.S. News & World Report 2015 ranking of the best law schools
Note: U.S. News releases its 2015 ranking in March of 2014

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U.S. News’ Rankings: Winners & Losers