March 7, 2017

2018 USNWR Rankings (2017 Release) Are Here!

2018 USNWR Rankings (2017 Release) Are Here!Spivey Consulting Group

1 Yale
2 Stanford
3 Harvard (-1)
4 U Chicago
5 Columbia (-1)
6 NYU
7 Penn
8 Michigan
8 UVA
10 Duke (+1)
10 Northwestern (+2)
12 Berkeley (-4)
13 Cornell
14 UT Austin (+1)
15 Georgetown (-1)
15 UCLA (+2)
17 Vanderbilt (-1)
18 WUSTL
19 USC
20 Iowa
20 Notre Dame (+2)
22 Emory
23 Boston U (-3)
23 U Minnesota (-1)
25 Arizona State
26 Boston College (+4)
26 Alabama (+2)
28 UC Irvine
28 Washington and Lee (+12)
30 GWU (-5)
30 Indiana U Bloomington (-5)
30 Ohio State
30 U Georgia (+3)
30 U Washington (+3)
30 U Wisconsin Madison (+3)
36 Fordham (+1)
36 U Colorado Boulder (+4)
36 Wake Forest (+4)
39 UC Davis (-9)
39 UNC (-1)
41 William and Mary (-8)
41 George Mason (+4)
41 U Florida (+7)
44 U Illinois Urbana-Champaign (-4)
44 U Utah (+1)
46 BYU (-8)
46 SMU (-1)
48 FSU (+2)
48 U Arizona (-8)
48 U Maryland
51 Baylor (+4)
51 Tulane (-1)
53 Temple (-3)
54 UC Hastings (-4)
54 U Connecticut (+11)
54 U Houston (-4)
57 Seton Hall (+8)
57 U Kentucky (+3)
57 U Nebraska Lincoln
57 U Richmond (-2)
57 U Tennessee Knoxville (+8)
62 Case Western (-5)
62 Rutgers (+30)
62 U Nevada Las Vegas (+16)
65 Georgia State (-8)
65 Loyola Marymount
65 Northeastern (+17)
65 Penn State Dickinson (+21)
65 U Kansas
65 U Missouri
65 Cardozo (+9)
72 Pepperdine (-7)
72 St. John's (+2)
72 U Cincinnati (-12)
72 U Oklahoma (-12)
76 U Denver (-4)
77 U Arkansas Fayetteville (+9)
77 U Miami (-17)
77 U New Mexico (-17)
77 U San Diego (-3)
77 Villanova (-3)
82 Loyola Chicago (-10)
82 Penn State University Park (+4)
82 U Pittsburgh (-4)
82 U Tulsa (+4)
86 American U (-8)
86 U Oregon (-8)
88 Brooklyn (+9)
88 Indiana U Indianapolis (+12)
88 St. Louis U (-6)
88 U South Carolina (+4)
92 Chicago-Kent (-6)
92 Syracuse (-6)
92 Texas A&M (+19)
92 U Louisville
96 LSU (-14)
96 Michigan State (+4)
96 Stetson (+7)
96 WVU (+1)
100 Florida International (+3)
100 Lewis and Clark (-8)
100 Marquette (+23)
100 U Hawaii Manoa (-8)
100 U New Hampshire (-18)
100 Wayne State (-3)
106 Catholic (-3)
106 Drake (+5)
106 U Buffalo SUNY (-6)
109 Albany (+20)
109 U Idaho (+2)
109 U Mississippi (-3)
112 Drexel (-1)
112 Gonzaga (+20)
112 NYLS (-1)
112 U Baltimore (-1)
112 U Missouri Kansas City (+11)
112 U Wyoming (+11)
118 Hofstra (-7)
118 Texas Tech (+5)
120 Creighton (-14)
120 DePaul (-9)
120 Howard (-14)
120 Pace (+16)
120 Seattle (-9)
120 U Montana (+3)
120 St. Thomas (-9)
127 Cleveland State (-21)
127 CUNY (+4)
127 Duquesne (-16)
127 Quinnipiac (+5)
127 Washburn (-21)
132 Santa Clara (-3)
132 U Toledo (+12)
134 Chapman (+2)
134 Mercer (-11)
134 U Akron (+2)
134 U Arkansas Little Rock (+2)
134 Vermont LS (-2)
139 U Maine (-28)
140 Suffolk (NR last year)
140 U Memphis (NR last year)
142 Loyola New Orleans (-2)
142 U North Dakota (+2)
142 U South Dakota (+1)
142 Willamette (-10)
147 Samford (NR last year)
148 Northern Illinois (-4)
148 Widener (NR last year)

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