This is the basic version. For more depth, see the detailed rankings.
| School | Rank (no cost) | Index (no cost) | Rank (w/ cost) | Index (w/ cost) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yale | 1 | 0.98 | 1 | 0.90 |
| UChicago | 2 | 0.96 | 2 | 0.86 |
| Harvard | 3 | 0.93 | 5 | 0.81 |
| Stanford | 4 | 0.92 | 3 | 0.85 |
| NYU | 5 | 0.90 | 7 | 0.81 |
| U Penn | 6 | 0.89 | 8 | 0.80 |
| Columbia | 7 | 0.89 | 9 | 0.80 |
| Duke | 8 | 0.89 | 4 | 0.84 |
| UVA | 9 | 0.88 | 11 | 0.79 |
| UC Berkeley | 10 | 0.88 | 10 | 0.79 |
| Cornell | 11 | 0.85 | 12 | 0.79 |
| Northwestern | 12 | 0.85 | 15 | 0.78 |
| U of MI | 13 | 0.85 | 6 | 0.81 |
| Vanderbilt | 14 | 0.85 | 13 | 0.78 |
| WUSTL | 15 | 0.81 | 16 | 0.77 |
| Georgetown | 16 | 0.81 | 23 | 0.71 |
| UCLA | 17 | 0.81 | 18 | 0.75 |
| UT Austin | 18 | 0.80 | 17 | 0.76 |
| USC | 19 | 0.80 | 20 | 0.73 |
| Boston U | 20 | 0.77 | 25 | 0.70 |
| Fordham | 21 | 0.76 | 28 | 0.68 |
| Notre Dame | 22 | 0.76 | 24 | 0.71 |
| U of MN | 23 | 0.74 | 39 | 0.65 |
| Boston College | 24 | 0.74 | 35 | 0.66 |
| GW | 25 | 0.73 | 40 | 0.64 |
| U of GA | 26 | 0.73 | 19 | 0.73 |
| BYU | 27 | 0.72 | 14 | 0.78 |
| Ohio State | 28 | 0.72 | 52 | 0.61 |
| U of NC | 29 | 0.71 | 22 | 0.71 |
| UC Irvine | 30 | 0.70 | 37 | 0.66 |
| Emory | 31 | 0.70 | 67 | 0.57 |
| U of FL | 32 | 0.70 | 21 | 0.72 |
| Wake Forest | 33 | 0.69 | 29 | 0.68 |
| William and Mary | 34 | 0.69 | 33 | 0.67 |
| Villanova | 35 | 0.68 | 41 | 0.64 |
| U of IL | 36 | 0.68 | 26 | 0.69 |
| IU Bloomington | 37 | 0.67 | 47 | 0.63 |
| SMU | 38 | 0.67 | 55 | 0.60 |
| U of IA | 39 | 0.67 | 45 | 0.64 |
| UC Davis | 40 | 0.66 | 54 | 0.60 |
| U of AL | 41 | 0.66 | 27 | 0.68 |
| Wash. and Lee | 42 | 0.65 | 48 | 0.63 |
| Temple | 43 | 0.65 | 30 | 0.68 |
| U of UT | 44 | 0.64 | 38 | 0.65 |
| Seton Hall | 45 | 0.63 | 64 | 0.57 |
| Cardozo | 46 | 0.63 | 63 | 0.57 |
| St. John's | 47 | 0.63 | 69 | 0.56 |
| U of WI | 48 | 0.62 | 56 | 0.60 |
| U of WA | 49 | 0.62 | 62 | 0.57 |
| AZ State | 50 | 0.62 | 57 | 0.59 |
| George Mason | 51 | 0.61 | 36 | 0.66 |
| Texas A&M | 52 | 0.61 | 50 | 0.63 |
| U of CO | 53 | 0.61 | 46 | 0.64 |
| FL State | 54 | 0.61 | 31 | 0.68 |
| Northeastern | 55 | 0.61 | 58 | 0.59 |
| U of KS | 56 | 0.61 | 32 | 0.68 |
| Wayne State | 57 | 0.61 | 42 | 0.64 |
| U of Houston | 58 | 0.60 | 60 | 0.57 |
| U of Miami | 59 | 0.59 | 90 | 0.51 |
| U of TN | 60 | 0.59 | 73 | 0.55 |
| Baylor | 61 | 0.59 | 111 | 0.48 |
| Pepperdine | 62 | 0.59 | 93 | 0.51 |
| U of MD | 63 | 0.58 | 74 | 0.55 |
| U of Richmond | 64 | 0.58 | 70 | 0.56 |
| U of KY | 65 | 0.58 | 85 | 0.52 |
| UC Hastings | 66 | 0.58 | 71 | 0.56 |
| Loyola Los Angeles | 67 | 0.58 | 105 | 0.49 |
| PA State | 68 | 0.57 | 75 | 0.55 |
| U of MO | 69 | 0.57 | 44 | 0.64 |
| FIU | 70 | 0.57 | 53 | 0.61 |
| U of Cincinnati | 71 | 0.56 | 34 | 0.66 |
| U of OK | 72 | 0.56 | 43 | 0.64 |
| Tulane | 73 | 0.56 | 98 | 0.50 |
| Drexel | 74 | 0.56 | 61 | 0.57 |
| U of AZ | 75 | 0.56 | 49 | 0.63 |
| American | 76 | 0.55 | 77 | 0.54 |
| U of San Diego | 77 | 0.55 | 94 | 0.51 |
| U of Denver | 78 | 0.55 | 91 | 0.51 |
| Case Western | 79 | 0.54 | 95 | 0.51 |
| U of SC | 80 | 0.54 | 51 | 0.62 |
| U of Pittsburgh | 81 | 0.54 | 83 | 0.53 |
| Brooklyn | 82 | 0.53 | 103 | 0.49 |
| U of CT | 83 | 0.53 | 109 | 0.48 |
| UNLV | 84 | 0.53 | 59 | 0.58 |
| GA State | 85 | 0.53 | 86 | 0.52 |
| Texas Tech | 86 | 0.53 | 68 | 0.57 |
| Loyola Chicago | 87 | 0.52 | 81 | 0.53 |
| PA State Dickinson | 88 | 0.51 | 65 | 0.57 |
| Howard | 89 | 0.51 | 66 | 0.57 |
| Marquette | 90 | 0.50 | 108 | 0.48 |
| Saint Louis | 91 | 0.50 | 89 | 0.52 |
| Rutgers | 92 | 0.49 | 82 | 0.53 |
| St. Thomas MN | 93 | 0.49 | 79 | 0.54 |
| Syracuse | 94 | 0.49 | 97 | 0.50 |
| Belmont | 95 | 0.49 | 137 | 0.41 |
| U of OR | 96 | 0.49 | 117 | 0.47 |
| U of NH | 97 | 0.49 | 101 | 0.49 |
| U of NE | 98 | 0.48 | 84 | 0.52 |
| Duquesne | 99 | 0.48 | 118 | 0.47 |
| Chicago-Kent | 100 | 0.48 | 102 | 0.49 |
| WVU | 101 | 0.48 | 78 | 0.54 |
| Chapman | 102 | 0.48 | 121 | 0.44 |
| IU Indianapolis | 103 | 0.48 | 80 | 0.53 |
| LA State | 104 | 0.47 | 104 | 0.49 |
| Mercer | 105 | 0.47 | 88 | 0.52 |
| U of MT | 106 | 0.47 | 72 | 0.56 |
| U of Louisville | 107 | 0.47 | 76 | 0.54 |
| MI State | 108 | 0.47 | 96 | 0.51 |
| Stetson | 109 | 0.46 | 119 | 0.47 |
| Albany | 110 | 0.46 | 106 | 0.49 |
| Gonzaga | 111 | 0.45 | 92 | 0.51 |
| Lewis and Clark | 112 | 0.45 | 110 | 0.48 |
| Detroit Mercy | 113 | 0.45 | 131 | 0.42 |
| U of NM | 114 | 0.45 | 133 | 0.42 |
| Drake | 115 | 0.43 | 124 | 0.44 |
| Regent | 116 | 0.43 | 99 | 0.49 |
| Hofstra | 117 | 0.43 | 149 | 0.39 |
| SUNY Buffalo | 118 | 0.43 | 87 | 0.52 |
| Suffolk | 119 | 0.43 | 139 | 0.41 |
| U of MS | 120 | 0.41 | 150 | 0.38 |
| Depaul | 121 | 0.41 | 140 | 0.41 |
| Samford | 122 | 0.41 | 134 | 0.42 |
| Cleveland State | 123 | 0.41 | 113 | 0.48 |
| NY Law School | 124 | 0.41 | 138 | 0.41 |
| Campbell | 125 | 0.40 | 136 | 0.42 |
| Seattle U | 126 | 0.40 | 130 | 0.42 |
| Catholic | 127 | 0.40 | 126 | 0.43 |
| Liberty | 128 | 0.39 | 116 | 0.47 |
| U of Tulsa | 129 | 0.39 | 100 | 0.49 |
| Loyola New Orleans | 130 | 0.39 | 147 | 0.39 |
| U of HI | 131 | 0.39 | 161 | 0.33 |
| U of AR Fayetteville | 132 | 0.39 | 129 | 0.42 |
| Pace | 133 | 0.39 | 132 | 0.42 |
| U of WY | 134 | 0.38 | 122 | 0.44 |
| Santa Clara | 135 | 0.37 | 172 | 0.30 |
| Elon | 136 | 0.37 | 128 | 0.43 |
| U of ME | 137 | 0.36 | 144 | 0.40 |
| CUNY | 138 | 0.36 | 107 | 0.48 |
| Toledo | 139 | 0.36 | 120 | 0.45 |
| UMKC | 140 | 0.36 | 142 | 0.41 |
| U of SD | 141 | 0.36 | 145 | 0.40 |
| Nova Southeastern | 142 | 0.36 | 155 | 0.35 |
| Ohio Northern | 143 | 0.36 | 112 | 0.48 |
| Washburn | 144 | 0.35 | 123 | 0.44 |
| U of ND | 145 | 0.35 | 127 | 0.43 |
| U of Dayton | 146 | 0.34 | 114 | 0.48 |
| U of Akron | 147 | 0.34 | 115 | 0.48 |
| U of Memphis | 148 | 0.34 | 125 | 0.43 |
| South Texas | 149 | 0.33 | 153 | 0.36 |
| Southwestern | 150 | 0.33 | 177 | 0.28 |
| McGeorge | 151 | 0.32 | 164 | 0.32 |
| Creighton | 152 | 0.32 | 173 | 0.29 |
| UNT | 153 | 0.32 | 135 | 0.42 |
| New England | 154 | 0.32 | 156 | 0.35 |
| OK City | 155 | 0.31 | 151 | 0.38 |
| St. Mary's | 156 | 0.31 | 162 | 0.33 |
| UIC | 157 | 0.31 | 160 | 0.33 |
| U of San Francisco | 158 | 0.31 | 179 | 0.28 |
| Northern Kentucky | 159 | 0.31 | 152 | 0.38 |
| Quinnipiac | 160 | 0.31 | 167 | 0.31 |
| U of ID | 161 | 0.30 | 158 | 0.34 |
| Capital U | 162 | 0.30 | 154 | 0.36 |
| U of Baltimore | 163 | 0.30 | 163 | 0.33 |
| Widener PA | 164 | 0.29 | 157 | 0.35 |
| VT Law | 165 | 0.29 | 165 | 0.32 |
| U of AK Little Rock | 166 | 0.26 | 148 | 0.39 |
| Southern Illinois | 167 | 0.26 | 141 | 0.41 |
| Faulkner | 168 | 0.25 | 159 | 0.33 |
| MS College | 169 | 0.25 | 143 | 0.40 |
| St. Thomas FL | 170 | 0.25 | 190 | 0.21 |
| Northern IL | 171 | 0.25 | 146 | 0.39 |
| Charleston | 172 | 0.24 | 181 | 0.27 |
| Barry | 173 | 0.24 | 169 | 0.31 |
| Willamette | 174 | 0.24 | 185 | 0.23 |
| Widener DE | 175 | 0.24 | 171 | 0.30 |
| Ave Maria | 176 | 0.24 | 176 | 0.28 |
| Roger Williams | 177 | 0.23 | 180 | 0.27 |
| CA Western | 178 | 0.23 | 189 | 0.22 |
| Mitchell Hamline | 179 | 0.22 | 166 | 0.32 |
| John Marshall | 180 | 0.22 | 186 | 0.22 |
| Touro | 181 | 0.21 | 187 | 0.22 |
| Lincoln Memorial | 182 | 0.19 | 175 | 0.29 |
| TX Southern | 183 | 0.19 | 174 | 0.29 |
| FL A&M | 184 | 0.19 | 178 | 0.28 |
| Western State | 185 | 0.19 | 183 | 0.25 |
| U of MA | 186 | 0.19 | 168 | 0.31 |
| NC Central | 187 | 0.18 | 170 | 0.30 |
| W. New England | 188 | 0.16 | 182 | 0.26 |
| Southern U | 189 | 0.15 | 191 | 0.20 |
| Appalachian | 190 | 0.12 | 188 | 0.22 |
| Golden Gate | 191 | 0.12 | 192 | 0.14 |
| Cooley | 192 | 0.10 | 193 | 0.14 |
| DC | 193 | 0.10 | 184 | 0.24 |