U.S. News Ranks the Best Law and Medical Schools for 2023-2024
U.S. News released its 2023-2024 rankings for graduate law and medical schools, with Yale and Stanford Law Schools sharing the top spot and Harvard Medical School retaining the No. 1 position in research. Methodology changes, including a new bar passage rate factor for law schools and reduced emphasis on reputation, influenced the rankings, while some schools opted not to submit data.
U.S. News published its 2023-2024 graduate school rankings for law and medicine, highlighting top performers in both fields. Yale Law School and Stanford Law School now share the No. 1 spot, while Harvard Medical School remained the top-ranked medical school for research. For primary care, the University of Washington held the top position. The rankings incorporated updated methodology, reducing the weight of reputation and selectivity from 40% to 25% and introducing a new factor for law schools: the ultimate bar passage rate. This shift led to minor adjustments in rankings, such as Columbia University’s School of Law dropping to a tie for No. 8, while Duke University School of Law reentered the top 10 at No. 5. Some law and medical schools declined to submit data for this year’s rankings. U.S. News used publicly available American Bar Association data for law schools and relied on previous year’s survey data for unreported medical programs. Schools without prior survey data were excluded from the rankings. The rankings also incorporated data from the National Institutes of Health and the American Academy of Family Physicians for medical programs. U.S. News delayed the release of law and medical school rankings due to high inquiry volumes during the early release period, with other graduate rankings published in April. Notable movements included Wake Forest University’s School of Law jumping 11 spots to No. 26, and multiple schools climbing in the rankings despite methodology changes. The full methodology and program-specific details are available on U.S. News’ website.
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