Chapter 4: Whiteness in Law Schools

The Eleven Schools with the Greatest
Excess Whiteness Disparity

Rankings	School	Total Whiteness	Excess Whiteness
1	University of Montana	96.3	42.5
2	Samford University (Cumberland) (Alabama)	94.6	39.9
3	Campbell University (North Carolina)	94.4	39.6
4	Duquesne University (Pennsylvania)	94.3	39.5
6	University of South Carolina	92.6	37
5	Quinnipiac University (Connecticut)	92.6	37
7	University of South Dakota	92.2	36.4
8	University of Maine	92.1	36.2
8	Marquette University (Wisconsin)	92.1	36.2
10	University of Kentucky	92	36.1
11	University of Idaho	91.9	35.9

How to Read. Of of the 177 Historically White law schools, University of Montana had the greatest total and excess whiteness. 96.3% of University of Montana was white, meaning that they have 42.5 % more white students than the 67.6% National LSAC Application Pool (see below for complete listings).

The Ten Schools with the Smallest
Excess Whiteness Disparity
Historically White Schools Only

Ranking	Schools	Total Whiteness	Excess Whiteness
177	St. Thomas University (Flordia)	54.6	-19.2
176	CUNY-Queens College (New York)	56.8	-16
175	Whittier Law School (California)	57	-15.7
174	Western State University (California)	57.5	-14.9
173	Santa Clara University (California)	58.8	-13
172	Columbia University	60.1	-11.1
171	University of Southern California (California)	60.8	-10.1
170	Loyola Law School (California)	61.6	-8.9
169	Southwestern University School of Law (California)	62.7	-7.2
168	University of California (Davis)	63.1	-6.7

How to Read. Of the 177 law schools, St. Thomas had the smallest total and excess whiteness. 54.6% of St. Thomas School was white, meaning that they have 19.2% fewer white students than the 67.6% National LSAC Application Pool (see below for complete listings).

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