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Excess Regional Whiteness is the percentage of whites in a
school that exceed the availability of the percentage of whites
in the regional application pool. Of the nine regions, the
Pacific West had the lowest percentage of whites in the
application pool (54.4%) and New England had the highest
(79.3%). The excess whiteness ration for the region is
calculated by subtracting the Regional Whiteness from a School’s
Total Whiteness, dividing the difference by the regional
whiteness, and then multiplying the total by 100. |
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The Ten Law Schools
Excess Regional Whiteness
Regional LSAC Applications, Percentage
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Rank |
School
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State |
Region |
Excess State Whiteness Percentage |
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1 |
Samford University (Cumberland) |
Alabama |
Southeast |
66.5 |
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2 |
University of South Carolina |
South Carolina |
Southeast |
63.0 |
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3 |
Willamette University |
Oregon |
Pacific West |
60.9 |
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4 |
University of Alabama |
Alabama |
Southeast |
60.7 |
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5 |
Mississippi College |
Mississippi |
Southeast |
58.3 |
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6 |
Gonzaga University |
Washington |
Pacific West |
57.6 |
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7 |
University of Mississippi |
Mississippi |
Southeast |
57.2 |
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8 |
University of Oregon |
Oregon |
Pacific West |
56.3 |
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9 |
Mercer University |
Georgia |
Southeast |
54.4 |
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10 |
Pepperdine University |
California |
Pacific West |
49.4 |
Reading the Table: The Whiteness in Samford University
(Cumberland) exceeded the Whiteness in LSAC applications from
the Southeast by 66.5%. |
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Region.
Of
the 177 HWLS, the average (mean) difference between each
school’s whiteness and the whiteness in the region was 17.40%.
The Midwest had the lowest mean (2.38), and the Southeast had
the highest (42.2%). Half of the schools (median) are above 15
% of the available application in the regions; the Midwest
region again had the lowest median (3.76%), and the Southeast
had the highest (43.49). In the Southeast, half of the schools
had excess whiteness that exceeded 43.49% of the application
pool in their region. The school with the lowest excess
whiteness was the University of New Mexico from the Mountain
West Region(-18.60); the school with the highest was Samford
University (Cumberland) from the Southeast Region (66.5%).
Excess Whiteness Percentage varied significantly within region.
In the Southeast region, St. Thomas had a negative excess
whiteness (-3.9), making a total range of 70.4 percentage points
in the Southeast .
The
regional difference in excess whiteness percentage is
statistically significant (p=.000); the probability that the
difference occurred by chance alone is less than .0% |
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Schools with the
Highest/Lowest Excess Regional Whiteness Percentage
by Region |
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Region |
School |
State |
Excess Whiteness
Percentage |
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Great Lakes |
Marquette University |
Wisconsin |
20.2 |
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Thomas M. Cooley Law School |
Michigan |
-12.7 |
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Midsouth |
Campbell University |
North Carolina |
35.8 |
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George Washington University |
DC |
-0.7 |
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Midwest |
University of South Dakota |
South Dakota |
8.3 |
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Washington University in St. Louis |
Missouri |
-8.0 |
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Mountain West |
University of Montana |
Montana |
21.6 |
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University of New Mexico |
New Mexico |
-18.6 |
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New England |
Quinnipiac University |
Connecticut |
16.8 |
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Yale University |
Connecticut |
-15.1 |
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Northeast |
Duquesne University |
Pennsylvania |
36.9 |
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CUNY-Queens College |
New York |
-17.6 |
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Pacific West |
Willamette University |
Oregon |
60.9 |
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Whittier Law School |
California |
4.6 |
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South Central |
Baylor University |
Texas |
38.3 |
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St. Mary's University |
Texas |
3.9 |
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Southeast |
Samford University (Cumberland) |
Alabama |
66.5 |
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St. Thomas University |
Florida |
-3.9 |
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US NEWS Tier.
The 1st tier Law School (11.5) had the
lowest mean, and the 3rd tier Law schools (21.6%) had
the highest. In terms of median, the 1st tier also
had the lowest (8.2%) while the 3rd tier schools
also had the highest (17.6%). In the 3rd tier law
HWLS, half of the schools had whiteness that exceeded 17.6% of
the application pool in their region. Of the 1st
tier schools, University of Alabama had the most excess
regional whiteness (60.7%) while Yale University the least
(-15.1%). Among the 3rd tier HWLS, Samford
University (Cumberland) had the most excess regional whiteness
(66.5%) while Washburn University the least (1.4%).
The regional excess whiteness difference among US NEWS tiers is
statistically significant (p=.07); the probability that the
difference occurred by chance alone is less than 7 %. |
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Excess Whiteness Ratio, Regional LSAC Applications by US
News Tier |
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US News Tier |
Minimum |
Maximum |
Mean |
Median |
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1st Tier |
-15.1 |
60.7 |
11.5 |
8.2 |
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2nd Tier |
-18.6 |
63.0 |
19.6 |
16.5 |
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3rd Tier |
1.4 |
66.5 |
21.6 |
17.6 |
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4th Tier |
-17.6 |
58.3 |
19.3 |
16.1 |
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No US News Rank |
-3.9 |
38.2 |
16.7 |
12.9 |
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Total |
-18.6 |
66.5 |
17.4 |
15.0 |
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Sum of Squares |
df |
Mean Square |
F |
Sig. |
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ANOVA |
2670.192 |
4 |
667.548 |
2.189 |
.072 |
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Schools
with the Highest/Lowest Excess Regional Whiteness
Percentage by Tier |
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Tier |
School |
State |
Excess Whiteness |
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1st Tier |
University of Alabama |
Alabama |
60.7 |
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Yale University |
Connecticut |
-15.1 |
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2nd Tier |
University of South Carolina |
South Carolina |
63.0 |
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University of New Mexico |
New Mexico |
-18.6 |
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3rd Tier |
Samford University (Cumberland) |
Alabama |
66.5 |
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Washburn University |
Kansas |
1.4 |
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4th Tier |
Mississippi College |
Mississippi |
58.3 |
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CUNY-Queens College |
New York |
-17.6 |
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No US News Rank |
Barry University |
Florida |
38.2 |
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St. Thomas University |
Florida |
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Private-Public Law School Status. There was little
difference among private and public schools in excess regional
percentages. The private schools’ mean was 17.3 and public
schools mean was 17.6. There was some difference in median,
with private schools having a 13.7 median and public schools
having a 16.9% median. However, the difference among private
and public school was not statistically significant (p=.919);
the probability that the difference occurred by chance alone is
91.9 %. |
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Status (Private-Public) |
Minimum |
Maximum |
Mean |
Median |
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Private School |
-15.1 |
66.5 |
17.3 |
13.7 |
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Public School |
-18.6 |
63.0 |
17.6 |
16.9 |
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Total |
-18.6 |
66.5 |
17.4 |
15.0 |
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Sum of Squares |
df |
Mean Square |
F |
Sig. |
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3.286 |
1 |
3.286 |
.010 |
.919 |
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Schools with the Highest/Lowest Excess Regional
Whiteness Percentage
by Private-Public Status |
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School |
State |
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Private School
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Samford University (Cumberland) |
Alabama |
66.5 |
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Yale University |
Connecticut |
-15.1 |
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Public School
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University of South Carolina |
South Carolina |
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