The top 100 law schools are ranked from higher to lower scores, though the scores are not divulged. Of the top 100 law schools in the 2010 U.S. News and World Report ranking, 52 are private institutions: American University, Baylor, Boston College, Boston University, Brigham Young, Brooklyn Law School, Case Western Reserve, Catholic University of America, University of Chicago, Columbia, Cornell, University of Denver, DePaul, Duke, Emory, Fordham, Georgetown, George Washington, Harvard, Hofstra, Chicago-Kent, Lewis and Clark, Loyola-Chicago, Loyola-Los Angeles, McGeorge, University of Miami, New York University, Northeastern, Northwestern, Notre Dame, University of Pennsylvania, Pepperdine, University of Richmond, St. John's, University of San Diego, University of San Francisco, Santa Clara, University of Seattle, Seton Hall, Southern Methodist, Stanford, University of Syracuse, Tulane, Vanderbilt, Villanova, Wake Forest, Washington and Lee, University of Washington-Seattle, William Mitchell, Yale and Yeshiva.
The ranking lists third-tier law schools in alphabetical order, rather than in order of scores. Of the 42 third-tier law schools, 23 are private institutions: Albany, Creighton, Drake, Franklin Pierce, Gonzaga, Howard, Loyola-New Orleans, Marquette, Mercer, Michigan State, New York Law School, Ohio Northern, Pace, Quinnipiac, Saint Louis, University of St. Thomas-Minnesota, Samford, Southwestern, Stetson, Suffolk, Tulsa, Vermont Law School and Willamette.
The ranking also lists fourth-tier law schools in alphabetical order. Thirty three Of the 44 fourth-tier law schools, 33 are private institutions: Appalachian, Atlanta's John Marshall Law School, Ave Maria School of Law, Barry University, California Western, Campbell, Capital, University of Dayton, Detroit Mercy, Duquesne, Faulkner, Florida Coastal, Golden Gate, Hamline, John Marshal-Chicago, Mississippi College, New England School of Law, Nova Southeastern, Oklahoma City, Roger Williams, Regent, Roger Williams, St. Mary's, South Texas, St. Thomas University-Florida, Texas Wesleyan, Thomas Jefferson, Thomas M. Cooley, Touro, Valparaiso, Western New England, Western State, Whittier and Widener.