Population

Not Too Big, Not Too Small...

Population is probably the most variable factor in choosing a law school.  New York is twice as big as Philadelphia, which is twice as big as Seattle, which is...

When trying to decide what size of city or town is in your comfort zone, don't think about vacationing for a week.  Think about running out of milk at 3:00 a.m., seeing a play or concert, going bowling or fishing.  Think about restaurants or hip hop clubs, stained glass stores or comic book shops, churches or Mensa groups.  Think about traffic jams and crowded subways, dirt and crime.  Figure out what's essential  for you and what's negotiable.  

As you imagine what conditions you can or can't live with, check out our list of law schools arranged by population; seeing the names of cities you've visited might help you visualize similar cities.

Law School Locations, from Metropolis to Village

Population data came from the Places Rated Almanac (Special Millennium Edition) and http://reference.allrefer.com/gazetteer/.

New York Columbia. NYU

Population 8 to 10 Million

Fordham. NYLS
St. John's, CUNY  
Brooklyn, Cardozo
Newark Rutgers, Seton Hall
Los Angeles UCLA, Pepperdine
USC, Southwestern
Loyola Marymount
Long Island,NY Hofstra, Touro
Chicago U. Chicago
Northwestern
Loyola, DePaul
Chicago - Kent
John Marshall
Dallas-Ft.Worth SMU

Population 5 to 7 Million

 

Texas Wesleyan
Philadelphia Penn, Temple
Widener, Drexel
Villanova
Rutgers Camden
Houston Houston, S. Texas
Texas Southern
Miami Miami, Fl International
Nova, St. Thomas
Washington DC Georgetown, GW
American, Catholic
Howard, DCLS
George Mason
Atlanta Emory, GA State
John Marshall
Boston Northeastern

Population 4 Million

Harvard, BC  
BU, Suffolk
New England
Detroit Detroit Mercy
Wayne State
San Francisco Berkeley, Hastings
USF, Golden Gate
Phoenix Phoenix, ASU
Orange Cty,CA Chapman, Whittier
Western State
Ontario U. of La Verne
Seattle UW, Seattle U.

 Population 2 to 3 Million

 

 

Minneapolis U. of Minnesota
William Mitchell
Hamline, St. Thomas
San Diego USD, Cal. Western
Thomas Jefferson
St. Louis  Wash. U;  St. Louis
Tampa/St. Pete Stetson
Baltimore U. Md.; Baltimore
Denver U. of Denver
Pittsburgh Pitt, Duquesne
Portland OR Lewis & Clark
Cincinnati Cincinnati, N. KY
Cleveland Case Western
Cleveland State
Sacramento Pacific McGeorge

Population 1.5 to 2 Million

Orlando Barry, FAMU
San Antonio St. Mary's
Kansas City U Mo. KC
Las Vegas UNLV
Santa Clara Stanford, Santa Clara
Columbus, OH Capital, OSU
Indianapolis U of Indiana
Virginia Beach Wm & Mary; Regent
Austin U of Texas
Milwaukee Marquette
Durham, NC Duke, NC Central
UNC Chapel Hill
Nashville Vanderbilt
Jacksonville Florida Coastal

Population 1 to 1.5 Million

 

Memphis Memphis State
Louisville Louisville
Richmond Richmond
Oklahoma City Oklahoma City
Hartford, CT UConn
Buffalo SUNY Buffalo
Birmingham Samford
Salt Lake City U. Of Utah
New Orleans Tulane, Loyola
White Plains,NY Pace
Tucson U of Arizona

Population 750,000 to 1 Million

Tulsa U of Tulsa
Honolulu U of Hawaii
Albany Albany
New Haven Yale
Dayton Dayton
Albuquerque New Mexico
Omaha Creighton
Baton Rouge Louisiana State
Columbia SC U of South Carolina

Population 500,000 to 750,000

 

Akron, OH U of Akron
Springfield MA Western New England
Knoxville U of Tennessee
Little Rock, AR U of Arkansas
Toledo, OH Toledo
Syracuse, NY Syracuse
Charleston, SC Charleston LS
Madison, WI U of Wisconsin
Des Moines IA Drake
Jackson, MS Mississippi College
Harrisburg, PA Penn State, Widener
Portland, ME U of Maine
Provo, UT Brigham Young

 

Population 250,000 to 500,000

 

Winston-Salem,NC Wake Forest
Lansing, MI Michigan State
Spokane, WA Gonzaga
Lexington, KY U of Kentucky
Salem, OR Willamette
Tallahassee, FL Florida State
Ann Arbor, MI U of Michigan
Eugene, OR U of Oregon
South Bend, IN Notre Dame
Lubbock, TX   Texas Tech
Lincoln, NE U of Nebraska
Boulder, CO U of Colorado
Gainesville, FL    U of Florida
Waco, TX Baylor

 

Population 125,000 to 250,000

 

 

 

 

 

Macon, GA Mercer
Topeka, KS Washburn
Champaign-Urbana U of Illinois
Tuscaloosa, AL U of Alabama
Lynchburg, VA   Liberty
Charlottesville, VA U of Virginia
Athens, GA U of Georgia
Bloomington, IN U of Indiana  
Columbia, MO U of Missouri
Lexington, VA Washington & Lee
Iowa City, IA U of Iowa
State College, PA Penn State
Morgantown, WV West Virginia U

Population 75,000 to 125,000

 

Goldsboro, NC Campbell
Lawrence, KS U of Kansas
Vermillion, SD U of South Dakota
Missoula, MT U of Montana
Ithaca, NY Cornell
Grand Forks, ND U of North Dakota
De Kalb, IL Northern Illinois
Cheyenne, WY U of Wyoming
Lewiston, ID U of Idaho

Population 25,000 to 75,000

Bristol, RI Quinnipiac
Concord, NH Franklin Pierce
Oxford, MS U of Mississippi
Carbondale, IL Southern Illinois
Lexington, VA Washington & Lee

Population less than 10,000

Ada, OH Ohio Northern
South Royalton, VT Vermont
Grundy, VA Appalachian

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