The new 2009 U.S. News Law School Tax Rankings were released today:
- 1. NYU (#1 last year)
- 2. Florida (#2)
- 3. Georgetown (#3)
- 4. Northwestern (#4)
- 5. UCLA (#7)
- 6. Harvard (#5)
- 6. Miami (#6)
- 8. Boston University (#8)
- 9. Virginia (#10)
- 10. Michigan (#13)
- 10. Texas (#9)
- 10. Yale (#10)
- 13. Loyola-L.A. (#16)
- 13. Stanford (#13)
- 15. U. of Washington (#18)
- 16. San Diego (#10)
- 17. Chicago (not ranked)
- 18. Duke (#15)
- 19. Columbia (#21)
- 19. Denver (#21)
- 19. Penn (#18)
- 22. SMU (#17)
- 22. USC (#21)
- 22. Villanova (#18)
The upward moves from last year in the overall tax rankings are:
- +3 Michigan (#10)
- +3 Loyola-L.A. (#13)
- +3 U. Washington (#15)
- +2 UCLA (#5)
- +2 Columbia (#19)
- +2 Denver (#19)
- +1 Virginia (#9)
- Chicago was unranked last year and ranks #17 this year
The downward moves from last year in the overall tax rankings are:
- -6 San Diego (#16)
- -5 SMU (#22)
- -4 Villanova (#22)
- -3 Duke (#18)
- -1 Harvard (#6)
- -1 Texas (#10)
- -1 Penn (#19)
- -1 USC (#22)
- Boston College and Florida State were ranked #21 last year and are unranked this year
The 12 schools with graduate tax programs included in the rankings are the same as last year:
- 1. NYU (#1 last year)
- 2. Florida (#2)
- 3. Georgetown (#3)
- 4. Northwestern (#4)
- 5. Miami (#5)
- 6. Boston University (#6)
- 7. Loyola-L.A. (#8)
- 8. U. Washington (#10)
- 9. San Diego (#7)
- 10. Denver (#12)
- 11. SMU (#9)
- 11. Villanova (#10)
The upward moves from last year in the graduate tax program rankings are:
- + 2 U. Washington (#8)
- + 2 Denver (#10)
- + 1 Loyola-L.A. (#7)
The downward moves from last year in the graduate tax program rankings are:
- – 2 San Diego (#9)
- – 2 SMU (#11)
- – 1 Villanova (#11)
