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2024 U.S. News Tax Rankings

6a00d8341c4eab53ef0240a490199b200b-250wiThe new 2024 U.S. News Tax Rankings include the tax programs at 196 law schools (the faculty survey had a 54% response rate). Here are the Top 50:

Rank Score School
1 4.7 NYU*
2 4.4 Florida
3 4.3 Georgetown*
4 4.1 Northwestern*
5 4.0 Virginia*
6 3.9 UC-Irvine*
7 3.7 Chicago
7 3.7 Columbia*
7 3.7 UCLA*
10 3.6 Duke*
10 3.6 Loyola-L.A.
10 3.6 Michigan*
13 3.5 Boston University
13 3.5 Harvard*
13 3.5 Stanford*
16 3.4 Boston College
16 3.4 Texas
18 3.3 Indiana (Maurer)
18 3.3 Penn*
18 3.3 San Diego
18 3.3 UC-San Francisco*
22 3.2 Minnesota
22 3.2 Yale*
24 3.1 Fordham
24 3.1 George Washington
24 3.1 North Carolina
24 3.1 UC-Berkeley*
24 3.1 USC
29 3.0 Pepperdine Caruso
29 3.0 Temple
31 2.9 BYU
31 2.9 Pittsburgh*
31 2.9 UC-Davis*
31 2.9 Villanova
31 2.9 Wisconsin*
36 2.8 Alabama
36 2.8 Arizona State
36 2.8 Cornell*
36 2.8 Florida State
40 2.7 Brooklyn*
40 2.7 Miami
40 2.7 Washington & Lee
40 2.7 Washington University
44 2.6 Houston
44 2.6 University of Washington*
46 2.5 Cardozo
46 2.5 Denver
46 2.5 Notre Dame
46 2.5 UNLV
50 2.4 American*
50 2.4 Colorado
50 2.4 Georgia
50 2.4 Georgia State
50 2.4 Iowa
50 2.4 Loyola-Chicago*
50 2.4 Ohio State
50 2.4 Richmond
50 2.4 Seton Hall
50 2.4 SMU
50 2.4 South Carolina
50 2.4 Tulane*

*Denotes schools that boycotted the U.S. News rankings

Among the law schools in the tax rankings last year, here are the biggest upward moves:

  • +9: Florida State (#36)
  • +8: Duke (#10), BYU (#31),  Villanova (#31)
  • +6: San Diego (#18)
  • +5: Washington & Lee (#40), Houston (#44)
  • +4: Fordham (#24)
  • +3: UC-Irvine (#6), Loyola-L.A. (#10), George Washington (#24), Alabama (#36), Arizona State (#36)

Here are the biggest downward moves:

  • -16: Ohio State (#50)
  • -12: Brooklyn (#40)
  • -11: Georgia (#50)
  • -10: University of Washington (#44)
  • -6: Miami (#40), Washington University (#40)
  • -4: Michigan (#10), Harvard (#13), Stanford (#13), North Carolina (#24), USC (#24)

Here are the rankings of law schools with graduate tax programs:

Rank Score School
1 4.7 NYU*
2 4.4 Florida
3 4.3 Georgetown*
4 4.1 Northwestern*
5 3.9 UC-Irvine*
6 3.6 Loyola-L.A.
7 3.5 Boston University
8 3.3 San Diego
9 3.0 Temple
10 2.9 Villanova
11 2.8 Alabama
12 2.7 Miami
12 2.7 Washington University
14 2.6 Houston
14 2.6 University of Washington*
16 2.5 Denver
17 2.4 Loyola-Chicago*
17 2.4 SMU
19 2.0 Baltimore
19 2.0 Emory
19 2.0 Wayne State
22 1.7 Chicago-Kent
22 1.7 DePaul
22 1.7 Illinois-Chicago
22 1.7 New York Law School
26 1.6 Golden Gate
26 1.6 San Francisco*
28 1.5 Chapman
28 1.5 Missouri-Kansas City
28 1.5 Suffolk
31 1.3 Capital*
32 1.1 Western Michigan*

Prior Years’ U.S. News Tax Rankings:


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