US News Tax Rankings

Here are the US News tax rankings to be publicly released on Friday:

• 1.  NYU
• 2.  Florida
• 3.  Georgetown
• 4.  Northwestern
• 5.  Harvard
• 5.  Miami
• 7.  Boston University
• 7.  UCLA
• 9.  Texas
• 9.  Yale
• 11.  Stanford
• 12.  San Diego
• 13.  Michigan
• 14.  Virginia
• 15.  Hastings
• 16.  Duke
• 16.  Loyola-L.A.
• 18.  Villanova
• 19.  Boston College
• 19.  SMU
• 19.  Chicago
• 19.  University of Washington
• 23.  Emory
• 24.  George Washington
• 24.  Denver

Graduate Tax Programs

• 1.  NYU (1 in 2004)
• 2.  Florida (2)
• 3.  Georgetown (3)
• 4.  Northwestern (4)
• 5.  Miami (5)
• 6.  Boston University (6)
• 7.  San Diego (6)
• 8.  Loyola-L.A. (9)
• 9.  Villanova (10)
• 10.  SMU (10)
• 10.  University of Washington (8)
• 12.  Denver (10)

Biggest Winners (2005 v. 2004)

• + 4:  Boston University (7 in 2005, 11 in 2004)
• + 4:  Villanova (18, 22)
• + 3:  Boston College (19, 22)
• + 3:  Miami (5, 8)
• + 3:  SMU (19, 22)
• + 2:  Hastings (15, 17)
• + 2:  Northwestern (4, 6)
• + 2:  UCLA (7, 9)
• + 2:  Virginia (14, 16)

Biggest Winners (2005 v. 2004 v. 2003)

• Northwestern (4 in 2005, 6 in 2004, unranked in 2003)
• UCLA (7, 9, 25)
• Duke (16, 17, unranked)
• Loyola-L.A. (16, 17, unranked)
• Boston University (7, 11, 16)

Biggest Losers (2005 v. 2004)

• Columbia (unranked in 2005, 20 in 2004)
• UC-Berkeley (unranked, 21)
• - 6:  Chicago (19, 13)
• - 5:  University of Washington (19, 14)
• - 4:  Texas (9, 5)
• - 4:  Stanford (11, 7)
• - 2:  Denver (24, 22)