2016 U.S. News Peer Reputation Rankings (v. Overall Rankings)

Continuing a TaxProf Blog tradition (see links below for 2009-2015), here is the full list of the 198 law schools ranked by academic peer reputation, as well as their overall rank, in the new 2016 U.S. News Law School Rankings (methodology here):

Peer Rank	Peer Score	School	Overall Rank
1	4.8	Yale	1
1	4.8	Harvard	2
1	4.8	Stanford	2
4	4.6	Columbia	4
4	4.6	Chicago	4
6	4.5	NYU	6
7	4.4	Penn	7
7	4.4	UC-Berkeley	8
7	4.4	Michigan	11
10	4.3	Virginia	8
11	4.2	Duke	8
11	4.2	Cornell	13
13	4.1	Northwestern	12
13	4.1	Georgetown	14
15	4.0	Texas	15
16	3.9	UCLA	16
17	3.8	Vanderbilt	17
18	3.5	Washington U.	18
18	3.5	Emory	19
18	3.5	USC	20
21	3.4	Minnesota	20
21	3.4	G. Washington	22
21	3.4	Notre Dame	22
21	3.4	North Carolina	34
25	3.3	Boston University	26
25	3.3	UC-Davis	31
25	3.3	Wisconsin	31
28	3.2	Alabama	22
28	3.2	Iowa	22
28	3.2	William & Mary	29
28	3.2	Boston College	34
28	3.2	Fordham	34
28	3.2	Indiana	34
28	3.2	Ohio State	34
35	3.1	U. Washington	28
35	3.1	Georgia	31
35	3.1	Colorado	40
35	3.1	Illinois	41
35	3.1	Wash. & Lee	42
35	3.1	Florida	47
35	3.1	UC-Hastings	59
42	3.0	Arizona State	26
42	3.0	UC-Irvine	30
42	3.0	Arizona	42
42	3.0	Wake Forest	47
42	3.0	Tulane	50
47	2.9	BYU	34
47	2.9	Maryland	47
47	2.9	Florida State	50
50	2.8	Utah	42
50	2.8	Connecticut	63
50	2.8	American	71
53	2.7	George Mason	42
53	2.7	Miami	63
53	2.7	Denver	67
53	2.7	Cardozo	75
57	2.6	SMU	46
57	2.6	Pepperdine	52
57	2.6	Temple	52
57	2.6	Tennessee	52
57	2.6	Missouri	59
57	2.6	Kansas	67
57	2.6	San Diego	71
57	2.6	Pittsburgh	78
57	2.6	Oregon	82
66	2.5	Richmond	52
66	2.5	Georgia State	56
66	2.5	Case Western	59
66	2.5	Houston	59
66	2.5	Kentucky	63
66	2.5	Loyola-L.A.	75
66	2.5	Brooklyn	78
66	2.5	Chicago-Kent	78
74	2.4	Baylor	56
74	2.4	Nebraska	56
74	2.4	Oklahoma	67
74	2.4	New Mexico	71
74	2.4	Loyola-Chicago	78
74	2.4	Hawaii	82
74	2.4	Rutgers-Newark	87
74	2.4	Lewis & Clark	94
74	2.4	Santa Clara	94
74	2.4	Indiana-Indy	102
74	2.4	Rutgers-Camden	102
85	2.3	Seton Hall	63
85	2.3	UNLV	67
85	2.3	Arkansas	75
85	2.3	Cincinnati	82
85	2.3	Northeastern	87
85	2.3	Villanova	87
85	2.3	Michigan State	94
85	2.3	Mississippi	94
85	2.3	South Carolina	94
85	2.3	Marquette	105
85	2.3	Howard	110
96	2.2	Penn State	71
96	2.2	St. John's	82
96	2.2	St. Louis	87
96	2.2	SUNY-Buffalo	87
96	2.2	Syracuse	87
96	2.2	LSU	94
96	2.2	Maine	110
96	2.2	Seattle	113
96	2.2	DePaul	122
96	2.2	UMKC	127
106	2.1	Louisville	94
106	2.1	West Virginia	94
106	2.1	Stetson	105
106	2.1	Catholic	108
106	2.1	Hofstra	122
106	2.1	Loyola-NO	135
106	2.1	Arkansas-LR	135
106	2.1	San Francisco	138
114	2.0	Wyoming	108
114	2.0	Gonzaga	110
114	2.0	CUNY	113
114	2.0	Mercer	118
114	2.0	Willamette	118
114	2.0	Baltimore	122
114	2.0	Vermont	122
114	2.0	Drexel	127
114	2.0	Idaho	127
123	1.9	Tulsa	82
123	1.9	New Hampshire	87
123	1.9	Wayne State	105
123	1.9	Creighton	113
123	1.9	Drake	113
123	1.9	Montana	113
123	1.9	Quinnipiac	127
123	1.9	Pace	138
123	1.9	North Dakota	138
123	1.9	Texas A&M	149
123	1.9	Southwestern	Tier 2
123	1.9	McGeorge	Tier 2
135	1.8	Texas Tech	118
135	1.8	Washburn	122
135	1.8	Chapman	127
135	1.8	New York L.S.	127
135	1.8	St. Thomas (MN)	135
135	1.8	Memphis	142
135	1.8	William Mitchell	142
135	1.8	South Dakota	145
135	1.8	Suffolk	Tier 2
144	1.7	Florida Int'l	102
144	1.7	Duquesne	118
144	1.7	Cleveland State	127
144	1.7	Akron	127
144	1.7	Albany	138
144	1.7	Toledo	142
144	1.7	Hamline	145
144	1.7	Dayton	145
144	1.7	Cumberland	149
144	1.7	S. Illinois	149
144	1.7	J. Marshall (CHI)	Tier 2
144	1.7	Widener	Tier 2
156	1.6	South Texas	149
156	1.6	Elon	Tier 2
156	1.6	Golden Gate	Tier 2
156	1.6	Mississippi C.	Tier 2
156	1.6	N. Illinois	Tier 2
156	1.6	Roger Williams	Tier 2
156	1.6	St. Mary's	Tier 2
156	1.6	Valparaiso	Tier 2
164	1.5	Ohio Northern	145
164	1.5	Oklahoma City	149
164	1.5	Cal-Western	Tier 2
164	1.5	Campbell	Tier 2
164	1.5	New England	Tier 2
164	1.5	N. Kentucky	Tier 2
164	1.5	Nova	Tier 2
164	1.5	Touro	Tier 2
164	1.5	Puerto Rico	Tier 2
173	1.4	Capital	Tier 2
173	1.4	N.C. Central	Tier 2
173	1.4	Southern	Tier 2
173	1.4	St. Thomas (FL)	Tier 2
173	1.4	Texas Southern	Tier 2
173	1.4	Detroit Mercy	Tier 2
173	1.4	Dist. of Columbia	Tier 2
173	1.4	W. New England	Tier 2
173	1.4	Whittier	Tier 2
182	1.3	J. Marshall (ATL)	Tier 2
182	1.3	Faulkner	Tier 2
182	1.3	Florida A&M	Tier 2
182	1.3	Inter-Americana	Tier 2
182	1.3	Pontifical Catholic	Tier 2
182	1.3	Regent	Tier 2
182	1.3	Thomas Jefferson	Tier 2
189	1.2	Appalachian	Tier 2
189	1.2	Barry	Tier 2
189	1.2	Charleston	Tier 2
189	1.2	Charlotte	Tier 2
189	1.2	Florida Coastal	Tier 2
189	1.2	Liberty	Tier 2
195	1.1	Arizona Summit	Tier 2
195	1.1	Ave Maria	Tier 2
195	1.1	W. Mich. Cooley	Tier 2
195	1.1	Western State	Tier 2

Prior years' rankings:

• 2015
• 2014
• 2013
• 2012
• 2011
• 2010
• 2009

Update:  More on the 2016 U.S. News Law School Rankings