2018 U.S. News Law School Peer Reputation Rankings (And Overall Rankings)

Continuing a TaxProf Blog tradition (see links below for 2009-2017), here is the full list of the 197 law schools ranked by academic peer reputation, as well as their overall rank, in the new 2018 U.S. News Law School Rankings (methodology here):

Peer Rank	Peer Score	School	Overall Rank
1	4.8	Yale	1
1	4.8	Stanford	2
1	4.8	Harvard	3
4	4.6	Chicago	4
4	4.6	Columbia	5
6	4.5	NYU	6
7	4.4	Michigan	8
7	4.4	Virginia	8
7	4.4	UC-Berkeley	12
10	4.3	Penn	7
11	4.2	Duke	10
11	4.2	Northwestern	10
11	4.2	Cornell	13
14	4.1	Texas	14
14	4.1	Georgetown	15
16	3.9	UCLA	15
16	3.9	Vanderbilt	17
18	3.6	Washington U.	18
18	3.6	Emory	22
20	3.5	USC	19
20	3.5	Notre Dame	20
20	3.5	Minnesota	23
20	3.5	North Carolina	39
24	3.4	Iowa	20
24	3.4	Boston University	23
24	3.4	Geo. Washington	30
24	3.4	Wisconsin	30
24	3.4	UC-Davis	39
29	3.3	Boston College	26
29	3.3	UC-Irvine	28
29	3.3	Indiana-Bloom.	30
29	3.3	Ohio State	30
29	3.3	Fordham	36
29	3.3	Illinois	44
35	3.2	Arizona State	25
35	3.2	Alabama	26
35	3.2	Georgia	30
35	3.2	U. Washington	30
35	3.2	Colorado	36
35	3.2	William & Mary	41
41	3.1	Wash. & Lee	28
41	3.1	Wake Forest	36
41	3.1	Florida	41
41	3.1	Arizona	48
41	3.1	Tulane	50
41	3.1	UC-Hastings	54
47	3.0	Florida State	48
47	3.0	Maryland	48
49	2.9	Utah	44
49	2.9	BYU	46
51	2.8	Connecticut	54
51	2.8	American	86
51	2.8	Oregon	86
54	2.7	George Mason	41
54	2.7	Temple	53
54	2.7	Houston	54
54	2.7	Tennessee	57
54	2.7	Cardozo	65
54	2.7	Kansas	65
54	2.7	Denver	76
54	2.7	Miami	77
54	2.7	San Diego	77
63	2.6	SMU	46
63	2.6	Kentucky	57
63	2.6	Case Western	62
63	2.6	Georgia State	65
63	2.6	Loyola-L.A.	65
63	2.6	Missouri	65
63	2.6	Pepperdine	72
63	2.6	Pittsburgh	82
71	2.5	Nebraska	57
71	2.5	Richmond	57
71	2.5	Rutgers	62
71	2.5	UNLV	62
71	2.5	Oklahoma	72
71	2.5	Loyola-Chicago	82
71	2.5	Brooklyn	88
71	2.5	Indiana-Indy	88
71	2.5	Hawaii	100
80	2.4	Baylor	51
80	2.4	Seton Hall	57
80	2.4	Northeastern	65
80	2.4	Cincinnati	72
80	2.4	Arkansas-Fay.	77
80	2.4	Villanova	77
80	2.4	South Carolina	88
80	2.4	Chicago-Kent	92
80	2.4	Lewis & Clark	100
80	2.4	Howard	120
80	2.4	Seattle	120
80	2.4	Santa Clara	132
92	2.3	New Mexico	77
92	2.3	Penn State Univ.	82
92	2.3	St. Louis	88
92	2.3	Louisville	92
92	2.3	Syracuse	92
92	2.3	Michigan State	96
92	2.3	Marquette	100
92	2.3	Hofstra	118
92	2.3	DePaul	120
92	2.3	Maine	139
102	2.2	St. John's	72
102	2.2	Texas A&M	92
102	2.2	LSU	96
102	2.2	West Virginia	96
102	2.2	Catholic	106
102	2.2	SUNY-Buffalo	106
102	2.2	Mississippi	109
102	2.2	UMKC	112
102	2.2	CUNY	127
102	2.2	Arkansas-L.R.	134
102	2.2	Vermont	134
113	2.1	Stetson	96
113	2.1	Idaho	109
113	2.1	Gonzaga	112
113	2.1	Baltimore	112
113	2.1	Drexel	112
113	2.1	Wyoming	112
113	2.1	Montana	120
113	2.1	Loyola-N.O.	142
121	2.0	Penn State-Dick.	65
121	2.0	Tulsa	82
121	2.0	New Hampshire	100
121	2.0	Albany	109
121	2.0	Creighton	120
121	2.0	Mercer	134
121	2.0	Suffolk	140
121	2.0	North Dakota	142
121	2.0	Willamette	142
130	2.0	San Francisco	Tier 2
130	1.9	Wayne State	100
130	1.9	Drake	106
130	1.9	New York Law S.	112
130	1.9	Texas Tech	118
130	1.9	Pace	120
130	1.9	Quinnipiac	127
130	1.9	Washburn	127
130	1.9	Chapman	134
130	1.9	Memphis	140
130	1.9	McGeorge	142
130	1.9	South Dakota	142
130	1.9	Southwestern	Tier 2
143	1.8	Florida Int'l	100
143	1.8	St. Thomas (MN)	120
143	1.8	Cleveland State	127
143	1.8	Duquesne	127
143	1.8	Toledo	132
143	1.8	Akron	134
149	1.7	Samford	147
149	1.7	N. Illinois	148
149	1.7	Dayton	Tier 2
149	1.7	J. Marshall (IL)	Tier 2
149	1.7	Mitchell-Hamline	Tier 2
149	1.7	Roger Williams	Tier 2
149	1.7	S. Illinois	Tier 2
149	1.7	Widener (DE)	Tier 2
157	1.6	Widener (PA)	148
157	1.6	Cal-Western	Tier 2
157	1.6	Elon	Tier 2
157	1.6	Golden Gate	Tier 2
157	1.6	N. Kentucky	Tier 2
157	1.6	Nova	Tier 2
157	1.6	South Texas	Tier 2
157	1.6	St.Mary's	Tier 2
157	1.6	Valparaiso	Tier 2
166	1.5	Campbell	Tier 2
166	1.5	Capital	Tier 2
166	1.5	Detroit Mercy	Tier 2
166	1.5	Dist. of Columbia	Tier 2
166	1.5	Mississippi C.	Tier 2
166	1.5	New England	Tier 2
166	1.5	NC Central	Tier 2
166	1.5	Ohio Northern	Tier 2
166	1.5	Oklahoma City	Tier 2
166	1.5	Texas Southern	Tier 2
166	1.5	Touro	Tier 2
166	1.5	U Mass.	Tier 2
178	1.4	Florida A&M	Tier 2
178	1.4	J. Marshall (GA)	Tier 2
178	1.4	Southern	Tier 2
178	1.4	St. Thomas (FL)	Tier 2
178	1.4	W. New England	Tier 2
178	1.4	Whittier	Tier 2
184	1.3	Belmont	Tier 2
184	1.3	Faulkner	Tier 2
184	1.3	Charleston	Tier 2
184	1.3	T. Jefferson	Tier 2
188	1.2	Appalachian	Tier 2
188	1.2	Ave Maria	Tier 2
188	1.2	Barry	Tier 2
188	1.2	Florida Coastal	Tier 2
188	1.2	La Verne	Tier 2
188	1.2	Liberty	Tier 2
188	1.2	Regent	Tier 2
188	1.2	W. Mich. Cooley	Tier 2
188	1.1	Western State	Tier 2
197	1.1	Ariz. Summit	Tier 2

Prior years' rankings:

• 2017
• 2016
• 2015
• 2014
• 2013
• 2012
• 2011
• 2010
• 2009