2019 U.S. News Law School Peer Reputation Rankings (And Overall Rankings)

Continuing a TaxProf Blog tradition (see links below for 2009-2018), here is the full list of the 193 law schools ranked by academic peer reputation, as well as their overall rank, in the new 2019 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
4	4.6	NYU	6
7	4.4	Penn	7
7	4.4	Michigan	8
7	4.4	UC-Berkeley	9
10	4.3	Virginia	9
10	4.3	Duke	11
12	4.2	Northwestern	11
12	4.2	Cornell	13
14	4.1	Georgetown	14
14	4.1	Texas	15
16	3.9	UCLA	16
16	3.9	Vanderbilt	17
18	3.6	Washington Univ.	18
18	3.6	Minnesota	20
20	3.5	USC	19
21	3.4	Boston University	22
21	3.4	Emory	22
21	3.4	Notre Dame	24
21	3.4	Wisconsin	27
21	3.4	UC-Davis	37
21	3.4	North Carolina	45
27	3.3	UC-Irvine	21
27	3.3	George Washington	24
27	3.3	Boston College	27
27	3.3	Iowa	27
27	3.3	Ohio State	32
27	3.3	Univ. of Washington	32
33	3.2	Washington & Lee	26
33	3.2	Alabama	27
33	3.2	Georgia	32
33	3.2	Indiana (Maurer)	32
33	3.2	Fordham	37
33	3.2	Illinois	37
33	3.2	William & Mary	37
33	3.2	Florida	41
41	3.1	Arizona State	27
41	3.1	Wake Forest	32
41	3.1	Arizona	41
41	3.1	Colorado	46
45	3.0	Florida State	47
45	3.0	Tulane	54
45	3.0	UC-Hastings	58
48	2.9	BYU	41
48	2.9	Maryland	49
48	2.9	Utah	54
51	2.8	George Mason	41
51	2.8	Connecticut	50
51	2.8	Miami	65
51	2.8	American	80
55	2.7	Temple	47
55	2.7	SMU	50
55	2.7	Cardozo	56
55	2.7	Denver	63
55	2.7	Case Western	65
55	2.7	Tennessee	65
55	2.7	Kansas	74
55	2.7	Pittsburgh	74
55	2.7	Oregon	85
64	2.6	Richmond	50
64	2.6	Houston	56
64	2.6	Georgia State	65
64	2.6	Kentucky	65
64	2.6	Loyola-L.A.	65
64	2.6	Missouri (Columbia)	65
64	2.6	San Diego	95
--	2.6	Pepperdine	--
71	2.5	Nevada	59
71	2.5	Oklahoma	63
71	2.5	Villanova	65
71	2.5	Loyola-Chicago	74
71	2.5	Rutgers	74
71	2.5	Nebraska	80
71	2.5	Brooklyn	83
71	2.5	Chicago-Kent	85
71	2.5	South Carolina	88
80	2.4	Baylor	50
80	2.4	Seton Hall	59
80	2.4	Northeastern	74
80	2.4	Michigan State	88
80	2.4	Lewis & Clark	95
80	2.4	Indiana (McKinney)	98
80	2.4	Hawaii	101
80	2.4	Santa Clara	113
80	2.4	Howard	128
89	2.3	Cinncinnati	65
89	2.3	Penn State (Univ. Park)	74
89	2.3	Texas A&M	80
89	2.3	Arkansas (Fayetteville)	88
89	2.3	LSU	88
89	2.3	New Mexico	88
89	2.3	St. Louis	88
89	2.3	Syracuse	88
89	2.3	Marquette	95
89	2.3	Maine	106
89	2.3	DePaul	128
89	2.3	Seattle	128
101	2.2	Penn State (Dickinson)	59
101	2.2	St. John's	83
101	2.2	Univ. of Mississippi	101
101	2.2	SUNY-Buffalo	106
101	2.2	West Virginia	106
101	2.2	Catholic	110
101	2.2	Hofstra	110
101	2.2	Louisville	113
101	2.2	Vermont	133
101	2.2	Arkansas (Little Rock)	141
111	2.1	New Hampshire	85
111	2.1	Stetson	98
111	2.1	Drexel	101
111	2.1	Tulsa	101
111	2.1	Gonzaga	113
111	2.1	Idaho	119
111	2.1	Missouri (Kansas City)	119
111	2.1	Montana	119
111	2.1	CUNY	125
111	2.1	Wyoming	133
111	2.1	Loyola-New Orleans	Tier 2
122	2.0	Wayne State	98
122	2.0	Baltimore	119
122	2.0	Mercer	128
122	2.0	North Dakota	Tier 2
122	2.0	San Francisco	Tier 2
127	1.9	Florida Int'l	101
127	1.9	Albany	106
127	1.9	New York Law School	110
127	1.9	Cleveland State	113
127	1.9	St. Thomas (MN)	113
127	1.9	Texas Tech	113
127	1.9	Washburn	119
127	1.9	Creighton	125
127	1.9	Pace	125
127	1.9	South Dakota	128
127	1.9	Drake	133
127	1.9	Quinnipiac	133
127	1.9	Memphis	137
127	1.9	Toledo	137
127	1.9	Chapman	139
127	1.9	Akron	144
127	1.9	Suffolk	144
127	1.9	McGeorge	Tier 2
127	1.9	Willamette	Tier 2
146	1.8	Duquesne	119
146	1.8	Dayton	141
146	1.8	Southwestern	Tier 2
146	1.8	Widener (DE)	Tier 2
150	1.7	Widener (PA)	143
150	1.7	N. Illinois	144
150	1.7	John Marshall (IL)	Tier 2
150	1.7	Mitchell-Hamline	Tier 2
150	1.7	Roger Williams	Tier 2
150	1.7	Samford	Tier 2
150	1.7	South Texas	Tier 2
150	1.7	St. Mary's	Tier 2
158	1.6	Cal-Western	Tier 2
158	1.6	Elon	Tier 2
158	1.6	Mississippi College	Tier 2
158	1.6	N. Kentucky	Tier 2
158	1.6	Nova	Tier 2
158	1.6	Ohio Northern	Tier 2
158	1.6	S. Illinois	Tier 2
165	1.5	Campbell	Tier 2
165	1.5	Capital	Tier 2
165	1.5	Detroit Mercy	Tier 2
165	1.5	District of Columbia	Tier 2
165	1.5	Florida A&M	Tier 2
165	1.5	Golden Gate	Tier 2
165	1.5	NC Central	Tier 2
165	1.5	New England	Tier 2
165	1.5	Oklahoma City	Tier 2
165	1.5	Texas Southern	Tier 2
165	1.5	Touro	Tier 2
165	1.5	UMass	Tier 2
165	1.5	Valparaiso	Tier 2
178	1.4	Belmont	139
178	1.4	Southern	Tier 2
178	1.4	St. Thomas (FL)	Tier 2
178	1.4	W. New England	Tier 2
182	1.3	Charleston	Tier 2
182	1.3	John Marshall (GA)	Tier 2
182	1.3	Regent	Tier 2
185	1.2	Appalachian	Tier 2
185	1.2	Ave Maria	Tier 2
185	1.2	Barry	Tier 2
185	1.2	Faulkner	Tier 2
185	1.2	Florida Coastal	Tier 2
185	1.2	La Verne	Tier 2
185	1.2	Liberty	Tier 2
192	1.1	W. Mich. Cooley	Tier 2
192	1.1	Western State	Tier 2

Prior years' rankings:

• 2018
• 2017
• 2016
• 2015
• 2014
• 2013
• 2012
• 2011
• 2010
• 2009