2020 U.S. News Law School Peer Reputation Rankings (And Overall Rankings)

Update: 2021 U.S. News Law School Peer Reputation Rankings (And Overall Rankings)

Continuing a TaxProf Blog tradition (see links below for 2009-2019), here is the full list of the 192 law schools ranked by academic peer reputation, as well as their overall rank, in the new 2020 U.S. News Law School Rankings (methodology here):

Peer Rank	Peer Score	School	Overall Rank
1	4.9	Stanford	2
1	4.9	Harvard	3
3	4.8	Yale	1
4	4.7	Chicago	4
4	4.7	Columbia	5
6	4.6	NYU	6
7	4.4	Penn	7
7	4.4	Virginia	8
7	4.4	Michigan	9
7	4.4	UC-Berkeley	10
11	4.3	Cornell	13
12	4.2	Duke	10
12	4.2	Northwestern	10
12	4.2	Georgetown	14
15	4.1	UCLA	15
15	4.1	Texas	16
17	4.0	Vanderbilt	18
18	3.7	USC	17
18	3.7	Washington Univ.	18
20	3.6	Minnesota	20
21	3.5	Notre Dame	21
21	3.5	George Washington	22
21	3.5	Boston University	23
21	3.5	UC-Irvine	23
21	3.5	Emory	26
26	3.4	Boston College	27
26	3.4	UC-Davis	31
26	3.4	North Carolina	34
29	3.3	Georgia	27
29	3.3	Iowa	27
29	3.3	Florida	31
29	3.3	Indiana (Maurer)	34
29	3.3	Ohio State	34
29	3.3	Wisconsin	34
29	3.3	Fordham	39
29	3.3	William & Mary	39
29	3.3	Univ. of Washington	44
38	3.2	Alabama	25
38	3.2	Arizona State	27
38	3.2	Washington & Lee	34
38	3.2	Arizona	39
38	3.2	Illinois	39
43	3.1	Wake Forest	31
43	3.1	Colorado	45
43	3.1	Florida State	48
43	3.1	UC-Hastings	62
47	3.0	Tulane	52
47	3.0	Maryland	52
49	2.9	BYU	39
49	2.9	Utah	47
49	2.9	Connecticut	52
52	2.8	Cardozo	52
52	2.8	Denver	67
52	2.8	Miami	67
52	2.8	American	77
52	2.8	Oregon	83
57	2.7	George Mason	45
57	2.7	Temple	48
57	2.7	Pepperdine	51
57	2.7	SMU	52
57	2.7	Richmond	52
57	2.7	Houston	59
57	2.7	Loyola-L.A.	62
57	2.7	Georgia State	67
57	2.7	Pittsburgh	77
57	2.7	San Diego	86
67	2.6	UNLV	58
67	2.6	Tennessee	59
67	2.6	Missouri (Columbia)	64
67	2.6	Kansas	67
67	2.6	Brooklyn	71
67	2.6	Case Western	71
67	2.6	Kentucky	71
67	2.6	Loyola-Chicago	77
67	2.6	Rutgers	77
67	2.6	Chicago-Kent	87
67	2.6	Howard	108
78	2.5	Seton Hall	59
78	2.5	Northeastern	64
78	2.5	Oklahoma	71
78	2.5	Villanova	71
78	2.5	Hawaii	91
78	2.5	South Carolina	91
78	2.5	Santa Clara	104
78	2.5	Indiana (McKinney)	108
86	2.4	Baylor	48
86	2.4	Penn State (Univ. Park)	64
86	2.4	Nebraska	77
86	2.4	Texas A&M	83
86	2.4	Cincinnati	83
86	2.4	Michigan State	91
86	2.4	New Mexico	91
86	2.4	Lewis & Clark	104
94	2.3	St. John's	77
94	2.3	St. Louis	90
94	2.3	Marquette	91
94	2.3	Syracuse	91
94	2.3	Arkansas (Fayetteville)	91
94	2.3	Seattle	122
100	2.2	Penn State (Dickinson)	71
100	2.2	Drexel	100
100	2.2	Hofstra	100
100	2.2	LSU	100
100	2.2	West Virginia	100
100	2.2	SUNY-Buffalo	104
100	2.2	CUNY	108
100	2.2	Univ. of Mississippi	108
100	2.2	Missouri (Kansas City)	108
100	2.2	Maine	126
100	2.2	DePaul	132
100	2.2	Arkansas (Little Rock)	143
112	2.1	New Hampshire	87
112	2.1	Florida Int'l	91
112	2.1	Wayne State	91
112	2.1	Stetson	104
112	2.1	Catholic	108
112	2.1	Louisville	108
112	2.1	Montana	115
112	2.1	Gonzaga	117
112	2.1	Baltimore	126
112	2.1	Idaho	126
112	2.1	Loyola-New Orleans	138
123	2.0	Tulsa	87
123	2.0	Albany	115
123	2.0	Wyoming	132
123	2.0	Suffolk	143
127	1.9	Creighton	117
127	1.9	New York Law School	117
127	1.9	Texas Tech	117
127	1.9	St. Thomas (MN)	117
127	1.9	Drake	122
127	1.9	Pace	122
127	1.9	Quinnipiac	126
127	1.9	Toledo	126
127	1.9	Chapman	132
127	1.9	Washburn	132
127	1.9	Vermont	136
127	1.9	Mercer	138
127	1.9	San Francisco	Tier 2
127	1.9	Pacific	Tier 2
127	1.9	Willamette	Tier 2
142	1.8	Duquesne	122
142	1.8	Cleveland State	126
142	1.8	Memphis	138
142	1.8	South Dakota	138
142	1.8	Akron	143
142	1.8	Mitchell-Hamline	Tier 2
142	1.8	Southwestern	Tier 2
142	1.8	North Dakota	Tier 2
142	1.8	Widener (DE)	Tier 2
151	1.7	Roger Williams	Tier 2
151	1.7	John Marshall (IL)	Tier 2
151	1.7	Dayton	Tier 2
154	1.6	Elon	Tier 2
154	1.6	N. Illinois	Tier 2
154	1.6	Nova	Tier 2
154	1.6	Samford	Tier 2
154	1.6	South Texas	Tier 2
154	1.6	S. Illinois	Tier 2
154	1.6	St. Mary's	Tier 2
161	1.5	Ohio Northern	136
161	1.5	Cal-Western	Tier 2
161	1.5	Campbell	Tier 2
161	1.5	Florida A&M	Tier 2
161	1.5	Golden Gate	Tier 2
161	1.5	Mississippi College	Tier 2
161	1.5	New England	Tier 2
161	1.5	NC Central	Tier 2
161	1.5	N. Kentucky	Tier 2
161	1.5	Oklahoma City	Tier 2
161	1.5	St. Thomas (FL)	Tier 2
161	1.5	Touro	Tier 2
161	1.5	Detroit Mercy	Tier 2
161	1.5	UMass	Tier 2
161	1.5	District of Columbia	Tier 2
161	1.5	Widener (PA)	Tier 2
177	1.4	Belmont	138
177	1.4	Capital	Tier 2
177	1.4	Southern	Tier 2
177	1.4	Texas Southern	Tier 2
177	1.4	W. New England	Tier 2
182	1.2	Appalachian	Tier 2
182	1.2	Ave Maria	Tier 2
182	1.2	Barry	Tier 2
182	1.2	Charleston	Tier 2
182	1.2	Faulkner	Tier 2
182	1.2	Florida Coastal	Tier 2
182	1.2	Liberty	Tier 2
182	1.2	Regent	Tier 2
182	1.2	La Verne	Tier 2
191	1.1	W. Mich. Cooley	Tier 2
191	1.1	Western State	Tier 2

2020 U.S. News Specialty Rankings:

• Clinical Training
• Dispute Resolution
• Environmental Law
• Health Care Law
• Intellectual Property Law
• International Law
• Tax Law

Prior Years' U.S. News Peer Reputation And Overall Rankings:

• 2019
• 2018
• 2017
• 2016
• 2015
• 2014
• 2013
• 2012
• 2011
• 2010
• 2009