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

Continuing a TaxProf Blog tradition (see links below for 2009-2020), here is the full list of the 194 law schools ranked by academic peer reputation, as well as their overall rank, in the new 2021 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	4.7	Columbia	4
5	4.6	Chicago	4
5	4.6	NYU	6
7	4.5	UC-Berkeley	9
8	4.4	Penn	7
8	4.4	Virginia	8
8	4.4	Michigan	9
11	4.3	Georgetown	14
12	4.2	Northwestern	9
12	4.2	Duke	12
12	4.2	Cornell	13
15	4.1	UCLA	15
15	4.1	Texas	16
17	4.0	Vanderbilt	18
18	3.7	Washington University	17
18	3.7	Minnesota	21
20	3.6	USC	18
21	3.5	Boston University	20
21	3.5	Notre Dame	22
21	3.5	George Washington	23
21	3.5	Emory	24
21	3.5	UC-Irvine	27
26	3.4	North Carolina	27
26	3.4	Boston College	31
26	3.4	UC-Davis	38
29	3.3	Arizona State	24
29	3.3	Florida	24
29	3.3	Fordham	27
29	3.3	Iowa	27
29	3.3	Alabama	31
29	3.3	Georgia	31
29	3.3	William & Mary	31
29	3.3	Indiana (Maurer)	38
29	3.3	Ohio State	38
29	3.3	Wisconsin	38
39	3.2	Illinois	31
39	3.2	Washington	42
39	3.2	Colorado	46
39	3.2	Arizona	47
43	3.1	Washington & Lee	31
43	3.1	Wake Forest	42
43	3.1	Florida State	50
43	3.1	Tulane	54
43	3.1	UC-Hastings	59
48	3.0	Maryland	47
48	3.0	Connecticut	50
50	2.9	BYU	37
50	2.9	Utah	45
50	2.9	Cardozo	53
50	2.9	Denver	74
50	2.9	American	76
50	2.9	Georgia State	76
56	2.8	Richmond	54
56	2.8	Temple	56
56	2.8	Houston	56
56	2.8	Miami	67
56	2.8	Oregon	88
61	2.7	George Mason	42
61	2.7	Pepperdine	47
61	2.7	SMU	56
61	2.7	Loyola-L.A.	62
61	2.7	Villanova	62
61	2.7	Tennessee	70
61	2.7	Case Western	76
61	2.7	Pittsburgh	76
61	2.7	San Diego	83
61	2.7	Howard	107
71	2.6	Texas A&M	60
71	2.6	UNLV	62
71	2.6	Northeastern	67
71	2.6	Missouri (Columbia)	67
71	2.6	Loyola-Chicago	70
71	2.6	Kansas	70
71	2.6	Kentucky	70
71	2.6	Rutgers	76
71	2.6	Brooklyn	83
71	2.6	Chicago-Kent	83
81	2.5	Baylor	50
81	2.5	Penn State (Univ. Park)	60
81	2.5	Seton Hall	62
81	2.5	Oklahoma	76
81	2.5	Michigan State	93
81	2.5	Hawaii	96
81	2.5	South Carolina	96
81	2.5	Santa Clara	107
81	2.5	Indiana (McKinney)	122
90	2.4	Nebraska	76
90	2.4	Cincinnati	83
90	2.4	St. Louis	90
90	2.4	Lewis & Clark	93
90	2.4	New Mexico	99
90	2.4	Syracuse	111
90	2.4	Seattle	129
97	2.3	Penn State (Dickinson)	62
97	2.3	St. John's	74
97	2.3	Arkansas (Fayetteville)	90
97	2.3	Drexel	93
97	2.3	SUNY-Buffalo	99
97	2.3	Hofstra	102
97	2.3	Marquette	102
97	2.3	CUNY	107
97	2.3	Mississippi	111
97	2.3	DePaul	118
107	2.2	Wayne State	83
107	2.2	Florida Int'l	90
107	2.2	Louisiana State	96
107	2.2	Louisville	99
107	2.2	Stetson	105
107	2.2	West Virginia	111
107	2.2	Loyola-New Orleans	126
107	2.2	Missouri (Kansas City)	133
107	2.2	Arkansas (Little Rock)	Tier 2
116	2.1	New Hampshire	88
116	2.1	Catholic	111
116	2.1	Gonzaga	118
116	2.1	Maine	122
116	2.1	Montana	122
116	2.1	Baltimore	126
116	2.1	Suffolk	136
116	2.1	Idaho	136
116	2.1	UIC-John Marshall	140
125	2.0	Drake	105
125	2.0	Washburn	107
125	2.0	Texas Tech	111
125	2.0	Tulsa	111
125	2.0	Albany	118
125	2.0	St. Thomas (MN)	118
125	2.0	Mercer	126
125	2.0	Wyoming	133
125	2.0	Pace	136
125	2.0	Willamette	141
135	1.9	Cleveland	102
135	1.9	Chapman	111
135	1.9	Quinnipiac	122
135	1.9	Duquesne	129
135	1.9	New York Law School	129
135	1.9	Toledo	136
135	1.9	Akron	141
135	1.9	Memphis	141
135	1.9	Vermont	141
135	1.9	Southwestern	Tier 2
135	1.9	North Dakota	Tier 2
135	1.9	San Francisco	Tier 2
135	1.9	Pacific	Tier 2
148	1.8	Creighton	133
148	1.8	Mitchell Hamline	141
148	1.8	Dayton	141
148	1.8	South Dakota	141
152	1.7	N. Illinois	Tier 2
152	1.7	Roger Williams	Tier 2
152	1.7	St. Mary's	Tier 2
152	1.7	Widener (DE)	Tier 2
152	1.7	Widener (PA)	Tier 2
157	1.6	Campbell	Tier 2
157	1.6	Elon	Tier 2
157	1.6	Florida A&M	Tier 2
157	1.6	N. Kentucky	Tier 2
157	1.6	Nova	Tier 2
157	1.6	Samford	Tier 2
157	1.6	South Texas	Tier 2
157	1.6	S. Illinois	Tier 2
157	1.6	Detroit	Tier 2
157	1.6	Massachusetts	Tier 2
157	1.6	District of Columbia	Tier 2
168	1.5	California-Western	Tier 2
168	1.5	Golden Gate	Tier 2
168	1.5	Mississippi College	Tier 2
168	1.5	New England	Tier 2
168	1.5	NC Central	Tier 2
168	1.5	Ohio Northern	Tier 2
168	1.5	Oklahoma City	Tier 2
168	1.5	St. Thomas (FL)	Tier 2
168	1.5	Touro	Tier 2
177	1.4	Belmont	129
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	1.3	John Marshall (GA)	Tier 2
183	1.2	Appalachian	Tier 2
183	1.2	Barry	Tier 2
183	1.2	Charleston	Tier 2
183	1.2	Concordia	Tier 2
183	1.2	Faulkner	Tier 2
183	1.2	Florida Coastal	Tier 2
183	1.2	Liberty	Tier 2
183	1.2	Lincoln Memorial	Tier 2
183	1.2	Regent	Tier 2
192	1.1	Ave Maria	Tier 2
192	1.1	W. Michigan Cooley	Tier 2
192	1.1	Western State	Tier 2

2021 U.S. News Specialty Rankings:

• Omnibus Specialty Rankings (compilation of all 13 specialty rankings)
• Omnibus Specialty Rankings v. Overall Rankings
• Business/Corporate Law
• Clinical Law
• Constitutional Law
• Contracts/Commercial Law
• Criminal Law
• Dispute Resolution 
• Environmental Law
• Health Care Law
• Intellectual Property Law
• International Law
• Legal Writing
• Tax Law
• Trial Advocacy

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

• 2020
• 2019
• 2018
• 2017
• 2016
• 2015
• 2014
• 2013
• 2012
• 2011
• 2010
• 2009