2023 U.S. News Law School Peer Reputation Rankings (And Overall Rankings)

Continuing a TaxProf Blog tradition (see links below for 2009-2022), here is the full list of the 192 law schools ranked by academic peer reputation, as well as their overall rank, in the new 2023 U.S. News Law School Rankings (methodology):

Peer Rank	Peer Score	School	Overall Rank
1	4.7	Harvard	4
1	4.7	Stanford	2
3	4.6	Chicago	3
3	4.6	Columbia	4
3	4.6	NYU	7
3	4.6	Yale	1
7	4.5	UC-Berkeley	9
8	4.4	Michigan	10
8	4.4	Penn	6
8	4.4	Virginia	8
11	4.2	Cornell	12
11	4.2	Duke	11
11	4.2	Georgetown	14
11	4.2	Northwestern	13
11	4.2	UCLA	15
16	4.1	Texas	17
17	4.0	Vanderbilt	17
18	3.8	Washington Univ.	16
19	3.7	USC	20
20	3.6	Boston Univ.	17
20	3.6	Emory	30
20	3.6	Minnesota	21
20	3.6	UC-Irvine	37
24	3.5	George Washington	25
24	3.5	North Carolina	23
24	3.5	UC-Davis	37
27	3.4	Boston College	37
27	3.4	Iowa	28
27	3.4	Notre Dame	25
27	3.4	William & Mary	30
31	3.3	Arizona State	30
31	3.3	Florida	21
31	3.3	Fordham	37
31	3.3	Ohio State	30
31	3.3	Wisconsin	43
36	3.2	Alabama	25
36	3.2	Arizona	45
36	3.2	Colorado	49
36	3.2	Georgia	29
36	3.2	Illinois	35
36	3.2	Indiana (Maurer)	43
36	3.2	UC-Hastings	51
36	3.2	Univ. of Washington	49
36	3.2	Washington & Lee	35
45	3.1	Maryland	47
45	3.1	Tulane	55
47	3.0	American	73
47	3.0	Cardozo	52
47	3.0	Florida State	47
47	3.0	Utah	37
47	3.0	Wake Forest	37
52	2.9	BYU	23
52	2.9	Connecticut	64
52	2.9	Howard	98
52	2.9	San Diego	64
56	2.8	Denver	78
56	2.8	Georgia State	78
56	2.8	Houston	58
56	2.8	Loyola-L.A.	67
56	2.8	Oregon	67
56	2.8	Pepperdine Caruso	52
56	2.8	Richmond	52
56	2.8	Temple	63
56	2.8	Texas A&M	46
65	2.7	Brooklyn	98
65	2.7	Case Western	78
65	2.7	George Mason	30
65	2.7	Loyola-Chicago	73
65	2.7	Miami	73
65	2.7	Rutgers	86
65	2.7	SMU	58
65	2.7	Villanova	56
73	2.6	Chicago-Kent	94
73	2.6	Hawaii	91
73	2.6	Kansas	67
73	2.6	Northeastern	73
73	2.6	Pittsburgh	78
73	2.6	South Carolina	84
73	2.6	Tennessee	56
73	2.6	UNLV	67
81	2.5	Baylor	58
81	2.5	Indiana (McKinney)	98
81	2.5	Kentucky	67
81	2.5	Michigan State	91
81	2.5	Missouri (Columbia)	67
81	2.5	Oklahoma	88
81	2.5	Penn State-Dickinson	58
81	2.5	Penn State-University Park	64
81	2.5	Santa Clara	133
81	2.5	Seton Hall	73
91	2.4	Arkansas-Fayetteville	86
91	2.4	Cincinnati	88
91	2.4	Lewis & Clark	88
91	2.4	Nebraska	78
91	2.4	New Mexico	91
91	2.4	Seattle	116
91	2.4	St. Louis	98
91	2.4	Syracuse	103
91	2.4	Wayne State	58
100	2.3	CUNY	133
100	2.3	DePaul	105
100	2.3	Drexel	78
100	2.3	Hofstra	118
100	2.3	Marquette	105
100	2.3	St. John's	84
106	2.2	Arkansas-Little Rock	Tier 2
106	2.2	Catholic	94
106	2.2	Louisiana State	105
106	2.2	Louisville	94
106	2.2	Loyola-New Orleans	133
106	2.2	Mississippi	111
106	2.2	Missouri-Kansas City	114
106	2.2	New Hampshire	105
106	2.2	Stetson	111
106	2.2	SUNY-Buffalo	94
116	2.1	Baltimore	122
116	2.1	Florida Int'l	98
116	2.1	Gonzaga	116
116	2.1	Idaho	142
116	2.1	John Marshall (IL)	Tier 2
116	2.1	Maine	114
116	2.1	Pace	142
116	2.1	Suffolk	122
116	2.1	Washburn	105
116	2.1	West Virginia	118
126	2.0	Albany	122
126	2.0	Drake	111
126	2.0	Montana	103
126	2.0	New York Law School	129
126	2.0	Pacific	133
126	2.0	St. Thomas (MN)	127
126	2.0	Texas Tech	105
126	2.0	Tulsa	118
126	2.0	Vermont	142
126	2.0	Willamette	129
136	1.9	Cleveland-Marshall	127
136	1.9	Creighton	139
136	1.9	Duquesne	129
136	1.9	Memphis	142
136	1.9	Mercer	122
136	1.9	Mitchell | Hamline	Tier 2
136	1.9	Quinnipiac	Tier 2
136	1.9	San Francisco	Tier 2
136	1.9	Southwestern	Tier 2
136	1.9	Toledo	Tier 2
136	1.9	Widener (DE)	Tier 2
136	1.9	Wyoming	129
148	1.8	Akron	Tier 2
148	1.8	Chapman	118
148	1.8	Dayton	122
148	1.8	Detroit Mercy	139
148	1.8	District of Columbia	Tier 2
148	1.8	Florida A&M	Tier 2
148	1.8	North Dakota	Tier 2
148	1.8	Northern Illinois	Tier 2
148	1.8	South Dakota	133
148	1.8	St. Mary's	Tier 2
158	1.7	Cal-Western	Tier 2
158	1.7	Elon	Tier 2
158	1.7	North Carolina Central	Tier 2
158	1.7	Roger Williams	Tier 2
158	1.7	Samford	139
158	1.7	South Texas	Tier 2
158	1.7	Southern	Tier 2
158	1.7	Southern Illinois	Tier 2
158	1.7	Widener (PA)	Tier 2
167	1.6	Massachusetts	Tier 2
167	1.6	Mississippi College	Tier 2
167	1.6	Nova SE	Tier 2
167	1.6	Oklahoma City	Tier 2
167	1.6	St. Thomas (FL)	Tier 2
167	1.6	Texas Southern	Tier 2
167	1.6	Touro	Tier 2
174	1.5	Belmont	133
174	1.5	Campbell	Tier 2
174	1.5	Golden Gate	Tier 2
174	1.5	New England	Tier 2
174	1.5	Northern Kentucky	Tier 2
174	1.5	Ohio Northern	Tier 2
174	1.5	Western New England	Tier 2
181	1.4	Capital	Tier 2
181	1.4	Charleston	Tier 2
181	1.4	John Marshall (GA)	Tier 2
184	1.3	Appalachian	Tier 2
184	1.3	Faulkner	Tier 2
184	1.3	Lincoln Memorial	Tier 2
184	1.3	Regent	142
184	1.3	Western Michigan	Tier 2
189	1.2	Ave Maria	Tier 2
189	1.2	Barry	Tier 2
189	1.2	Liberty	Tier 2
189	1.2	Western	Tier 2

• ABA Journal, US News Releases Its 2023 Law School Rankings; Who Switched Spots?
• Above the Law, 6 Deep Thoughts About The New U.S. News Law School Rankings
• Above the Law, The 2023 U.S. News Law School Rankings Are Here: A Big Change in the T14 and Some of the Largest Rankings Tumbles and Gains
• Above the Law, Harvard Law’s Fall From Grace In The U.S. News Law School Rankings
• Law.com, Significant Shakeup Among 2023 US News Law School Rankings as Harvard Drops Out of Top 3
• Reuters, Harvard Drops Out of Top 3 in Annual Law School Rankings
• Mike Spivey, 2023 USNWR Law School Rankings: This Year vs. Last Year (+/-)

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

• 2022
• 2021
• 2020
• 2019
• 2018
• 2017
• 2016
• 2015
• 2014
• 2013
• 2012
• 2011
• 2010
• 2009

U.S. News Specialty Rankings: 

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