2024 U.S. News Tax Rankings

The new 2024 U.S. News Tax Rankings include the tax programs at 196 law schools (the faculty survey had a 54% response rate). Here are the Top 50:

Rank	Score	School
1	4.7	NYU*
2	4.4	Florida
3	4.3	Georgetown*
4	4.1	Northwestern*
5	4.0	Virginia*
6	3.9	UC-Irvine*
7	3.7	Chicago
7	3.7	Columbia*
7	3.7	UCLA*
10	3.6	Duke*
10	3.6	Loyola-L.A.
10	3.6	Michigan*
13	3.5	Boston University
13	3.5	Harvard*
13	3.5	Stanford*
16	3.4	Boston College
16	3.4	Texas
18	3.3	Indiana (Maurer)
18	3.3	Penn*
18	3.3	San Diego
18	3.3	UC-San Francisco*
22	3.2	Minnesota
22	3.2	Yale*
24	3.1	Fordham
24	3.1	George Washington
24	3.1	North Carolina
24	3.1	UC-Berkeley*
24	3.1	USC
29	3.0	Pepperdine Caruso
29	3.0	Temple
31	2.9	BYU
31	2.9	Pittsburgh*
31	2.9	UC-Davis*
31	2.9	Villanova
31	2.9	Wisconsin*
36	2.8	Alabama
36	2.8	Arizona State
36	2.8	Cornell*
36	2.8	Florida State
40	2.7	Brooklyn*
40	2.7	Miami
40	2.7	Washington & Lee
40	2.7	Washington University
44	2.6	Houston
44	2.6	University of Washington*
46	2.5	Cardozo
46	2.5	Denver
46	2.5	Notre Dame
46	2.5	UNLV
50	2.4	American*
50	2.4	Colorado
50	2.4	Georgia
50	2.4	Georgia State
50	2.4	Iowa
50	2.4	Loyola-Chicago*
50	2.4	Ohio State
50	2.4	Richmond
50	2.4	Seton Hall
50	2.4	SMU
50	2.4	South Carolina
50	2.4	Tulane*

*Denotes schools that boycotted the U.S. News rankings

Among the law schools in the tax rankings last year, here are the biggest upward moves:

• +9: Florida State (#36)
• +8: Duke (#10), BYU (#31),  Villanova (#31)
• +6: San Diego (#18)
• +5: Washington & Lee (#40), Houston (#44)
• +4: Fordham (#24)
• +3: UC-Irvine (#6), Loyola-L.A. (#10), George Washington (#24), Alabama (#36), Arizona State (#36)

Here are the biggest downward moves:

• -16: Ohio State (#50)
• -12: Brooklyn (#40)
• -11: Georgia (#50)
• -10: University of Washington (#44)
• -6: Miami (#40), Washington University (#40)
• -4: Michigan (#10), Harvard (#13), Stanford (#13), North Carolina (#24), USC (#24)

Here are the rankings of law schools with graduate tax programs:

Rank	Score	School
1	4.7	NYU*
2	4.4	Florida
3	4.3	Georgetown*
4	4.1	Northwestern*
5	3.9	UC-Irvine*
6	3.6	Loyola-L.A.
7	3.5	Boston University
8	3.3	San Diego
9	3.0	Temple
10	2.9	Villanova
11	2.8	Alabama
12	2.7	Miami
12	2.7	Washington University
14	2.6	Houston
14	2.6	University of Washington*
16	2.5	Denver
17	2.4	Loyola-Chicago*
17	2.4	SMU
19	2.0	Baltimore
19	2.0	Emory
19	2.0	Wayne State
22	1.7	Chicago-Kent
22	1.7	DePaul
22	1.7	Illinois-Chicago
22	1.7	New York Law School
26	1.6	Golden Gate
26	1.6	San Francisco*
28	1.5	Chapman
28	1.5	Missouri-Kansas City
28	1.5	Suffolk
31	1.3	Capital*
32	1.1	Western Michigan*

Prior Years' U.S. News Tax Rankings:

• 2023
• 2022
• 2021
• 2020
• 2019
• 2018
• 2017
• 2016
• 2015
• 2014
• 2013
• 2012
• 2011
• 2010
• 2009
• 2008
• 2007