2024-25 U.S. News Law School Peer Reputation Rankings (And Overall Rankings)

 

Continuing a TaxProf Blog tradition (see links below for 2008-09 to 2023-24), here is the full list of the 196 law schools ranked by academic peer reputation, as well as their overall rank, in the new 2024-25 U.S. News Law School Rankings (methodology):

Peer Rank	Peer Score	School	Overall Rank
1	4.6	Harvard	4
1	4.6	Stanford	1
3	4.5	Chicago	3
3	4.5	Columbia	8
3	4.5	NYU	9
3	4.5	Yale	1
7	4.4	UC-Berkeley	12
8	4.3	Michigan	9
8	4.3	Virginia	4
10	4.2	Duke	4
10	4.2	Northwestern	9
10	4.2	Penn	4
13	4.1	Cornell	14
13	4.1	Georgetown	14
13	4.1	UCLA	13
16	4	Texas	16
17	3.9	Vanderbilt	19
18	3.7	Washington Univ.	16
19	3.6	Boston University	24
19	3.6	Emory	42
19	3.6	Minnesota	16
19	3.6	Notre Dame	20
19	3.6	USC	20
24	3.5	North Carolina	20
24	3.5	UC-Davis	55
24	3.5	UC-Irvine	42
27	3.4	Boston College	28
27	3.4	George Washington	41
27	3.4	Georgia	20
27	3.4	Ohio State	26
27	3.4	William & Mary	36
32	3.3	Alabama	33
32	3.3	Arizona State	36
32	3.3	Florida	28
32	3.3	Fordham	33
32	3.3	Iowa	36
32	3.3	Wisconsin	36
38	3.2	Colorado	48
38	3.2	Illinois	36
38	3.2	Indiana (Maurer)	42
38	3.2	University of Arizona	55
38	3.2	University of Washington	48
38	3.2	Washington & Lee	33
44	3.1	Maryland	55
44	3.1	Utah	28
44	3.1	Wake Forest	25
47	3	Connecticut	55
47	3	Florida State	48
47	3	Texas A&M	26
47	3	Tulane	78
51	2.9	American	98
51	2.9	BYU	28
51	2.9	Cardozo	61
51	2.9	Howard	130
51	2.9	Loyola-L.A.	61
51	2.9	San Diego	68
51	2.9	Temple	54
58	2.8	Georgia State	75
58	2.8	Houston	68
58	2.8	Miami	82
58	2.8	Oregon	82
58	2.8	Pepperdine Caruso	52
58	2.8	Tennessee	52
64	2.7	Case Western	89
64	2.7	Denver	89
64	2.7	George Mason	28
64	2.7	Kansas	46
64	2.7	Loyola-Chicago	78
64	2.7	Richmond	66
64	2.7	SMU	42
64	2.7	UC-San Francisco	82
64	2.7	UNLV	78
64	2.7	Villanova	48
74	2.6	Brooklyn	114
74	2.6	Hawaii	127
74	2.6	Kentucky	61
74	2.6	Missouri-Columbia	61
74	2.6	Northeastern	68
74	2.6	Oklahoma	55
74	2.6	Pittsburgh	91
74	2.6	Rutgers	103
74	2.6	Seton Hall	61
74	2.6	South Carolina	66
84	2.5	Arkansas-Fayetteville	114
84	2.5	Baylor	46
84	2.5	Indiana (McKinney)	98
84	2.5	Lewis & Clark	82
84	2.5	Michigan State	108
84	2.5	Santa Clara	158
90	2.4	Chicago-Kent	108
90	2.4	Cincinnati	78
90	2.4	Drexel	75
90	2.4	Louisiana State	91
90	2.4	Nebraska	82
90	2.4	Penn State-Dickinson	75
90	2.4	Penn State-University Park	68
90	2.4	Seattle	114
90	2.4	St. John's	68
90	2.4	St. Louis	94
90	2.4	Syracuse	120
90	2.4	Wayne State	55
102	2.3	Catholic	94
102	2.3	DePaul	134
102	2.3	Marquette	68
102	2.3	Mississippi	120
102	2.3	New Mexico	94
102	2.3	SUNY-Buffalo	108
108	2.2	Baltimore	140
108	2.2	CUNY	150
108	2.2	Florida Int'l	68
108	2.2	Hofstra	130
108	2.2	Louisville	136
108	2.2	Loyola-New Orleans	130
108	2.2	Pace	136
108	2.2	Stetson	98
108	2.2	Suffolk	130
117	2.1	Albany	117
117	2.1	Arkansas-Little Rock	143
117	2.1	Gonzaga	120
117	2.1	Illinois-Chicago	161
117	2.1	Maine	120
117	2.1	Missouri-Kansas City	117
117	2.1	Pacific	159
117	2.1	West Virginia	117
117	2.1	Willamette	145
126	2	Creighton	153
126	2	Drake	82
126	2	Duquesne	94
126	2	Idaho	145
126	2	Mercer	103
126	2	New Hampshire	98
126	2	New York Law School	127
126	2	St. Thomas (MN)	98
126	2	Texas Tech	82
126	2	Vermont	168
126	2	Washburn	120
126	2	Wyoming	120
138	1.9	Akron	136
138	1.9	Cleveland State	103
138	1.9	Dayton	108
138	1.9	Detroit Mercy	136
138	1.9	Memphis	140
138	1.9	Mitchell | Hamline	164
138	1.9	Montana	103
138	1.9	North Dakota	168
138	1.9	Quinnipiac	143
138	1.9	San Francisco	165
138	1.9	Southwestern	145
138	1.9	St. Mary's	153
138	1.9	Toledo	148
138	1.9	Tulsa	120
152	1.8	Elon	148
152	1.8	Florida A&M	Tier 2
152	1.8	Northern Illinois	157
152	1.8	Roger Williams	172
152	1.8	South Dakota	127
152	1.8	South Texas	150
152	1.8	Widener (DE)	Tier 2
159	1.7	Cal-Western	Tier 2
159	1.7	Chapman	108
159	1.7	District of Columbia	Tier 2
159	1.7	North Carolina Central	Tier 2
159	1.7	Nova	Tier 2
159	1.7	Samford	103
159	1.7	Southern Illinois	172
166	1.6	Belmont	91
166	1.6	Massachusetts	161
166	1.6	North Texas	172
166	1.6	Northern Kentucky	150
166	1.6	Ohio Northern	153
166	1.6	Oklahoma City	153
166	1.6	Puerto Rico	Tier 2
166	1.6	Texas Southern	Tier 2
166	1.6	Touro	168
166	1.6	Widener (PA)	165
176	1.5	Campbell	134
176	1.5	Capital	Tier 2
176	1.5	Mississippi College	168
176	1.5	New England	159
176	1.5	Southern	Tier 2
176	1.5	St. Thomas (FL)	172
176	1.5	Western New England	Tier 2
183	1.4	Charleston	Tier 2
183	1.4	Inter-American (PR)	Tier 2
183	1.4	John Marshall (GA)	176
183	1.4	Lincoln Memorial	165
183	1.4	Pontifical Catholic (PR)	Tier 2
183	1.4	Regent	108
189	1.3	Appalachian	Tier 2
189	1.3	Ave Maria	161
189	1.3	Barry	Tier 2
189	1.3	Faulkner	176
189	1.3	Golden Gate	Tier 2
189	1.3	Liberty	140
195	1.2	Western Michigan	Tier 2
195	1.2	Western State	Tier 2

• ABA Journal, Shake-Up in US News' 2024 Law School Rankings
• Above the Law, The 2024-2025 U.S. News Law School Rankings Are Here: Big Changes in the T14, Along With Some of the Largest Rankings Tumbles and Gains
• Above the Law, Does Anyone Even Care About The U.S. News Law School Rankings Anymore?
• Neil Buchanan (Florida), Two Outside Influences (Beyond the Obvious One) That Are Harming Higher Education 
• Kaplan, Law Schools Believe the Rankings Have Lost Their Luster, but Pre-Law Students Still Find Them Useful
• Law.com, A Shakeup Among Top Schools: U.S. News Releases Best Law Schools Rankings
• Brian Leiter (Chicago), The "Peer" (Academic) Reputation Score in USNews.com's New Ranking
• Reuters, US News' Law School Rankings Are Out, With Fewer Big Moves
• Mike Spivey, U.S. News Law School Rankings: 2024 vs. 2023 (+/-)
• Mike Spivey, Podcast: The New 2024 Law School Rankings Explained
• Donald Tobin (Maryland), The Silly U.S. News Law School Rankings

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

• 2023-24
• 2022-23
• 2021-22
• 2020-21
• 2019-20
• 2018-19
• 2017-18
• 2016-17
• 2015-16
• 2014-15
• 2013-14
• 2012-13
• 2011-12
• 2010-11
• 2009-10
• 2008-09

2024-2025 U.S. News Speciality 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 
• Trial Advocacy
• Tax Law