The University of San Diego LLM program in tax has dropped 6 places - from 10th to 16th! Since there are not that many tax programs in the country, that represents a very steep decline. What happened in a year? Absolutely nothing. Because LLM tax programs were ranked for the first time in 2007 (considered “2008″ by US News), major changes in rankings can be expected for the next year or two. Still, the decline shows the arbitrary character of the rankings - and does not reflect the quality of the students and faculty in the program.

1. NYU (#1 last year)

2. Florida (#2)

3. Georgetown (#3)

4. Northwestern (#4)

5. UCLA (#7)

6. Harvard (#5)

6. Miami (#6)

8. Boston University (#8)

9. Virginia (#10)

10. Michigan (#13)

10. Texas (#9)

10. Yale (#10)

13. Loyola-L.A. (#16)

13. Stanford (#13)

15. U. of Washington (#18)

16. San Diego (#10)

17. Chicago (not ranked)

18. Duke (#15)

19. Columbia (#21)

19. Denver (#21)

19. Penn (#18)

22. SMU (#17)

22. USC (#21)

22. Villanova (#18)

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