The Best Schools And Programs for Tax Law

Rank and School Annual Tuition (Full-Time / Out of State) LSAT (25th -75th Percentile) Acceptance Rate Median Private (PR) and Public (PU) Sector Starting Salaries Post-Graduation Debt Employ-ment After 9 Months (2012Grads) Over-all Rank
1. New York U. $54,678 168-172 31.4% $160,000 (PR)$51,630 (PU) $147,685 95.9% 6
2. U. of Florida $41,546 156-162 50.4% $70,000 (PR) $43,403 (PU) $81,479 63.1% 49
3. Georgetown $50,890 163-169 31.1% $160,000 (PR) $58,000 (PU) $145,631 84.3% 13
4. Northwestern $55,064 161-171 26.3% $160,000 (PR) $63,000 (PU) $155,777 85.8% 12
5. Boston U. $45,786 161-166 34.5% $160,000 (PR) $57,000 (PU) $110,309 68.1% 27
5. Columbia U. $57,838 169-173 21.3% $160,000 (PR) $55,000 (PU) $141,566 97.0% 4
5. U. of Miami $44,626 155-160 53.2% $67,250 (PR) $47,000 (PU) $148,513 68.8% 61
8. Harvard U. $53,308 170-175 15.6% $160,000 (PR) $58,000 (PU) $123,673 94.1% 2
8. U. of San Diego $45,860 156-161 46.8% $75,000 (PR) $58,000 (PU) $128,731 51.7% 79
10. U. of Washington $45,024 161-165 26.1% $95,000 (PR) $55,000 (PU) $100,867 79.0% 24

Source: U.S. News and World Report
What differentiates the top schools for tax law:
NYU
Since 1992, New York University’s tax law program has been ranked #1 by U.S. Boasting 40 faculty members and nearly 300 full-time and part-time students, NYU offers over 50 courses in domestic and international tax law. The program includes renowned academics such as Neil Barofsky, who oversaw the Troubled Asset Relief (TARP) program, and Lily Batcheidler, who is currently on leave to serve as the Chief Tax Counsel to the U.S. Senate Finance Committee. Thanks to being located near lower Manhattan, the school also draws practicing adjunct faculty from top firms like Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton and Weil, Gotshal & Manages LLP. What’s more, NYU publishes the premier faculty-edited journal on tax policy, The Tax Law Review (TLR). 

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