《美国新闻与世界报道》(US News & World Report)3月10日发布最新的2016年研究生项目排名。除了以往学生们期待的商科、法学、教育学、工程学和医学专业外，US News2016年研究生项目排名还将首次囊括护理学硕士项目。在未来，护理学研究生项目将正式加入年度排名行列。
耶鲁大学法学院依然在最好的法学院中排名第一，但是其他学校的排名则有一些重新洗牌。哈佛大学法学院依然处在第二的位置，但是它必须和斯坦福大学的法学院共享这一位置。
加州大学欧文分校，去年没有进入排名，今年前进到了第30位。维克森林大学的法学院从去年的31名，下降到了今年和其他几所大学并列第47。
东海岸的学校持续在兼职法学研究生项目中起着引领的作用，乔治城在此类别中名列第一。乔治华盛顿大学名列第二，福特汉姆大学名列第三。在伊利诺伊理工的芝加哥肯特法学院爬升了9位，今年位于排名的第14，和乔治亚州立大学并列。德州农工大学从第48位和其他四个学校并列，上升到今年的第31位。
以下是US News发布的2016研究生院法学院排名：（点击查看其他专业排名）
| 排名 | 学校 | 学费 | 招生总人数 |
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#1
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耶鲁大学 Yale University New Haven, CT |
$56,200 per year (full-time) | 607 |
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#2Tie
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哈佛大学 Harvard University Cambridge, MA |
$55,842 per year (full-time) | 1,752 |
|
#2Tie
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斯坦福大学 Stanford University Stanford, CA |
$54,366 per year (full-time) | 577 |
|
#4Tie
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哥伦比亚大学 Columbia University New York, NY |
$60,274 per year (full-time) | 1,170 |
|
#4Tie
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芝加哥大学 University of Chicago Chicago, IL |
$55,503 per year (full-time) | 604 |
|
#6
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纽约大学 New York University New York, NY |
$56,838 per year (full-time) | 1,423 |
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#7
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宾夕法尼亚大学 University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA |
$56,916 per year (full-time) | 756 |
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#8Tie
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Durham, NC |
$55,588 per year (full-time) | 643 |
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#8Tie
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University of California—Berkeley Berkeley, CA |
$48,166 per year (in-state, full-time); $52,117 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 890 |
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#8Tie
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Charlottesville, VA |
$51,800 per year (in-state, full-time); $54,800 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,005 |
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#11
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University of Michigan—Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI |
$51,398 per year (in-state, full-time); $54,398 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,000 |
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#12
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Chicago, IL |
$56,434 per year (full-time) | 737 |
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#13
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Ithaca, NY |
$59,360 per year (full-time) | 595 |
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#14
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Washington, DC |
$53,130 per year (full-time) | 1,719 |
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#15
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Austin, TX |
$33,162 per year (in-state, full-time); $49,244 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,025 |
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#16
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University of California—Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA |
$45,226 per year (in-state, full-time); $51,720 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 992 |
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#17
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Nashville, TN |
$49,722 per year (full-time) | 525 |
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#18
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Washington University in St. Louis St. Louis, MO |
$50,152 per year (full-time) | 749 |
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#19
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Atlanta, GA |
$49,734 per year (full-time) | 819 |
|
#20Tie
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University of Minnesota—Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN |
$41,222 per year (in-state, full-time); $48,710 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 681 |
|
#20Tie
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University of Southern California (Gould) Los Angeles, CA |
$57,507 per year (full-time) | 604 |
|
#22Tie
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Washington, DC |
$52,033 per year (full-time) | 1,376 |
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#22Tie
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Tuscaloosa, AL |
$21,624 per year (in-state, full-time); $36,304 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 420 |
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#22Tie
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Iowa City, IA |
$23,760 per year (in-state, full-time); $41,296 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 388 |
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#22Tie
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Notre Dame, IN |
$50,520 per year (full-time) | 549 |
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