2018年USNews美國大學研究生專業排名辯護學專業排名於2017年3月14日正式釋出。此次美國大學研究生專業排名同樣基於商業、法律、教育、工程、醫學和護理等六大專業;當然，這包含了六大類專業中的各個具體專業排名。
據USNews官方介紹，2018年USNews美國大學研究生專業排名辯護學專業排名主要參考以下六大因素：1、師生比;2、研究費用;3、錄取比率;4、本科平均學分;5、GRE LSAT GMAT平均分;6、畢業後就業率。
以下為2018年USNews美國大學研究生專業排名辯護學專業排名
| Rank | School name | Tuition and fees |
| #1 | Stetson University Gulfport, FL | $41,454per year (full-time) |
| #2 | Temple University (Beasley) Philadelphia, PA | $24,786per year (in-state, full-time); $37,500per year (out-of-state, full-time) |
| #3 | Baylor University Waco, TX | $57,752per year (full-time) |
| #4Tie | American University (Washington) Washington, DC | $53,016per year (full-time) |
| #4Tie | Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-?Kent) Chicago, IL | $46,822per year (full-time) |
| #6Tie | Georgetown University Washington, DC | $57,576per year (full-time) |
| #6Tie | Loyola Marymount University Los Angeles, CA | $52,760per year (full-time) |
| #6Tie | Loyola University Chicago Chicago, IL | $47,416per year (full-time) |
| #6Tie | Samford University (Cumberland) Birmingham, AL | $37,146per year (full-time) |
| #10 | University of the Pacific (McGeorge) Sacramento, CA | $49,820per year (full-time) |
| #11Tie | South Texas College of Law Houston Houston, TX | $30,600per year (full-time) |
| #11Tie | University of Denver (Sturm) Denver, CO | $46,720per year (full-time) |
| #13Tie | Northwestern University (Pritzker) Chicago, IL | $59,850per year (full-time) |
| #13Tie | The John Marshall Law School Chicago, IL | $46,470per year (full-time) |
| #15 | Drexel University (Kline) Philadelphia, PA | $1,422per credit (full-time) |
| #16 | Suffolk University Boston, MA | $46,042per year (full-time) |
| #17Tie | Faulkner University (Jones) Montgomery, AL | $37,370per year (full-time) |
| #17Tie | Fordham University New York, NY | $56,146per year (full-time) |
| #17Tie | Washington University in St. Louis St. Louis, MO | $53,506per year (full-time) |
| #20 | New York University New York, NY | $61,622per year (full-time) |
| #21Tie | Campbell University Raleigh, NC | $39,300per year (full-time) |
| #21Tie | Stanford University Stanford, CA | $58,236per year (full-time) |
| #21Tie | University of Georgia Athens, GA | $19,488per year (in-state, full-time); $37,536per year (out-of-state, full-time) |
| #21Tie | University of Houston Houston, TX | $30,401per year (in-state, full-time); $45,219per year (out-of-state, full-time) |
| #21Tie | University of Missouri—?Kansas City Kansas City, MO | $18,647per year (in-state, full-time); $35,456per year (out-of-state, full-time) |
