据USNews官方介绍，美国大学研究生知识产权专业排名主要参考以下六大因素：1、师生比;2、研究费用;3、录取比率;4、本科平均学分;5、GRE LSAT GMAT平均分;6、毕业即成功就业率。
以下为2015USNews美国大学研究生知识产权专业详细排名
| 排名 | 学校 | 学费 | 注册人数 |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Stanford University Stanford, CA | $52,530 per year (full-time) | 574 |
| #2 | University of California—Berkeley Berkeley, CA | $48,058 per year (in-state, full-time); $52,009 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 854 |
| #3 | George Washington University Washington, DC | $49,840 per year (full-time) | 1,287 |
| #4 | New York University New York, NY | $54,678 per year (full-time) | 1,418 |
| #4 | Santa Clara University Santa Clara, CA | $1,500 per credit (full-time) | 624 |
| #6 | Yeshiva University (Cardozo) New York, NY | $51,778 per year (full-time) | 983 |
| #7 | American University (Washington) Washington, DC | $48,148 per year (full-time) | 1,240 |
| #7 | University of Houston Houston, TX | $29,748 per year (in-state, full-time); $39,792 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 619 |
| #9 | University of New Hampshire School of Law Concord, NH | $41,190 per year (full-time) | 271 |
| #10 | Boston University Boston, MA | $45,786 per year (full-time) | 676 |
| #10 | Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) Chicago, IL | $44,410 per year (full-time) | 763 |
| #12 | DePaul University Chicago, IL | $44,999 per year (full-time) | 720 |
| #12 | The John Marshall Law School Chicago, IL | $44,074 per year (full-time) | 970 |
| #12 | University of Washington Seattle, WA | $31,983 per year (in-state, full-time); $45,024 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 541 |
| #15 | George Mason University Arlington, VA | $25,351 per year (in-state, full-time); $40,737 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 363 |
| #15 | Harvard University Cambridge, MA | $53,308 per year (full-time) | 1,741 |
| #17 | Columbia University New York, NY | $57,838 per year (full-time) | 1,248 |
| #17 | Fordham University New York, NY | $50,996 per year (full-time) | 1,109 |
| #19 | Suffolk University Boston, MA | $45,054 per year (full-time) | 1,051 |
| #19 | University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA | $54,992 per year (full-time) | 786 |
| #21 | Duke University Durham, NC | $53,596 per year (full-time) | 629 |
| #21 | 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) | 975 |
| #23 | Indiana University—Bloomington (Maurer) Bloomington, IN | $30,526 per year (in-state, full-time); $48,962 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 638 |
| #23 | University of Michigan—Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI | $49,784 per year (in-state, full-time); $52,784 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,055 |
| #25 | Drake University Des Moines, IA | $36,662 per year (full-time) | 363 |
| #25 | Georgetown University Washington, DC | $50,890 per year (full-time) | 1,694 |
| #25 | University of California—Davis Davis, CA | $47,286 per year (in-state, full-time); $56,537 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 499 |
| #25 | University of San Diego San Diego, CA | $45,860 per year (full-time) | 696 |
| #25 | University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA | $47,900 per year (in-state, full-time); $52,900 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 1,048 |
