Law School Rankings by Median Salary

No.	Law School	State	Median Salary Private	Median Salary Public
1	Lincoln Memorial U.	TN	$45,500	N/A
2	Faulkner University (Jones)	AL	$48,000	$48,500
3	U. of Wyoming	WY	$50,000	$60,451
3	North Carolina Central U.	NC	$50,000	$58,500
3	Western New England	MA	$50,000	$55,205
3	Northern Illinois University	IL	$50,000	$50,000
3	U. of Toledo	OH	$50,000	$49,875
3	Campbell University	NC	$50,000	$47,500
3	Florida Coastal	FL	$50,000	$44,999
10	Liberty University	VA	$51,000	$54,000
11	U. of Detroit Mercy	MI	$51,490	$55,000
12	Southern Illinois U.	IL	$52,000	$43,750
12	St. Thomas University	FL	$52,000	$42,500
14	U. of Maine	ME	$52,442	$52,000
15	U. of Massachusetts	MA	$52,500	$47,000
16	Concordia University	ID	$53,750	$57,000
17	Thomas Jefferson	CA	$53,860	$55,058
18	Regent University	VA	$55,000	$59,246
18	U. of Montana	MT	$55,000	$51,000
18	Elon University	NC	$55,000	$49,778
18	Ohio Northern University	OH	$55,000	$46,434
22	U. at Buffalo	NY	$56,500	$52,000
22	Marquette University	WI	$56,500	$50,000
24	Gonzaga University	WA	$57,000	$51,400
25	U. of Arkansas-Fayetteville	AR	$58,000	$53,406
26	Oklahoma City University	OK	$58,900	$45,000
27	U. of Arkansas-Little Rock	AR	$60,000	$60,000
27	John Marshall	IL	$60,000	$56,000
27	Willamette University	OR	$60,000	$55,600
27	Roger Williams University	RI	$60,000	$55,040
27	Hamline University	MN	$60,000	$54,516
27	U. of Tulsa	OK	$60,000	$52,300
27	U. of Nebraska-Lincoln	NE	$60,000	$52,297
27	U. of Louisville (Brandeis)	KY	$60,000	$51,378
27	Washburn University	KS	$60,000	$50,935
27	Widener (Delaware)	DE	$60,000	$50,000
27	U. of Missouri-Columbia	MO	$60,000	$49,254
27	U. of South Dakota	SD	$60,000	$47,543
27	U. of Missouri-Kansas City	MO	$60,000	$45,185
27	Ave Maria School of Law	FL	$60,000	$45,000
27	U. of Akron	OH	$60,000	$42,198
27	Nova Southeastern U.	FL	$60,000	$42,000
27	Florida A&M University	FL	$60,000	$41,700
27	Duquesne University	PA	$60,000	$40,553
45	U. of Kentucky	KY	$61,000	$42,000
46	Drake University	IA	$61,500	$55,000
47	Vermont Law School	VT	$62,400	$52,000
47	Lewis & Clark (Northwestern)	OR	$62,400	$45,000
49	U. of Memphis	TN	$62,500	$58,623
49	CUNY-Queens College	NY	$62,500	$54,583

About the 2020 Law School Rankings by Median Salary

Published in spring 2019, the salary statistics in PublicLegal's 2020 Raw Data Law School Rankings by Median Salary report are those of full-time, long-term employed law graduates for the class of 2017 at the time of graduation and within ten months after graduation (approximately spring 2018), as self-reported by the graduates.

The salaries indicated under the heading “Median Salary Private” reflect those salaries of the 50^th percentile, among those graduates working in private practice as law firm associates. The salaries indicated under the heading “Median Salary Public” reflect those salaries of the 50^th percentile, among those graduates working in government jobs or judicial clerkships at the federal or state level.

In determining median salaries, jobs classified as “JD advantage” have been excluded (i.e., positions in which the employer requires a JD or considers it an advantage to hold such a degree, but in which admission to the bar is not required).

The rationale behind entitling this report as the “2020” report is that our 2020 Law School Rankings report and 2020 Law School Profiles are of considerable interest to prospective law school applicants who seek to enroll in classes commencing in fall 2020. At the time of our publication of this report in spring 2019, these employment statistics reflected the most current data available.

Source: The data have been compiled from a variety of sources, including from data released publicly by the law schools.