Law School Rankings by Median Salary

No.	Law School	State	Median Salary Private	Median Salary Public
1	Brigham Young University	UT	$104,000	$40,000
1	Southwestern Univ.	CA	$70,000	$40,000
3	Duquesne University	PA	$60,000	$40,553
4	Florida A&M University	FL	$60,000	$41,700
5	U. of Kentucky	KY	$61,000	$42,000
5	Nova Southeastern U.	FL	$60,000	$42,000
7	U. of Akron	OH	$60,000	$42,198
8	St. Thomas University	FL	$52,000	$42,500
9	Northern Kentucky U.	KY	$65,000	$43,000
10	Southern Illinois U.	IL	$52,000	$43,750
11	Florida Coastal	FL	$50,000	$44,999
12	U. of Florida (Levin)	FL	$75,000	$45,000
12	U. of Miami	FL	$75,000	$45,000
12	St. Louis University	MO	$70,000	$45,000
12	Florida International U.	FL	$67,500	$45,000
12	Mississippi College	MS	$67,000	$45,000
12	Lewis & Clark (Northwestern)	OR	$62,400	$45,000
12	Ave Maria School of Law	FL	$60,000	$45,000
12	Oklahoma City University	OK	$58,900	$45,000
20	U. of Missouri-Kansas City	MO	$60,000	$45,185
21	U. of Pittsburgh	PA	$70,000	$45,500
22	Stetson University	FL	$70,000	$45,817
23	Florida State University	FL	$67,500	$46,000
23	Samford U. (Cumberland)	AL	$65,000	$46,000
25	Ohio Northern University	OH	$55,000	$46,434
26	U. of Baltimore	MD	$68,000	$47,000
26	U. of Massachusetts	MA	$52,500	$47,000
28	Indiana U.-Bloomington	IN	$100,000	$47,018
29	Campbell University	NC	$50,000	$47,500
30	U. of South Dakota	SD	$60,000	$47,543
31	U. of South Carolina	SC	$65,000	$47,639
32	U. of California-Davis	CA	$100,000	$48,000
33	Drexel University (Kline)	PA	$85,000	$48,500
33	Faulkner University (Jones)	AL	$48,000	$48,500
35	Wake Forest University	NC	$75,000	$48,561
36	Villanova University	PA	$80,000	$48,847
37	U. of Maryland	MD	$70,000	$49,000
38	U. of Wisconsin-Madison	WI	$71,000	$49,254
38	U. of Missouri-Columbia	MO	$60,000	$49,254
40	Louisiana State-Baton Rouge	LA	$80,000	$49,500
41	Seton Hall University	NJ	$115,000	$49,571
41	Rutgers Law School (SUNJ)	NJ	$100,000	$49,571
43	Texas Tech University	TX	$67,987	$49,664
44	Elon University	NC	$55,000	$49,778
45	U. of Toledo	OH	$50,000	$49,875
46	Tulane University	LA	$105,000	$50,000
46	Loyola U. New Orleans	LA	$95,000	$50,000
46	U. of Georgia	GA	$90,000	$50,000
46	Western State University	CA	$72,500	$50,000
46	U. of Alabama	AL	$70,000	$50,000

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.