Law School Rankings by Median Salary

No.	Law School	State	Median Salary Private	Median Salary Public
51	Harvard University	MA	$180,000	$60,000
52	Hofstra University	NY	$70,000	$61,000
53	Howard University	DC	$180,000	$58,972
54	IIT Chicago-Kent	IL	$75,750	$60,210
55	Indiana U.-Bloomington	IN	$100,000	$47,018
55	Indiana U.-Indianapolis	IN	N/A	N/A
57	John Marshall	IL	$60,000	$56,000
58	Lewis & Clark (Northwestern)	OR	$62,400	$45,000
59	Liberty University	VA	$51,000	$54,000
60	Lincoln Memorial U.	TN	$45,500	N/A
61	Louisiana State-Baton Rouge	LA	$80,000	$49,500
62	Loyola Law School	CA	$78,000	$65,900
63	Loyola U. Chicago	IL	$80,500	$60,000
64	Loyola U. New Orleans	LA	$95,000	$50,000
65	Marquette University	WI	$56,500	$50,000
66	Mercer University (GA)	GA	$69,000	$50,500
67	Michigan State University	MI	$75,000	$54,000
68	Mississippi College	MS	$67,000	$45,000
69	Mitchell Hamline	MN	N/A	N/A
70	New England Sch. of Law	MA	$75,000	$60,000
71	New York Law School	NY	$100,000	$61,000
71	New York University	NY	$180,000	$60,000
73	North Carolina Central U.	NC	$50,000	$58,500
74	Northeastern University	MA	$126,600	$58,623
75	Northern Illinois University	IL	$50,000	$50,000
76	Northern Kentucky U.	KY	$65,000	$43,000
77	Northwestern University	IL	$180,000	$60,518
78	Nova Southeastern U.	FL	$60,000	$42,000
79	Ohio Northern University	OH	$55,000	$46,434
79	Ohio State University (Moritz)	OH	$78,000	$55,000
81	Oklahoma City University	OK	$58,900	$45,000
82	Pace University	NY	$72,500	$60,000
83	Penn State U. (Dickinson)	PA	$64,000	$50,500
83	Penn State U. (University Park)	PA	$80,000	$51,106
85	Pepperdine University	CA	$75,000	$64,500
86	Quinnipiac University	CT	$70,000	$55,000
87	Regent University	VA	$55,000	$59,246
88	Roger Williams University	RI	$60,000	$55,040
89	Rutgers Law School (SUNJ)	NJ	$100,000	$49,571
90	Samford U. (Cumberland)	AL	$65,000	$46,000
91	Santa Clara University	CA	$100,000	$62,000
92	Seattle University	WA	$73,750	$56,000
93	Seton Hall University	NJ	$115,000	$49,571
94	South Texas College of Law	TX	$72,500	$62,000
95	Southern Illinois U.	IL	$52,000	$43,750
96	Southern Methodist Univ.	TX	$100,000	$57,000
97	Southern University	LA	N/A	N/A
98	Southwestern Univ.	CA	$70,000	$40,000
99	St. John's University	NY	$79,000	$62,500
100	St. Louis University	MO	$70,000	$45,000

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.