Law School Rankings by Median Salary

No.	Law School	State	Median Salary Private	Median Salary Public
46	U. of Dayton	OH	$64,000	$50,000
46	Widener (Delaware)	DE	$60,000	$50,000
46	Marquette University	WI	$56,500	$50,000
46	Northern Illinois University	IL	$50,000	$50,000
55	Mercer University (GA)	GA	$69,000	$50,500
55	Penn State U. (Dickinson)	PA	$64,000	$50,500
57	Syracuse University	NY	$65,000	$50,750
58	Washburn University	KS	$60,000	$50,935
59	U. of Oklahoma	OK	$65,000	$51,000
59	Charleston School of Law	SC	$63,000	$51,000
59	U. of Montana	MT	$55,000	$51,000
62	Cleveland State U. (Marshall)	OH	$70,000	$51,051
63	Penn State U. (University Park)	PA	$80,000	$51,106
64	U. of Louisville (Brandeis)	KY	$60,000	$51,378
65	Gonzaga University	WA	$57,000	$51,400
66	Washington and Lee U.	VA	$85,000	$51,450
67	U. of N. Carolina-Chap. Hill	NC	$130,000	$51,500
68	U. of Tennessee-Knoxville	TN	$63,750	$51,700
69	U. of Utah (SJ Quinney)	UT	$84,000	$51,815
70	U. of Minnesota-Twin Cities	MN	$112,111	$52,000
70	Belmont University	TN	$95,000	$52,000
70	Temple University (Beasley)	PA	$80,000	$52,000
70	Widener (Commonwealth)	PA	$69,000	$52,000
70	Vermont Law School	VT	$62,400	$52,000
70	U. at Buffalo	NY	$56,500	$52,000
70	U. of Maine	ME	$52,442	$52,000
77	U. of Nebraska-Lincoln	NE	$60,000	$52,297
78	U. of Tulsa	OK	$60,000	$52,300
79	U. of St. Thomas	MN	$70,000	$52,500
79	Capital University	OH	$62,500	$52,500
81	U. of Oregon	OR	$75,000	$52,736
82	U. of Mississippi	MS	$70,000	$53,000
83	U. of Arkansas-Fayetteville	AR	$58,000	$53,406
84	DePaul University	IL	$68,000	$53,750
85	Case Western Reserve U.	OH	$63,000	$53,966
86	U. of California-Hastings	CA	$95,000	$54,000
86	U. of Richmond	VA	$85,000	$54,000
86	U. of Cincinnati	OH	$77,000	$54,000
86	Michigan State University	MI	$75,000	$54,000
86	Liberty University	VA	$51,000	$54,000
91	Hamline University	MN	$60,000	$54,516
92	CUNY-Queens College	NY	$62,500	$54,583
93	Georgetown University	DC	$180,000	$55,000
93	U. of Colorado-Boulder	CO	$90,000	$55,000
93	Wayne State U.	MI	$84,000	$55,000
93	Georgia State University	GA	$80,000	$55,000
93	Ohio State University (Moritz)	OH	$78,000	$55,000
93	Quinnipiac University	CT	$70,000	$55,000
93	West Virginia U.	WV	$70,000	$55,000
93	St. Mary's University	TX	$66,500	$55,000

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.