Law School Rankings by Median Salary

No.	Law School	State	Median Salary Private	Median Salary Public
51	Chapman University	CA	$75,000	$59,250
52	Regent University	VA	$55,000	$59,246
53	U. of Washington	WA	$100,000	$59,000
53	Albany Law School Union U.	NY	$73,000	$59,000
55	Howard University	DC	$180,000	$58,972
56	Northeastern University	MA	$126,600	$58,623
56	U. of Memphis	TN	$62,500	$58,623
58	Arizona State University	AZ	$82,000	$58,500
58	North Carolina Central U.	NC	$50,000	$58,500
60	U. of Southern California	CA	$180,000	$58,000
60	Touro College (Fuchsberg)	NY	$65,000	$58,000
62	Washington U. in St Louis	MO	$162,500	$57,000
62	Emory University	GA	$115,000	$57,000
62	Southern Methodist Univ.	TX	$100,000	$57,000
62	U. of Idaho	ID	$65,000	$57,000
62	Concordia University	ID	$53,750	$57,000
67	College of William and Mary	VA	$105,000	$56,748
68	U. of Denver	CO	$77,500	$56,676
69	U. of Notre Dame	IN	$130,000	$56,275
70	U. of California-Irvine	CA	$170,000	$56,000
70	American University	DC	$100,000	$56,000
70	Seattle University	WA	$73,750	$56,000
70	U. of Kansas	KS	$70,000	$56,000
70	John Marshall	IL	$60,000	$56,000
75	Catholic U. of America	DC	$97,335	$55,963
76	Willamette University	OR	$60,000	$55,600
77	Western New England	MA	$50,000	$55,205
78	U. of Iowa	IA	$98,038	$55,141
79	Thomas Jefferson	CA	$53,860	$55,058
80	U. of California-Los Angeles	CA	$180,000	$55,053
81	Roger Williams University	RI	$60,000	$55,040
82	Georgetown University	DC	$180,000	$55,000
82	U. of Colorado-Boulder	CO	$90,000	$55,000
82	Wayne State U.	MI	$84,000	$55,000
82	Georgia State University	GA	$80,000	$55,000
82	Ohio State University (Moritz)	OH	$78,000	$55,000
82	Quinnipiac University	CT	$70,000	$55,000
82	West Virginia U.	WV	$70,000	$55,000
82	St. Mary's University	TX	$66,500	$55,000
82	U. of New Mexico	NM	$65,000	$55,000
82	Drake University	IA	$61,500	$55,000
82	U. of Detroit Mercy	MI	$51,490	$55,000
93	CUNY-Queens College	NY	$62,500	$54,583
94	Hamline University	MN	$60,000	$54,516
95	U. of California-Hastings	CA	$95,000	$54,000
95	U. of Richmond	VA	$85,000	$54,000
95	U. of Cincinnati	OH	$77,000	$54,000
95	Michigan State University	MI	$75,000	$54,000
95	Liberty University	VA	$51,000	$54,000
100	Case Western Reserve U.	OH	$63,000	$53,966

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.