Law School Rankings by Median Salary

No.	Law School	State	Median Salary Private	Median Salary Public
93	U. of New Mexico	NM	$65,000	$55,000
93	Drake University	IA	$61,500	$55,000
93	U. of Detroit Mercy	MI	$51,490	$55,000
104	Roger Williams University	RI	$60,000	$55,040
105	U. of California-Los Angeles	CA	$180,000	$55,053
106	Thomas Jefferson	CA	$53,860	$55,058
107	U. of Iowa	IA	$98,038	$55,141
108	Western New England	MA	$50,000	$55,205
109	Willamette University	OR	$60,000	$55,600
110	Catholic U. of America	DC	$97,335	$55,963
111	U. of California-Irvine	CA	$170,000	$56,000
111	American University	DC	$100,000	$56,000
111	Seattle University	WA	$73,750	$56,000
111	U. of Kansas	KS	$70,000	$56,000
111	John Marshall	IL	$60,000	$56,000
116	U. of Notre Dame	IN	$130,000	$56,275
117	U. of Denver	CO	$77,500	$56,676
118	College of William and Mary	VA	$105,000	$56,748
119	Washington U. in St Louis	MO	$162,500	$57,000
119	Emory University	GA	$115,000	$57,000
119	Southern Methodist Univ.	TX	$100,000	$57,000
119	U. of Idaho	ID	$65,000	$57,000
119	Concordia University	ID	$53,750	$57,000
124	U. of Southern California	CA	$180,000	$58,000
124	Touro College (Fuchsberg)	NY	$65,000	$58,000
126	Arizona State University	AZ	$82,000	$58,500
126	North Carolina Central U.	NC	$50,000	$58,500
128	Northeastern University	MA	$126,600	$58,623
128	U. of Memphis	TN	$62,500	$58,623
130	Howard University	DC	$180,000	$58,972
131	U. of Washington	WA	$100,000	$59,000
131	Albany Law School Union U.	NY	$73,000	$59,000
133	Regent University	VA	$55,000	$59,246
134	Chapman University	CA	$75,000	$59,250
135	Boston University	MA	$180,000	$60,000
135	Columbia University	NY	$180,000	$60,000
135	Duke University	NC	$180,000	$60,000
135	George Washington U.	DC	$180,000	$60,000
135	Harvard University	MA	$180,000	$60,000
135	New York University	NY	$180,000	$60,000
135	U. of California-Berkeley	CA	$180,000	$60,000
135	U. of Texas-Austin	TX	$180,000	$60,000
135	Brooklyn Law School	NY	$110,000	$60,000
135	George Mason U. (Scalia)	VA	$106,000	$60,000
135	U. of Connecticut	CT	$85,000	$60,000
135	Loyola U. Chicago	IL	$80,500	$60,000
135	New England Sch. of Law	MA	$75,000	$60,000
135	Pace University	NY	$72,500	$60,000
135	Cardozo-Yeshiva University	NY	$70,000	$60,000
135	Creighton University	NE	$67,500	$60,000

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.