Law School Rankings by Median Salary

No.	Law School	State	Median Salary Private	Median Salary Public
101	DePaul University	IL	$68,000	$53,750
102	U. of Arkansas-Fayetteville	AR	$58,000	$53,406
103	U. of Mississippi	MS	$70,000	$53,000
104	U. of Oregon	OR	$75,000	$52,736
105	U. of St. Thomas	MN	$70,000	$52,500
105	Capital University	OH	$62,500	$52,500
107	U. of Tulsa	OK	$60,000	$52,300
108	U. of Nebraska-Lincoln	NE	$60,000	$52,297
109	U. of Minnesota-Twin Cities	MN	$112,111	$52,000
109	Belmont University	TN	$95,000	$52,000
109	Temple University (Beasley)	PA	$80,000	$52,000
109	Widener (Commonwealth)	PA	$69,000	$52,000
109	Vermont Law School	VT	$62,400	$52,000
109	U. at Buffalo	NY	$56,500	$52,000
109	U. of Maine	ME	$52,442	$52,000
116	U. of Utah (SJ Quinney)	UT	$84,000	$51,815
117	U. of Tennessee-Knoxville	TN	$63,750	$51,700
118	U. of N. Carolina-Chap. Hill	NC	$130,000	$51,500
119	Washington and Lee U.	VA	$85,000	$51,450
120	Gonzaga University	WA	$57,000	$51,400
121	U. of Louisville (Brandeis)	KY	$60,000	$51,378
122	Penn State U. (University Park)	PA	$80,000	$51,106
123	Cleveland State U. (Marshall)	OH	$70,000	$51,051
124	U. of Oklahoma	OK	$65,000	$51,000
124	Charleston School of Law	SC	$63,000	$51,000
124	U. of Montana	MT	$55,000	$51,000
127	Washburn University	KS	$60,000	$50,935
128	Syracuse University	NY	$65,000	$50,750
129	Mercer University (GA)	GA	$69,000	$50,500
129	Penn State U. (Dickinson)	PA	$64,000	$50,500
131	Tulane University	LA	$105,000	$50,000
131	Loyola U. New Orleans	LA	$95,000	$50,000
131	U. of Georgia	GA	$90,000	$50,000
131	Western State University	CA	$72,500	$50,000
131	U. of Alabama	AL	$70,000	$50,000
131	U. of Dayton	OH	$64,000	$50,000
131	Widener (Delaware)	DE	$60,000	$50,000
131	Marquette University	WI	$56,500	$50,000
131	Northern Illinois University	IL	$50,000	$50,000
140	U. of Toledo	OH	$50,000	$49,875
141	Elon University	NC	$55,000	$49,778
142	Texas Tech University	TX	$67,987	$49,664
143	Seton Hall University	NJ	$115,000	$49,571
143	Rutgers Law School (SUNJ)	NJ	$100,000	$49,571
145	Louisiana State-Baton Rouge	LA	$80,000	$49,500
146	U. of Wisconsin-Madison	WI	$71,000	$49,254
146	U. of Missouri-Columbia	MO	$60,000	$49,254
148	U. of Maryland	MD	$70,000	$49,000
149	Villanova University	PA	$80,000	$48,847
150	Wake Forest University	NC	$75,000	$48,561

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.