Law School Rankings by Median Salary

No.	Law School	State	Median Salary Private	Median Salary Public
142	Widener (Delaware)	DE	$60,000	$50,000
142	U. of Missouri-Columbia	MO	$60,000	$49,254
142	U. of South Dakota	SD	$60,000	$47,543
142	U. of Missouri-Kansas City	MO	$60,000	$45,185
142	Ave Maria School of Law	FL	$60,000	$45,000
142	U. of Akron	OH	$60,000	$42,198
142	Nova Southeastern U.	FL	$60,000	$42,000
142	Florida A&M University	FL	$60,000	$41,700
142	Duquesne University	PA	$60,000	$40,553
160	Oklahoma City University	OK	$58,900	$45,000
161	U. of Arkansas-Fayetteville	AR	$58,000	$53,406
162	Gonzaga University	WA	$57,000	$51,400
163	U. at Buffalo	NY	$56,500	$52,000
163	Marquette University	WI	$56,500	$50,000
165	Regent University	VA	$55,000	$59,246
165	U. of Montana	MT	$55,000	$51,000
165	Elon University	NC	$55,000	$49,778
165	Ohio Northern University	OH	$55,000	$46,434
169	Thomas Jefferson	CA	$53,860	$55,058
170	Concordia University	ID	$53,750	$57,000
171	U. of Massachusetts	MA	$52,500	$47,000
172	U. of Maine	ME	$52,442	$52,000
173	Southern Illinois U.	IL	$52,000	$43,750
173	St. Thomas University	FL	$52,000	$42,500
175	U. of Detroit Mercy	MI	$51,490	$55,000
176	Liberty University	VA	$51,000	$54,000
177	U. of Wyoming	WY	$50,000	$60,451
177	North Carolina Central U.	NC	$50,000	$58,500
177	Western New England	MA	$50,000	$55,205
177	Northern Illinois University	IL	$50,000	$50,000
177	U. of Toledo	OH	$50,000	$49,875
177	Campbell University	NC	$50,000	$47,500
177	Florida Coastal	FL	$50,000	$44,999
184	Faulkner University (Jones)	AL	$48,000	$48,500
185	Lincoln Memorial U.	TN	$45,500	N/A
186	Appalachian School of Law	VA	N/A	N/A
187	Arizona Summit Law School	AZ	N/A	N/A
188	Atlanta's John Marshall Law	GA	N/A	N/A
189	Barry University	FL	N/A	N/A
190	Charlotte School of Law	NC	N/A	N/A
191	Indiana U.-Indianapolis	IN	N/A	N/A
192	Mitchell Hamline	MN	N/A	N/A
193	Southern University	LA	N/A	N/A
194	Texas Southern University	TX	N/A	N/A
195	U. of Arizona (Rogers)	AZ	N/A	N/A
196	U. of New Hampshire	NH	N/A	N/A
197	U. of North Dakota	ND	N/A	N/A
198	Valparaiso University	IN	N/A	N/A
199	Western Michigan (Cooley)	MI	N/A	N/A
200	Whittier Law School	CA	N/A	N/A

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.