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No. Law School State Median Salary Private Median Salary Public
1 Lincoln Memorial U. TN $45,500 N/A
2 Faulkner University (Jones) AL $48,000 $48,500
3 U. of Wyoming WY $50,000 $60,451
3 North Carolina Central U. NC $50,000 $58,500
3 Western New England MA $50,000 $55,205
3 Northern Illinois University IL $50,000 $50,000
3 U. of Toledo OH $50,000 $49,875
3 Campbell University NC $50,000 $47,500
3 Florida Coastal FL $50,000 $44,999
10 Liberty University VA $51,000 $54,000
11 U. of Detroit Mercy MI $51,490 $55,000
12 Southern Illinois U. IL $52,000 $43,750
12 St. Thomas University FL $52,000 $42,500
14 U. of Maine ME $52,442 $52,000
15 U. of Massachusetts MA $52,500 $47,000
16 Concordia University ID $53,750 $57,000
17 Thomas Jefferson CA $53,860 $55,058
18 Regent University VA $55,000 $59,246
18 U. of Montana MT $55,000 $51,000
18 Elon University NC $55,000 $49,778
18 Ohio Northern University OH $55,000 $46,434
22 U. at Buffalo NY $56,500 $52,000
22 Marquette University WI $56,500 $50,000
24 Gonzaga University WA $57,000 $51,400
25 U. of Arkansas-Fayetteville AR $58,000 $53,406
26 Oklahoma City University OK $58,900 $45,000
27 U. of Arkansas-Little Rock AR $60,000 $60,000
27 John Marshall IL $60,000 $56,000
27 Willamette University OR $60,000 $55,600
27 Roger Williams University RI $60,000 $55,040
27 Hamline University MN $60,000 $54,516
27 U. of Tulsa OK $60,000 $52,300
27 U. of Nebraska-Lincoln NE $60,000 $52,297
27 U. of Louisville (Brandeis) KY $60,000 $51,378
27 Washburn University KS $60,000 $50,935
27 Widener (Delaware) DE $60,000 $50,000
27 U. of Missouri-Columbia MO $60,000 $49,254
27 U. of South Dakota SD $60,000 $47,543
27 U. of Missouri-Kansas City MO $60,000 $45,185
27 Ave Maria School of Law FL $60,000 $45,000
27 U. of Akron OH $60,000 $42,198
27 Nova Southeastern U. FL $60,000 $42,000
27 Florida A&M University FL $60,000 $41,700
27 Duquesne University PA $60,000 $40,553
45 U. of Kentucky KY $61,000 $42,000
46 Drake University IA $61,500 $55,000
47 Vermont Law School VT $62,400 $52,000
47 Lewis & Clark (Northwestern) OR $62,400 $45,000
49 U. of Memphis TN $62,500 $58,623
49 CUNY-Queens College NY $62,500 $54,583
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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 50th  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 50th  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.

Next Release: Our 2021 report is slated for publication in spring 2020.