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No. Law School State Median Salary Private Median Salary Public
49 Capital University OH $62,500 $52,500
52 Case Western Reserve U. OH $63,000 $53,966
52 Charleston School of Law SC $63,000 $51,000
54 U. of Tennessee-Knoxville TN $63,750 $51,700
55 Penn State U. (Dickinson) PA $64,000 $50,500
55 U. of Dayton OH $64,000 $50,000
57 Touro College (Fuchsberg) NY $65,000 $58,000
57 U. of Idaho ID $65,000 $57,000
57 U. of New Mexico NM $65,000 $55,000
57 U. of Oklahoma OK $65,000 $51,000
57 Syracuse University NY $65,000 $50,750
57 U. of South Carolina SC $65,000 $47,639
57 Samford U. (Cumberland) AL $65,000 $46,000
57 Northern Kentucky U. KY $65,000 $43,000
65 St. Mary's University TX $66,500 $55,000
66 Mississippi College MS $67,000 $45,000
67 California Western CA $67,500 $66,812
67 Creighton University NE $67,500 $60,000
67 Florida State University FL $67,500 $46,000
67 Florida International U. FL $67,500 $45,000
71 Texas Tech University TX $67,987 $49,664
72 DePaul University IL $68,000 $53,750
72 U. of Baltimore MD $68,000 $47,000
74 Widener (Commonwealth) PA $69,000 $52,000
74 Mercer University (GA) GA $69,000 $50,500
76 U. of the District of Columbia DC $70,000 $78,500
76 Texas A&M University TX $70,000 $63,500
76 Hofstra University NY $70,000 $61,000
76 Cardozo-Yeshiva University NY $70,000 $60,000
76 U. of Kansas KS $70,000 $56,000
76 Quinnipiac University CT $70,000 $55,000
76 West Virginia U. WV $70,000 $55,000
76 U. of Mississippi MS $70,000 $53,000
76 U. of St. Thomas MN $70,000 $52,500
76 Cleveland State U. (Marshall) OH $70,000 $51,051
76 U. of Alabama AL $70,000 $50,000
76 U. of Maryland MD $70,000 $49,000
76 Stetson University FL $70,000 $45,817
76 U. of Pittsburgh PA $70,000 $45,500
76 St. Louis University MO $70,000 $45,000
76 Southwestern Univ. CA $70,000 $40,000
92 U. of Wisconsin-Madison WI $71,000 $49,254
93 South Texas College of Law TX $72,500 $62,000
93 Pace University NY $72,500 $60,000
93 Western State University CA $72,500 $50,000
96 Albany Law School Union U. NY $73,000 $59,000
97 Seattle University WA $73,750 $56,000
98 Pepperdine University CA $75,000 $64,500
98 New England Sch. of Law MA $75,000 $60,000
98 Chapman University CA $75,000 $59,250
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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.