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No. Law School State Median Salary Private Median Salary Public
95 West Virginia U. WV $70,000 $55,000
95 U. of Mississippi MS $70,000 $53,000
95 U. of St. Thomas MN $70,000 $52,500
95 Cleveland State U. (Marshall) OH $70,000 $51,051
95 U. of Alabama AL $70,000 $50,000
95 U. of Maryland MD $70,000 $49,000
95 Stetson University FL $70,000 $45,817
95 U. of Pittsburgh PA $70,000 $45,500
95 St. Louis University MO $70,000 $45,000
95 Southwestern Univ. CA $70,000 $40,000
111 Widener (Commonwealth) PA $69,000 $52,000
111 Mercer University (GA) GA $69,000 $50,500
113 DePaul University IL $68,000 $53,750
113 U. of Baltimore MD $68,000 $47,000
115 Texas Tech University TX $67,987 $49,664
116 California Western CA $67,500 $66,812
116 Creighton University NE $67,500 $60,000
116 Florida State University FL $67,500 $46,000
116 Florida International U. FL $67,500 $45,000
120 Mississippi College MS $67,000 $45,000
121 St. Mary's University TX $66,500 $55,000
122 Touro College (Fuchsberg) NY $65,000 $58,000
122 U. of Idaho ID $65,000 $57,000
122 U. of New Mexico NM $65,000 $55,000
122 U. of Oklahoma OK $65,000 $51,000
122 Syracuse University NY $65,000 $50,750
122 U. of South Carolina SC $65,000 $47,639
122 Samford U. (Cumberland) AL $65,000 $46,000
122 Northern Kentucky U. KY $65,000 $43,000
130 Penn State U. (Dickinson) PA $64,000 $50,500
130 U. of Dayton OH $64,000 $50,000
132 U. of Tennessee-Knoxville TN $63,750 $51,700
133 Case Western Reserve U. OH $63,000 $53,966
133 Charleston School of Law SC $63,000 $51,000
135 U. of Memphis TN $62,500 $58,623
135 CUNY-Queens College NY $62,500 $54,583
135 Capital University OH $62,500 $52,500
138 Vermont Law School VT $62,400 $52,000
138 Lewis & Clark (Northwestern) OR $62,400 $45,000
140 Drake University IA $61,500 $55,000
141 U. of Kentucky KY $61,000 $42,000
142 U. of Arkansas-Little Rock AR $60,000 $60,000
142 John Marshall IL $60,000 $56,000
142 Willamette University OR $60,000 $55,600
142 Roger Williams University RI $60,000 $55,040
142 Hamline University MN $60,000 $54,516
142 U. of Tulsa OK $60,000 $52,300
142 U. of Nebraska-Lincoln NE $60,000 $52,297
142 U. of Louisville (Brandeis) KY $60,000 $51,378
142 Washburn University KS $60,000 $50,935
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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.