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No. Law School State Median Salary Private Median Salary Public
1 Faulkner University (Jones) AL $48,000 $48,500
1 Samford U. (Cumberland) AL $65,000 $46,000
1 U. of Alabama AL $70,000 $50,000
4 U. of Arkansas-Fayetteville AR $58,000 $53,406
4 U. of Arkansas-Little Rock AR $60,000 $60,000
6 Arizona State University AZ $82,000 $58,500
6 Arizona Summit Law School AZ N/A N/A
6 U. of Arizona (Rogers) AZ N/A N/A
9 California Western CA $67,500 $66,812
9 Chapman University CA $75,000 $59,250
9 Golden Gate University CA $82,000 $90,518
9 Loyola Law School CA $78,000 $65,900
9 Pepperdine University CA $75,000 $64,500
9 Santa Clara University CA $100,000 $62,000
9 Southwestern Univ. CA $70,000 $40,000
9 Stanford University CA $180,000 $65,228
9 Thomas Jefferson CA $53,860 $55,058
9 U. of California-Hastings CA $95,000 $54,000
9 U. of California-Berkeley CA $180,000 $60,000
9 U. of California-Davis CA $100,000 $48,000
9 U. of California-Irvine CA $170,000 $56,000
9 U. of California-Los Angeles CA $180,000 $55,053
9 U. of San Diego CA $85,000 $72,000
9 U. of San Francisco CA $80,000 $71,000
9 U. of Southern California CA $180,000 $58,000
9 U. of the Pacific (McGeorge) CA $75,500 $64,800
9 Western State University CA $72,500 $50,000
9 Whittier Law School CA N/A N/A
29 U. of Colorado-Boulder CO $90,000 $55,000
29 U. of Denver CO $77,500 $56,676
31 Quinnipiac University CT $70,000 $55,000
31 U. of Connecticut CT $85,000 $60,000
31 Yale University CT $180,000 $62,591
34 American University DC $100,000 $56,000
34 Catholic U. of America DC $97,335 $55,963
34 George Washington U. DC $180,000 $60,000
34 Georgetown University DC $180,000 $55,000
34 Howard University DC $180,000 $58,972
34 U. of the District of Columbia DC $70,000 $78,500
40 Widener (Delaware) DE $60,000 $50,000
41 Ave Maria School of Law FL $60,000 $45,000
41 Barry University FL N/A N/A
41 Florida A&M University FL $60,000 $41,700
41 Florida Coastal FL $50,000 $44,999
41 Florida International U. FL $67,500 $45,000
41 Florida State University FL $67,500 $46,000
41 Nova Southeastern U. FL $60,000 $42,000
41 St. Thomas University FL $52,000 $42,500
41 Stetson University FL $70,000 $45,817
41 U. of Florida (Levin) FL $75,000 $45,000
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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.