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No. Law School State Median Salary Private Median Salary Public
46 U. of Dayton OH $64,000 $50,000
46 Widener (Delaware) DE $60,000 $50,000
46 Marquette University WI $56,500 $50,000
46 Northern Illinois University IL $50,000 $50,000
55 Mercer University (GA) GA $69,000 $50,500
55 Penn State U. (Dickinson) PA $64,000 $50,500
57 Syracuse University NY $65,000 $50,750
58 Washburn University KS $60,000 $50,935
59 U. of Oklahoma OK $65,000 $51,000
59 Charleston School of Law SC $63,000 $51,000
59 U. of Montana MT $55,000 $51,000
62 Cleveland State U. (Marshall) OH $70,000 $51,051
63 Penn State U. (University Park) PA $80,000 $51,106
64 U. of Louisville (Brandeis) KY $60,000 $51,378
65 Gonzaga University WA $57,000 $51,400
66 Washington and Lee U. VA $85,000 $51,450
67 U. of N. Carolina-Chap. Hill NC $130,000 $51,500
68 U. of Tennessee-Knoxville TN $63,750 $51,700
69 U. of Utah (SJ Quinney) UT $84,000 $51,815
70 U. of Minnesota-Twin Cities MN $112,111 $52,000
70 Belmont University TN $95,000 $52,000
70 Temple University (Beasley) PA $80,000 $52,000
70 Widener (Commonwealth) PA $69,000 $52,000
70 Vermont Law School VT $62,400 $52,000
70 U. at Buffalo NY $56,500 $52,000
70 U. of Maine ME $52,442 $52,000
77 U. of Nebraska-Lincoln NE $60,000 $52,297
78 U. of Tulsa OK $60,000 $52,300
79 U. of St. Thomas MN $70,000 $52,500
79 Capital University OH $62,500 $52,500
81 U. of Oregon OR $75,000 $52,736
82 U. of Mississippi MS $70,000 $53,000
83 U. of Arkansas-Fayetteville AR $58,000 $53,406
84 DePaul University IL $68,000 $53,750
85 Case Western Reserve U. OH $63,000 $53,966
86 U. of California-Hastings CA $95,000 $54,000
86 U. of Richmond VA $85,000 $54,000
86 U. of Cincinnati OH $77,000 $54,000
86 Michigan State University MI $75,000 $54,000
86 Liberty University VA $51,000 $54,000
91 Hamline University MN $60,000 $54,516
92 CUNY-Queens College NY $62,500 $54,583
93 Georgetown University DC $180,000 $55,000
93 U. of Colorado-Boulder CO $90,000 $55,000
93 Wayne State U. MI $84,000 $55,000
93 Georgia State University GA $80,000 $55,000
93 Ohio State University (Moritz) OH $78,000 $55,000
93 Quinnipiac University CT $70,000 $55,000
93 West Virginia U. WV $70,000 $55,000
93 St. Mary's University TX $66,500 $55,000
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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.