Law Programs

Law is offered at 225 institutions across the United States. First Professional graduates earn a median salary ranging from $39,634 to $308,943, with the highest-earning program at Columbia University in the City of New York ($308,943). The most common degree level is Bachelor (4), followed by Master (21) and Doctoral (46).

Bachelor (4) · Master (21) · Doctoral (46) · First Professional (220) · Post-bachelor's Certificate (1) · Graduate Certificate (4) · Undergraduate Certificate (1)

Bachelor (4)

Institution State Median Earnings Completers
The University of Texas at Austin TX $156,311 Not reported
Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College LA Not reported Not reported
Hofstra University NY Not reported Not reported
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University FL Not reported Not reported

Master (21)

Institution State Median Earnings Completers
Wake Forest University NC $102,929 Not reported
Loyola Marymount University CA $98,678 Not reported
University of Houston TX $89,257 Not reported
Stetson University FL $66,504 Not reported
University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras PR $54,370 Not reported
St. Mary's University TX $54,265 Not reported
Arizona State University Campus Immersion AZ Not reported Not reported
Northeastern University MA Not reported Not reported
Western New England University MA Not reported Not reported
Hamline University MN Not reported Not reported
New York University NY Not reported Not reported
Ohio Northern University OH Not reported Not reported
University of Pennsylvania PA Not reported Not reported
Villanova University PA Not reported Not reported
Vermont Law and Graduate School VT Not reported Not reported
Seattle University WA Not reported Not reported
West Virginia University WV Not reported Not reported
Massachusetts School of Law MA Not reported Not reported
Thomas Jefferson School of Law CA Not reported Not reported
Georgetown University DC Not reported Not reported
Howard University DC Not reported Not reported

Doctoral (46)

Institution State Median Earnings Completers
Baker College MI Not reported 6
Suffolk University MA $103,969 5
University of Pennsylvania PA Not reported 4
University of Washington-Seattle Campus WA Not reported 4
Illinois Institute of Technology IL Not reported 2
Duke University NC $261,230 0
Cornell University NY $259,851 Not reported
Yale University CT $188,189 Not reported
The University of Texas at Austin TX $173,114 Not reported
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign IL $130,428 Not reported
Pepperdine University CA $126,561 Not reported
Baylor University TX $121,715 Not reported
University of San Francisco CA $120,485 Not reported
Arizona State University Campus Immersion AZ $111,668 Not reported
Rutgers University-New Brunswick NJ $106,575 Not reported
Florida International University FL $105,414 Not reported
University of New Hampshire-Main Campus NH $100,597 Not reported
Belmont University TN $100,168 Not reported
St. Thomas University FL $99,412 Not reported
Lewis & Clark College OR $97,491 Not reported
University of Illinois Chicago IL $95,603 Not reported
Samford University AL $91,687 Not reported
Mercer University GA $90,359 Not reported
Albany Law School NY $89,212 Not reported
University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus OK $86,893 Not reported
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Institution State Median Earnings Completers
University of New Mexico-Main Campus NM $85,706 0
Loyola University New Orleans LA $81,071 Not reported
Western New England University MA $79,692 Not reported
University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth MA $78,991 Not reported
Massachusetts School of Law MA $76,572 Not reported
Saint Louis University MO Not reported Not reported
University of Nevada-Las Vegas NV Not reported Not reported
University of California-Berkeley CA Not reported 0
Humphreys University-Stockton and Modesto Campuses CA Not reported Not reported
University of Cincinnati-Main Campus OH Not reported 0
University of Dayton OH Not reported Not reported
Temple University PA Not reported 0
Widener University PA Not reported 0
The University of Tennessee-Knoxville TN Not reported 0
University of La Verne CA Not reported Not reported
Brigham Young University UT Not reported Not reported
University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras PR Not reported Not reported
University of Southern California CA Not reported Not reported
Thomas Jefferson School of Law CA Not reported Not reported
Stetson University FL Not reported Not reported
University of Hawaii at Manoa HI Not reported 0

First Professional (220)

Institution State Median Earnings Completers
Georgetown University DC $226,624 684
Harvard University MA $291,490 570
George Washington University DC $140,848 550
New York University NY $255,401 442
Columbia University in the City of New York NY $308,943 427
Fordham University NY $232,595 412
University of Miami FL $117,811 391
Brooklyn Law School NY $121,254 378
Suffolk University MA Not reported 350
University of California College of the Law-San Francisco CA $136,001 339
University of California-Berkeley CA $226,996 336
University of California-Los Angeles CA $177,968 320
Yeshiva University NY $124,597 320
New England Law-Boston MA $94,232 319
American University DC $109,523 317
Loyola Marymount University CA $143,361 313
Mitchell Hamline School of Law MN $91,497 308
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor MI $224,391 307
Northwestern University IL $291,132 304
Stetson University FL $96,451 289
New York Law School NY $109,122 287
University of Illinois Chicago IL Not reported 284
University of Virginia-Main Campus VA $284,309 283
South Texas College of Law Houston TX $108,296 283
The University of Texas at Austin TX Not reported 278
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Institution State Median Earnings Completers
University of Houston TX $135,984 271
Southwestern Law School CA $108,350 268
University of Denver CO $103,145 265
Widener University PA $83,799 263
Arizona State University Campus Immersion AZ Not reported 259
Hofstra University NY $102,901 258
Pace University NY Not reported 257
Emory University GA $152,126 256
St. John's University-New York NY $112,325 249
University of Pennsylvania PA $302,120 248
Boston University MA $194,750 245
Boston College MA $190,940 244
Seton Hall University NJ $136,424 244
Rutgers University-Newark NJ Not reported 241
Duke University NC Not reported 238
Santa Clara University CA $148,599 231
Loyola University Chicago IL $122,384 231
Michigan State University MI $96,342 231
Washington University in St Louis MO $141,243 230
Indiana University-Indianapolis IN $101,372 228
University of Wisconsin-Madison WI $100,715 226
Yale University CT Not reported 224
University of San Diego CA $134,065 223
Southern Methodist University TX $153,614 221
University of Florida FL $114,496 220
St. Thomas University FL Not reported 219
William & Mary VA $115,663 217
University of South Carolina-Columbia SC $93,806 215
University of Chicago IL $279,203 213
Illinois Institute of Technology IL $111,515 213
Tulane University of Louisiana LA Not reported 213
Temple University PA $117,775 210
St. Mary's University TX $87,375 207
Georgia State University GA $116,613 206
CUNY School of Law NY $87,345 206
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities MN $117,872 205
Vanderbilt University TN $196,797 200
Seattle University WA $105,471 198
University of Maryland Baltimore MD $112,580 197
University of Baltimore MD $95,849 196
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill NC $142,928 191
Marquette University WI $85,116 191
Florida State University FL $98,060 188
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus PA $90,775 188
Thomas M Cooley Law School MI $74,147 187
Loyola University New Orleans LA Not reported 187
University of Detroit Mercy MI $93,055 186
Southern University and A & M College LA $67,462 184
Stanford University CA $259,944 183
Saint Louis University MO $93,029 183
Ohio State University-Main Campus OH $122,732 182
University of Southern California CA $203,028 181
Syracuse University NY $97,648 180
California Western School of Law CA $100,889 179
University of California-Davis CA $136,814 178
University of Georgia GA $116,044 178
Barry University FL $82,024 178
Lewis & Clark College OR Not reported 178
Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College LA $103,602 175
Cornell University NY Not reported 175
Indiana University-Bloomington IN $120,301 172
University of the Pacific CA $114,281 172
University of Colorado Boulder CO $109,411 171
Roger Williams University School of Law RI $90,866 171
University of New Hampshire-Franklin Pierce School of Law NH Not reported 170
Villanova University PA $129,021 169
University of Iowa IA $107,273 168
University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus OK Not reported 168
Charleston School of Law SC $73,362 167
University of Notre Dame IN $142,699 165
University of Washington-Seattle Campus WA $120,015 163
Nova Southeastern University FL $96,470 163
Albany Law School NY Not reported 163
Texas A&M University-College Station TX $105,673 161
George Mason University VA $135,661 160
University of Mississippi MS $92,069 160
Oklahoma City University OK $74,062 159
Pepperdine University CA Not reported 159
University at Buffalo NY $85,126 157
DePaul University IL $107,264 154
Touro University NY $86,767 154
Rutgers University-Camden NJ Not reported 154
University of Connecticut CT $120,178 153
University of Oregon OR $100,801 153
Florida International University FL Not reported 153
Drexel University PA $95,933 152
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign IL Not reported 152
University of Richmond VA $101,062 151
Inter American University of Puerto Rico-School of Law PR $53,462 149
Texas Southern University TX Not reported 149
Campbell University NC $89,637 145
University of St Thomas MN $89,706 144
Chapman University CA $119,002 143
University of Missouri-Kansas City MO $92,296 143
Texas Tech University TX $100,716 141
Baylor University TX Not reported 140
Samford University AL Not reported 138
Duquesne University PA $82,014 137
University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras PR Not reported 137
Howard University DC $116,413 135
University of Nevada-Las Vegas NV $108,006 134
Gonzaga University WA $88,461 134
University of Kentucky KY $86,420 133
North Carolina Central University NC $83,361 130
University of California-Irvine CA $153,307 128
University of Nebraska-Lincoln NE $90,759 128
Capital University OH $85,015 128
Elon University NC $82,321 128
The University of Alabama AL $110,931 126
University of Cincinnati-Main Campus OH $85,043 126
University of Arkansas at Little Rock AR $78,317 126
Creighton University NE $86,665 125
Quinnipiac University CT $100,096 123
Mercer University GA Not reported 123
Case Western Reserve University OH $105,964 120
University of Akron Main Campus OH $79,750 120
Cleveland State University OH $91,229 119
University of Arkansas AR $88,977 119
University of Idaho ID $81,744 119
University of Louisville KY $80,728 118
Mississippi College MS $70,352 116
Vermont Law and Graduate School VT $77,550 113
The University of Tennessee-Knoxville TN $103,272 112
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University FL $81,144 112
Belmont University TN Not reported 111
Brigham Young University UT Not reported 111
University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth MA Not reported 110
Golden Gate University CA $96,079 108
University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus PA $94,797 108
University of Dayton OH Not reported 108
The Catholic University of America DC $112,809 107
Washington and Lee University VA $110,606 107
University of Tulsa OK $86,293 107
University of Missouri-Columbia MO $86,349 106
West Virginia University WV $78,497 106
Drake University IA $87,375 105
Western New England University MA Not reported 105
Wayne State University MI $96,763 104
Northern Kentucky University KY $74,937 102
Ave Maria School of Law FL $91,005 100
University of New Mexico-Main Campus NM Not reported 100
University of Toledo OH $85,086 99
University of Memphis TN $81,169 99
Willamette University OR $100,524 97
University of North Texas at Dallas TX $101,120 96
Lincoln Memorial University TN $73,596 96
University of Arizona AZ Not reported 95
University of Hawaii at Manoa HI $89,520 92
Washburn University KS $83,608 92
University of Kansas KS $94,898 90
Regent University VA $82,360 90
Northern Illinois University IL $78,459 90
Liberty University VA Not reported 90
University of San Francisco CA Not reported 90
Wake Forest University NC $112,646 88
Atlanta's John Marshall Law School GA $80,422 86
University of Utah UT $113,168 85
University of Southern Maine ME $83,912 84
Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-Ponce PR $39,634 82
The University of Montana MT $86,640 76
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale IL $79,658 76
Thomas Jefferson School of Law CA $87,982 71
University of Wyoming WY $81,644 69
University of North Dakota ND $90,309 61
University of West Los Angeles CA Not reported 60
University of South Dakota SD $83,195 58
Ohio Northern University OH $69,823 55
Westcliff University CA Not reported 54
Appalachian School of Law VA $65,332 53
University of the District of Columbia DC $90,325 48
University of La Verne CA Not reported 48
Massachusetts School of Law MA Not reported 39
Faulkner University AL $68,740 37
The Colleges of Law at Ventura CA $78,136 36
Southern University Law Center LA $67,462 36
San Joaquin College of Law CA $93,023 34
Trinity Law School CA $69,932 29
Purdue University Global IN $84,403 23
Taft University System CO $85,612 21
Abraham Lincoln University CA Not reported 21
The Colleges of Law at Santa Barbara CA $78,136 17
Northcentral University CA Not reported 15
Humphreys University-Stockton and Modesto Campuses CA Not reported 10
Alliant International University-San Diego CA Not reported 7
Cal Northern School of Law CA Not reported 7
University of Connecticut-Waterbury Campus CT $120,178 0
University of Connecticut-Avery Point CT $120,178 0
University of Connecticut-Stamford CT $120,178 0
University of Connecticut-Hartford Campus CT $120,178 0
Northeastern University MA $116,706 0
Roger Williams University RI $90,866 Not reported
Whittier College CA $81,959 Not reported
Valparaiso University IN $74,338 Not reported
Trinity International University-Illinois IL $69,932 Not reported
Indiana Institute of Technology IN Not reported Not reported

Post-bachelor's Certificate (1)

Institution State Median Earnings Completers
Charleston School of Law SC Not reported Not reported

Graduate Certificate (4)

Institution State Median Earnings Completers
Campbell University NC Not reported Not reported
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus PA Not reported Not reported
University of Connecticut CT Not reported Not reported
University of Miami FL Not reported Not reported

Undergraduate Certificate (1)

Institution State Median Earnings Completers
East Los Angeles College CA Not reported Not reported