This graph shows the U.S. law schools whose graduates earn the most in 2014. Columbia law school graduates had a starting median pay in the private sector of 146,900 U.S. dollars in 2014.
U.S. law schools whose graduates earn the most in 2014
(by starting median pay in U.S. dollars)
Starting median pay in U.S. dollars
Columbia Law School
146,900
Harvard Law School
125,400
Northwestern University School of Law
110,800
University of Chicago Law School
105,100
Stanford Law School
104,000
Yale Law School
101,800
University of Virginia School of Law
97,400
University of Michigan Law School
95,500
Cornell University Law School
93,500
Duke Univeristy School of Law
87,700
Univeristy of California at Los Angeles School of Law
84,200
University of California Hastings College of the Law
83,900
Georgetown University Law School
83,700
University of California at Berkeley School of Law
82,700
University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law
82,000
University of Southern California Gould School of Law
80,300
University of Houston Law Center
79,400
University of San Francisco School of Law
79,300
Univeristy of Colorado Law School
77,400
University of Texas at Austin School of Law
76,700
New York University School of Law
76,300
Fordham University School of Law
76,200
Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law
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Forbes. (March 14, 2014). U.S. law schools whose graduates earn the most in 2014 (by starting median pay in U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 18, 2020, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/220540/top-us-law-schools-by-starting-median-pay-of-graduates/
Forbes. "U.S. law schools whose graduates earn the most in 2014 (by starting median pay in U.S. dollars)." Chart. March 14, 2014. Statista. Accessed February 18, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/220540/top-us-law-schools-by-starting-median-pay-of-graduates/
Forbes. (2014). U.S. law schools whose graduates earn the most in 2014 (by starting median pay in U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 18, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/220540/top-us-law-schools-by-starting-median-pay-of-graduates/
Forbes. "U.S. Law Schools Whose Graduates Earn The Most in 2014 (by Starting Median Pay in U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 14 Mar 2014, https://www.statista.com/statistics/220540/top-us-law-schools-by-starting-median-pay-of-graduates/
Forbes, U.S. law schools whose graduates earn the most in 2014 (by starting median pay in U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/220540/top-us-law-schools-by-starting-median-pay-of-graduates/ (last visited February 18, 2020)
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