Top U.S. law schools by starting median pay of graduates in 2014

Published by Statista Research Department, Mar 14, 2014
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)

CharacteristicStarting 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
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Created with Highcharts 7.2.2Starting median pay in U.S. dollars146,900146,900125,400125,400110,800110,800105,100105,100104,000104,000101,800101,80097,40097,40095,50095,50093,50093,50087,70087,70084,20084,20083,90083,90083,70083,70082,70082,70082,00082,00080,30080,30079,40079,40079,30079,30077,40077,40076,70076,70076,30076,30076,20076,20075,60075,60075,30075,30075,10075,100Columbia Law SchoolHarvard Law SchoolNorthwestern University School of LawUniversity of Chicago Law SchoolStanford Law SchoolYale Law SchoolUniversity of Virginia School of LawUniversity of Michigan Law SchoolCornell University Law SchoolDuke Univeristy School of LawUniveristy of California at Los Angeles School of LawUniversity of California Hastings College of the LawGeorgetown University Law SchoolUniversity of California at Berkeley School of LawUniversity of Utah S.J. Quinney College of LawUniversity of Southern California Gould School of LawUniversity of Houston Law CenterUniversity of San Francisco School of LawUniveristy of Colorado Law SchoolUniversity of Texas at Austin School of LawNew York University School of LawFordham University School of LawCatholic University of America Columbus School of LawUniversity of San Diego School of LawSanta Clara University School of Law
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