排名 | 学校名称 | 法学院英文名 | 职业早期薪水 | 职业中期薪水 | 平均高薪* |
1 | 哈佛大学 | Harvard Law School | $130,000 | $201,000 | 66% |
2 | 艾茉莉大学 | Emory University School of Law | $72,600 | $200,600 | 55% |
3 | 圣克拉拉大学 | Santa Clara University School of Law | $76,900 | $197,700 | 46% |
4 | 加州大学洛杉矶分校 | University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) - College of Law | $88,600 | $182,900 | 49% |
5 | 佩伯代因大学 | Pepperdine University School of Law | $74,700 | $181,600 | 55% |
6 | 乔治敦大学 | Georgetown University Law Center | $80,300 | $180,800 | 48% |
7 | 哥伦比亚大学 | Columbia University Law School | $153,700 | $177,100 | 57% |
8 | 南加州大学 | University of Southern California Law Center and Law Library | $80,300 | $173,700 | 55% |
9 | 福坦莫大学 | Fordham University School of Law | $77,800 | $167,200 | 49% |
10 | 加州大学伯克利分校 | University of California at Berkeley School of Law | $81,200 | $163,400 | 52% |
11 | 德克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校 | University of Texas at Austin School of Law | $77,300 | $154,900 | 50% |
12 | 天普大学 | Temple University School of Law | $67,600 | $154,500 | 55% |
13 | 波士顿大学 | Boston University School of Law | $73,000 | $154,200 | 46% |
14 | 乔治华盛顿大学 | George Washington University Law School | $73,100 | $154,100 | 54% |
15 | 华盛顿大学 | University of Washington (UW) School of Law | $77,500 | $152,700 | 58% |
16 | 明尼苏达大学双城分校 | University of Minnesota Law School | $66,100 | $150,700 | 56% |
17 | 霍夫斯特拉大学 | Hofstra University School of Law | $56,800 | $149,700 | 47% |
18 | 南卫理公会大学 | Southern Methodist University School of Law | $68,700 | $142,600 | 50% |
19 | 布鲁克林大学 | Brooklyn Law School | $74,500 | $140,600 | - |
20 | 美利坚大学 | American University Washington College of Law | $62,800 | $139,100 | 53% |
21 | 佩斯大学 | Pace University Law School | $59,700 | $138,700 | 37% |
22 | 佛罗里达大学 | University of Florida (UF) Levin College of Law | $63,600 | $136,900 | 54% |
23 | 雪城大学 | Syracuse University College of Law | $56,900 | $136,600 | 49% |
24 | 约翰马歇尔法学院 | John Marshall Law School - Chicago, IL | $60,300 | $133,700 | - |
25 | 巴尔的摩大学 | University of Baltimore School of Law | $59,000 | $133,300 | 58% |
26 | 迈阿密大学 | University of Miami School of Law | $70,100 | $130,100 | 46% |
27 | 芝加哥洛约拉大学 | Loyola University Chicago School of Law | $67,700 | $129,500 | 50% |
28 | 薛顿贺尔大学 | Seton Hall University School of Law | $68,300 | $127,700 | 46% |
29 | 西雅图大学 | Seattle University School of Law | $65,900 | $127,000 | 46% |
30 | 怀德纳尔大学 | Widener University School of Law | $56,800 | $126,000 | 49% |
31 | 加利福尼亚西部法学院 | California Western School of Law | $72,100 | $125,000 | - |
32 | 圣地亚哥大学 | University of San Diego (USD) School of Law | $75,200 | $124,600 | 52% |
33 | 杨百翰大学 | Brigham Young University J. Reuben Clark Law School | $75,400 | $124,000 | 59% |
34 | 加州大学哈斯汀法学院 | University of California - Hastings College of Law | $85,000 | $123,900 | - |
35 | 圣约翰大学 | St. John's University School of Law, New York | $67,200 | $122,600 | 49% |
36 | 印第安纳大学伯明顿分校 | Indiana University School of Law at Bloomington | $67,200 | $122,300 | 51% |
37 | 北卡罗来纳大学 | University of North Carolina (UNC) School of Law | $67,600 | $120,800 | 53% |
38 | 德堡大学 | DePaul University College of Law | $55,900 | $120,600 | 45% |
39 | 芝加哥肯特法学院 | Chicago-Kent College of Law | $59,400 | $120,300 | 53% |
40 | 索福克大学 | Suffolk University School of Law | $58,500 | $120,100 | 39% |
41 | 丹佛大学 | University of Denver College of Law | $62,600 | $117,900 | 56% |
42 | 康涅狄格大学 | University of Connecticut (UConn) School of Law | $68,900 | $116,500 | 48% |
43 | 密苏里大学堪萨斯城分校 | University of Missouri--Kansas City School of Law | $60,800 | $115,500 | 57% |
44 | 哈姆林大学 | Hamline University School of Law | $60,600 | $115,400 | 61% |
45 | 俄亥俄州立大学 | Ohio State University (OSU) Moritz College of Law | $66,600 | $113,000 | 52% |
46 | 新英格兰法学院 | New England School of Law | $61,500 | $111,500 | - |
47 | 杜肯大学 | Duquesne University School of Law | $62,200 | $110,500 | 54% |
48 | 德克萨斯理工大学 | Texas Tech University School of Law | $61,800 | $110,000 | 58% |
49 | 西新英格兰法学院 | Western New England College School of Law | $56,000 | $109,700 | 56% |
50 | 威廉米歇尔法学院 | William Mitchell College of Law | $65,500 | $106,600 | - |
51 | 托马斯库雷法学院 | Thomas M. Cooley Law School | $54,800 | $101,300 | - |
52 | 密歇根州立大学 | Detroit College of Law at Michigan State University | $62,700 | $101,000 | 51% |
53 | 韦恩州立大学 | Wayne State University Law School | $64,100 | $98,300 | 59% |
54 | 沃什巴大学 | Washburn University School of Law | $61,600 | $92,800 | 64% |
55 | 西部州立大学 | Western State University - College of Law | $65,700 | $89,800 | - |
*(1)
注:
(1)以上针对的是美国法学院毕业生(JD)薪水的排行,排名按职业中期薪水先后排序
(2)“平均高薪”指的是:该校法学院毕业生薪水高出全美研究生(系指所有的研究生,包括MBA、硕士、PhD等,非单指JD)平均水平的期望。故此,排名最低的西部州立大学法学院,其薪水期望仍然高出全美平均水平的70%
参考资料:
(1) 2014-15 PayScale Best Law Schools by Salary Potential PayScale