排名 | 學校名稱 | 法學院英文名 | 職業早期薪水 | 職業中期薪水 | 平均高薪* |
1 | 哈佛大學 | Harvard Law School | $130,000 | $201,000 | 66% |
2 | 艾茉莉大學 | Emory University School of Law | $72,600 | $200,600 | 55% |
3 | 圣克拉拉大學 | Santa Clara University School of Law | $76,900 | $197,700 | 46% |
4 | 加州大學洛杉磯分校 | University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) - College of Law | $88,600 | $182,900 | 49% |
5 | 佩伯代因大學 | Pepperdine University School of Law | $74,700 | $181,600 | 55% |
6 | 喬治敦大學 | Georgetown University Law Center | $80,300 | $180,800 | 48% |
7 | 哥倫比亞大學 | Columbia University Law School | $153,700 | $177,100 | 57% |
8 | 南加州大學 | University of Southern California Law Center and Law Library | $80,300 | $173,700 | 55% |
9 | 福坦莫大學 | Fordham University School of Law | $77,800 | $167,200 | 49% |
10 | 加州大學伯克利分校 | University of California at Berkeley School of Law | $81,200 | $163,400 | 52% |
11 | 德克薩斯大學奧斯汀分校 | University of Texas at Austin School of Law | $77,300 | $154,900 | 50% |
12 | 天普大學 | Temple University School of Law | $67,600 | $154,500 | 55% |
13 | 波士頓大學 | Boston University School of Law | $73,000 | $154,200 | 46% |
14 | 喬治華盛頓大學 | George Washington University Law School | $73,100 | $154,100 | 54% |
15 | 華盛頓大學 | University of Washington (UW) School of Law | $77,500 | $152,700 | 58% |
16 | 明尼蘇達大學雙城分校 | University of Minnesota Law School | $66,100 | $150,700 | 56% |
17 | 霍夫斯特拉大學 | Hofstra University School of Law | $56,800 | $149,700 | 47% |
18 | 南衛理公會大學 | Southern Methodist University School of Law | $68,700 | $142,600 | 50% |
19 | 布魯克林大學 | Brooklyn Law School | $74,500 | $140,600 | - |
20 | 美利堅大學 | American University Washington College of Law | $62,800 | $139,100 | 53% |
21 | 佩斯大學 | Pace University Law School | $59,700 | $138,700 | 37% |
22 | 佛羅里達大學 | University of Florida (UF) Levin College of Law | $63,600 | $136,900 | 54% |
23 | 雪城大學 | Syracuse University College of Law | $56,900 | $136,600 | 49% |
24 | 約翰馬歇爾法學院 | John Marshall Law School - Chicago, IL | $60,300 | $133,700 | - |
25 | 巴爾的摩大學 | University of Baltimore School of Law | $59,000 | $133,300 | 58% |
26 | 邁阿密大學 | University of Miami School of Law | $70,100 | $130,100 | 46% |
27 | 芝加哥洛約拉大學 | Loyola University Chicago School of Law | $67,700 | $129,500 | 50% |
28 | 薛頓賀爾大學 | Seton Hall University School of Law | $68,300 | $127,700 | 46% |
29 | 西雅圖大學 | Seattle University School of Law | $65,900 | $127,000 | 46% |
30 | 懷德納爾大學 | Widener University School of Law | $56,800 | $126,000 | 49% |
31 | 加利福尼亞西部法學院 | California Western School of Law | $72,100 | $125,000 | - |
32 | 圣地亞哥大學 | University of San Diego (USD) School of Law | $75,200 | $124,600 | 52% |
33 | 楊百翰大學 | Brigham Young University J. Reuben Clark Law School | $75,400 | $124,000 | 59% |
34 | 加州大學哈斯汀法學院 | University of California - Hastings College of Law | $85,000 | $123,900 | - |
35 | 圣約翰大學 | St. John's University School of Law, New York | $67,200 | $122,600 | 49% |
36 | 印第安納大學伯明頓分校 | Indiana University School of Law at Bloomington | $67,200 | $122,300 | 51% |
37 | 北卡羅來納大學 | University of North Carolina (UNC) School of Law | $67,600 | $120,800 | 53% |
38 | 德堡大學 | DePaul University College of Law | $55,900 | $120,600 | 45% |
39 | 芝加哥肯特法學院 | Chicago-Kent College of Law | $59,400 | $120,300 | 53% |
40 | 索福克大學 | Suffolk University School of Law | $58,500 | $120,100 | 39% |
41 | 丹佛大學 | University of Denver College of Law | $62,600 | $117,900 | 56% |
42 | 康涅狄格大學 | University of Connecticut (UConn) School of Law | $68,900 | $116,500 | 48% |
43 | 密蘇里大學堪薩斯城分校 | University of Missouri--Kansas City School of Law | $60,800 | $115,500 | 57% |
44 | 哈姆林大學 | Hamline University School of Law | $60,600 | $115,400 | 61% |
45 | 俄亥俄州立大學 | Ohio State University (OSU) Moritz College of Law | $66,600 | $113,000 | 52% |
46 | 新英格蘭法學院 | New England School of Law | $61,500 | $111,500 | - |
47 | 杜肯大學 | Duquesne University School of Law | $62,200 | $110,500 | 54% |
48 | 德克薩斯理工大學 | Texas Tech University School of Law | $61,800 | $110,000 | 58% |
49 | 西新英格蘭法學院 | Western New England College School of Law | $56,000 | $109,700 | 56% |
50 | 威廉米歇爾法學院 | William Mitchell College of Law | $65,500 | $106,600 | - |
51 | 托馬斯庫雷法學院 | Thomas M. Cooley Law School | $54,800 | $101,300 | - |
52 | 密歇根州立大學 | Detroit College of Law at Michigan State University | $62,700 | $101,000 | 51% |
53 | 韋恩州立大學 | Wayne State University Law School | $64,100 | $98,300 | 59% |
54 | 沃什巴大學 | Washburn University School of Law | $61,600 | $92,800 | 64% |
55 | 西部州立大學 | Western State University - College of Law | $65,700 | $89,800 | - |
*(1)
注:
(1)以上針對的是美國法學院畢業生(JD)薪水的排行,排名按職業中期薪水先后排序
(2)“平均高薪”指的是:該校法學院畢業生薪水高出全美研究生(系指所有的研究生,包括MBA、碩士、PhD等,非單指JD)平均水平的期望。故此,排名最低的西部州立大學法學院,其薪水期望仍然高出全美平均水平的70%
參考資料:
(1) 2014-15 PayScale Best Law Schools by Salary Potential PayScale