Law
300 programs at U.S. colleges award 35,632 credentials a year in this field (CIP 22.01). Bachelor's graduates nationally earn a median of $142,745 four years after graduating.
Highest-paying Master's degree programs
| College | Earnings (1 yr) | Median debt | Graduates |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA | $104,212 | — | — |
| Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, NC | $96,436 | $49,426 | — |
| Massachusetts School of Law Andover, MA | $59,201 | $92,200 | — |
| St. Mary's University San Antonio, TX | $45,738 | $41,000 | — |
| University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras San Juan, PR | $29,582 | $50,500 | — |
Highest-paying Doctoral degree programs
| College | Earnings (1 yr) | Median debt | Graduates |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cornell University Ithaca, NY | $213,356 | $162,160 | — |
| Duke University Durham, NC | $205,891 | $158,000 | 0 |
| Yale University New Haven, CT | $139,244 | $140,977 | — |
| The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX | $103,039 | — | — |
| Baylor University Waco, TX | $85,368 | $172,756 | — |
| University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL | $84,855 | $77,159 | — |
| Pepperdine University Malibu, CA | $79,243 | $154,886 | — |
| Arizona State University Campus Immersion Tempe, AZ | $72,119 | $100,564 | — |
| University of New Hampshire-Main Campus Durham, NH | $72,081 | $61,500 | — |
| Lewis & Clark College Portland, OR | $70,132 | $149,506 | — |
| Suffolk University Boston, MA | $69,917 | $113,386 | 5 |
| Albany Law School Albany, NY | $65,381 | $93,800 | — |
| Mercer University Macon, GA | $64,894 | $124,216 | — |
| Florida International University Miami, FL | $64,813 | $90,411 | — |
| University of New Mexico-Main Campus Albuquerque, NM | $63,375 | $91,267 | 0 |
| University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus Norman, OK | $63,257 | $69,800 | — |
| Samford University Birmingham, AL | $62,786 | $108,958 | — |
| University of Illinois Chicago Chicago, IL | $62,322 | $153,993 | — |
| Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ | $61,595 | $71,218 | — |
| Belmont University Nashville, TN | $58,486 | $101,152 | — |
| St. Thomas University Miami Gardens, FL | $56,057 | $166,022 | — |
| Loyola University New Orleans New Orleans, LA | $54,253 | $151,551 | — |
| University of San Francisco San Francisco, CA | $53,016 | $182,582 | — |
| University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth North Dartmouth, MA | $51,841 | $123,227 | — |
| Massachusetts School of Law Andover, MA | $49,383 | $80,384 | — |
Highest-paying First professional degree programs
| College | Earnings (1 yr) | Median debt | Graduates |
|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY | $220,843 | $198,924 | 427 |
| Northwestern University Evanston, IL | $210,979 | $154,286 | 304 |
| University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA | $210,273 | $171,488 | 248 |
| University of Virginia-Main Campus Charlottesville, VA | $204,216 | $178,812 | 283 |
| University of Chicago Chicago, IL | $199,603 | $188,691 | 213 |
| University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA | $196,724 | $155,891 | 336 |
| University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA | $183,063 | $138,518 | 181 |
| Harvard University Cambridge, MA | $175,880 | $93,235 | 570 |
| Fordham University Bronx, NY | $170,942 | $147,561 | 412 |
| University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI | $170,537 | $132,524 | 307 |
| Georgetown University Washington, DC | $168,995 | $162,286 | 684 |
| Stanford University Stanford, CA | $162,001 | $153,302 | 183 |
| Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN | $156,307 | $139,857 | 200 |
| University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA | $155,825 | $135,373 | 320 |
| Boston University Boston, MA | $139,986 | $117,740 | 245 |
| Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA | $117,864 | $123,000 | 244 |
| University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN | $103,733 | $128,413 | 165 |
| Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX | $101,456 | $145,569 | 221 |
| George Washington University Washington, DC | $95,225 | $176,325 | 550 |
| University of California-Irvine Irvine, CA | $93,534 | $133,605 | 128 |
| University of California College of the Law-San Francisco San Francisco, CA | $90,386 | $139,352 | 339 |
| University of Houston Houston, TX | $88,163 | $86,372 | 271 |
| Washington University in St Louis St. Louis, MO | $87,690 | $92,540 | 230 |
| University of California-Davis Davis, CA | $85,816 | $92,689 | 178 |
| University of San Diego San Diego, CA | $84,518 | $145,850 | 223 |
Highest-paying Graduate certificate programs
| College | Earnings (1 yr) | Median debt | Graduates |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Connecticut Storrs, CT | $82,367 | — | — |
| Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus University Park, PA | $62,234 | $46,506 | — |