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Master's · Legal Professions and Studies

Legal Research and Advanced Professional Studies (Master's): earnings by school

60 schools report graduate earnings for this major.

Median across schools, 1 year out
$85,798
Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Median across schools, 4 years out
$107,540
Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical debt
$51,713
NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort

Across 43 schools reporting 4-year earnings, the middle half of programs pay graduates between $83,264 and $122,699. The school matters a lot for this major.

Schools, highest earnings first

School1 year4 yearsDebt
New York University NY$204,875—$87,653
Duke University NC$196,585——
Georgetown University DC—$171,631$90,696
Boston University MA$107,660$156,087$73,861
University of San Diego CA$104,638$148,235$71,840
Villanova University PA$142,363—$49,160
University of Florida FL$123,671$142,291$38,083
Loyola Marymount University CA$116,838$140,519$100,125
University of San Francisco CA$160,316$136,623—
Seton Hall University NJ$126,937$131,892$49,440
Golden Gate University CA—$131,366—
Texas A&M University-College Station TX$101,110$128,518$41,000
Loyola University Chicago IL$95,958$123,695$57,625
Samford University AL$100,585$122,699—
University of Houston TX—$122,385—
University of Washington-Seattle Campus WA$82,512$120,793$58,549
The University of Alabama AL$112,733$120,262—
George Washington University DC$102,920$117,955$69,380
Fordham University NY$114,593$117,083$65,818
Seattle University WA$115,466—$55,666
University of Maryland Baltimore MD$85,338$112,984$41,000
University of California-Los Angeles CA$86,796$112,923—
University of Illinois Chicago IL$89,077$111,159—
Emory University GA$84,213$108,211$79,836
University of Miami FL$88,927$108,073$91,882
University of Denver CO$91,638$107,540—
Albany Law School NY$105,706—$52,176
University of St Thomas MN$105,153——
Columbia University in the City of New York NY$101,570——
Widener University PA—$100,397—
Florida State University FL$87,971$100,339$41,000
Temple University PA$85,961$98,481$49,538
American University DC$74,345$96,768$63,037
University of Tulsa OK—$95,372—
Hofstra University NY$77,972$93,902$66,508
Florida International University FL$92,097—$34,683
Nova Southeastern University FL$69,181$91,014$58,032
University of the Pacific CA$77,144$87,881$41,000
University of Dayton OH$87,558—$44,354
George Mason University VA$85,635—$39,930
University of Southern California CA$83,328$84,932$65,303
Southern Methodist University TX$67,900$84,447—
University of Missouri-Columbia MO$70,584$83,264—
Arizona State University Campus Immersion AZ$70,379$80,281$49,263
Arizona State University Digital Immersion AZ$70,379$80,281$49,263
University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus OK$81,657$79,624$41,000
University of Colorado Boulder CO$76,793——
Vermont Law and Graduate School VT$66,072$76,514$51,250
Indiana University-Indianapolis IN$74,333——
Pepperdine University CA$66,623$73,551$119,067
Liberty University VA$69,532$72,389$27,333
Washington University in St Louis MO$75,904$72,301$64,320
Lewis & Clark College OR$71,882—$64,750
Drexel University PA$83,018$67,634$44,889
University of Minnesota-Duluth MN$64,343——
Hamline University MN$63,668—$28,253
Northcentral University CA$56,539—$41,000
St. John's University-New York NY—$56,014$59,414
Crestpoint University AZ$57,159$54,560$38,375
Saint Anselm College NH$54,474—$20,500