First professional · New York, New York

Is Law at New York Law School worth it?

High confidence High confidence: 100+ graduates behind the earnings figures.

The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans

Pays back in time: graduates typically recover the cost in about 6 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating: $87,610; Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating: $117,210; Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation: $130,391; NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published): $138k (likely $138k – $138k); AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4: $49k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in NY; 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback: 6 years (likely 5.3–6.8); Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return: −$64k (likely −$158k – $8k); Today's dollars
20-year net return: $542k (likely $356k – $741k); Today's dollars

Scorecard reports no net price for graduate programs; cost is based on what graduates typically borrowed.