Highest-Paying Legal Professions Programs
Colleges whose legal professions graduates earn the most one year after finishing, across all bachelor's programs in the field.
Ranked by median earnings, 1 year after completing · 96 of 2,406 institutions report this measure · Compiled 2026-09-01
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#11
University of Maryland Global Campus
Adelphi, MD
#21
American Public University System
Charles Town, WV
#24
Northwestern University
Evanston, IL
- 1University of Massachusetts GlobalIrvine, CA · Public$63,005Compare nearby
- 2Drexel UniversityPhiladelphia, PA · Private$56,931Compare nearby
- 3American UniversityWashington, DC · Private$50,606Compare nearby
- 4University of Houston-Clear LakeHouston, TX · Public$48,432Compare nearby
- 5Wilmington UniversityNew Castle, DE · Private$48,041Compare nearby
- 6Bellevue UniversityBellevue, NE · Private$46,478Compare nearby
- 7CUNY City CollegeNew York, NY · Public$46,087Compare nearby
- 8National UniversitySan Diego, CA · Private$45,529Compare nearby
- 9Southern Methodist UniversityDallas, TX · Private$43,798Compare nearby
- 10Suffolk UniversityBoston, MA · Private$43,426Compare nearby
- 11University of Maryland Global CampusAdelphi, MD · Public$43,128Compare nearby
- 12Davenport UniversityGrand Rapids, MI · Private$42,682Compare nearby
- 13CUNY New York City College of TechnologyBrooklyn, NY · Public$42,309Compare nearby
- 14Temple UniversityPhiladelphia, PA · Public$42,309Compare nearby
- 15University of DenverDenver, CO · Private$42,123Compare nearby
- 16Roosevelt UniversityChicago, IL · Private$41,937Compare nearby
- 17Peirce CollegePhiladelphia, PA · Private$41,937Compare nearby
- 18University of MiamiCoral Gables, FL · Private$41,894Compare nearby
- 19Stevenson UniversityOwings Mills, MD · Private$41,565Compare nearby
- 20University of La VerneLa Verne, CA · Private$41,193Compare nearby
- 21American Public University SystemCharles Town, WV · For-profit$41,007Compare nearby
- 22Texas Wesleyan UniversityFort Worth, TX · Private$40,647Compare nearby
- 23Roger Williams UniversityBristol, RI · Private$40,486Compare nearby
- 24Northwestern UniversityEvanston, IL · Private$40,467Compare nearby
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- 25University of Cincinnati-Main CampusCincinnati, OH · Public$40,461Compare nearby
How this list was built
- Measure
- Median earnings, 1 year after completing — sorted highest to lowest
- Source variable
EARN_MDN_HI_1YR- Dataset
- U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, Most-Recent-Cohorts-Field-of-Study (04-17-2025 release)
- Where a college offers several legal professions programs, the figure shown is the median across those programs.
- Earnings cover graduates who received federal financial aid, were working and not enrolled one year after completing, and whose highest credential is that bachelor's degree.
- 96 institutions report earnings for this field; programs with too few graduates are suppressed for privacy by the Department of Education and cannot be ranked.
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