The ABA Journal reports Santa Clara University School of Law as the number 3 top grad school for midcareer salary, according to a website collecting pay information from users in return for allowing them to see how they compare to others.
As revealed by the PayScale listing, Santa Clara Law graduates self-reported their average midcareer salary to be $197,000, following closely behind Harvard Law School’s top spot at $201,000. This places Santa Clara Law higher than any other Bay area school, including University of California at Berkeley School of Law ($163,400), University of California – Hastings College of Law ($123,900) and Stanford University – Graduate School of Business ($184,600).
The top ten grad schools based on midcareer salary were listed as follows:
- Harvard Law School
- Emory University School of Law
- Santa Clara University School of Law
- Stanford University Graduate School of Business
- UCLA College of Law
- Pepperdine University School of Law
- Harvard Business School
- Georgetown University Law Center
- University of Pennsylvania Wharton School of Business
- Columbia University Law School
Note that this is not a peer-reviewed study, but only self-reported numbers, making the accuracy of this list indeterminable. The entire list may be viewed on PayScale’s website.
Source: PayScale via ABA Journal
