While there are many factors to consider when choosing a law school, one of the most prevalent issues today is financial value. U.S. News attempts to address this issue with its ranking of the top ten law schools with most financial value at graduation.
The schools are ranked according to their salary-to-debt-ratio, “a calculation of how many times a student’s reported starting salary covers their debt load. For [the] list, only private sector starting salary data was considered, and schools that were designated by U.S. News as Unranked are not included.”
Most of the top schools on the list are public institutions, with the Southern University Law Center coming in at number one, with a salary-to-debt ratio of 5.4. Although Berkeley Law students graduate with the highest average debt on the list, those who work in the private sector make $160,000, giving the school a ratio of 1.8, and tying for 10th place. Two private schools did make the list—BYU Law with a ratio of 2.3 and Loyola University New Orleans School of Law with a 1.9.
Here is the list of “11 law schools whose students leave with the least amount of debt relative to their first year salaries in the private sector.”
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