10 Law Degrees With Most Financial Value at Graduation (for instate students)

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<p>10</a> Law Degrees With Most Financial Value at Graduation - US News and World Report</p>

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<p>Good stuff. I wonder though, if they’re supposedly not as good at Southern University, then how come their people earn more money than Georgia State and Loyola?</p>

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<p>I would think that the author should factor in the odds of getting that $100k job or $160k job as well.</p>

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<p>The article discusses median salaries, which by definition means that 50% of all graduates will obtain that salary or higher. </p>

<p>Granted, that may mean that the bottom 50% obtain salaries abysmally lower than the median.</p>

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<p>perhaps I wasn’t clear:</p>

<p>Debt/Average salary x chances of even getting a median job, not what that job pays (since there are thousands of zeroes every year). For example, </p>

<p>Southern</p>

<p>$18k/$100*10% = 5.4 * .1 = 0.54</p>

<p>Boalt</p>

<p>$91k/$160k * 50% = 1.8 * .5 = 0.9</p>

<p>The chances (10% and 50%) of finding a job are made up by me for the example.</p>

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<p>Looks like the only T14 schools on there are the publics:
University of Texas - Austin
University of California - Berkeley</p>

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I was thinking the same exact thing.</p>

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<p>A friend of mine (friend from HS’s older sister) makes a ton of money, had very little debt and went to Texas Southern for Law school. She says she wouldn’t trade it for the world because (She claims) that her ABA accreditation means she got just as good an education as a more expensive school but that it’s more valuable to her because of the lower cost.</p>

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<p>The numbers are outright lies. Period.</p>

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<p>EMM1 - +1</p>

<p>This I believe:
[NALP</a> - The Association for Legal Career Professionals | Class of 2010 Graduates Saddled with Falling Average Starting Salaries as Private Practice Jobs Erode](<a href=“http://www.nalp.org/classof2010_salpressrel]NALP”>NALP - National Association for Law Placement | Class of 2010 Graduates Saddled with Falling Average Starting Salaries as Private Practice Jobs Erode)</p>

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<p>EMMI+2 The list is utter nonsense; either that, or all those T14 types have been stupendously wrong, and Southern U will now become the most sought after law degree in the country. By using the median, the author is playing games with the numbers. There are three types of lies…</p>

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<p>Agree that those numbers make no sense. </p>

<p>ABA accreditation has nothing to do with the quality of the education offered or received.</p>