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Western State College of Law at Westcliff University
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Irvine, CA
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Graduate salaries for Western State College of Law at Westcliff University

Total 2017 graduates: 73

  • 39.7% of this school's 2017 graduates were employed and reported a salary.
  • We know that at least 19.9% of this school's 2017 graduates made $63,247 or more.

Median salary: $60,523

This is the most recent median salary for graduates who borrowed, reported in 2020 about graduates from 2016 and 2017. This average is derived from actual tax returns in the year following graduation and mapped to J.D. programs by the U.S. Department of Education and U.S. Department of the Treasury. Learn more.

Additionally, the majority of law schools voluntarily publish salary information about graduates based upon student/graduate surveys, investigation, and public information. This salary information is on this page.

Salary distribution for 2017 graduates

# of grads % of class 25th percentile 50th percentile 75th percentile Mean
Employed - salary reported2939.7%$52,000$63,247$80,000$71,430
Employed - No salary reported2737%
Non-employed1723.3%
Total graduates73100%

Salary distribution by job sector for 2017 graduates

# of grads % of class 25th percentile 50th percentile 75th percentile Mean
Private sector - salary reported2027.4%$60,000$72,500$82,500$72,250
Private sector - no salary reported2432.9%
Public sector - salary reported9 12.3% $50,000$50,000$63,247 $69,607
Public sector - no salary reported34.1%
Unknown sector00%
Non-employed1723.3%
Total graduates73100%

When a row has no salary data, indicated by a "-" (hyphen), it either means that no graduates reported a salary for the category or that fewer than five graduates reported a salary for the category.

Salaries by job type for 2017 graduates

Full-time, long-term salaries
# in category # Salaries % of class 25th percentile 50th percentile 75th percentile Mean
Bar passage required 321926% $55,000$62,400$80,000$66,071
J.D. advantage 956.8% $45,000$48,112$50,000$52,222
Professional 1056.8% $80,000$120,000$130,000$111,000
Non-professional 3-0 ----
Employed 562939.7% $52,000$63,247$80,000$71,430
Non-employed 17
Total Graduates 73

Salaries by employer type and job type for 2017 graduates

Toggle job type sub categories
Full-time, long-term salaries
# in category # Salaries % of class 25th percentile 50th percentile 75th percentile Mean
Law firm 30 16 21.9% $57,500 $63,700 $82,500 $67,625
Law firm: Bar passage required 26 15 20.5% $60,000 $65,000 $85,000 $69,133
Law firm: Other 411.4%
Business & industry 14 - - - - - -
Government 4 - - - - - -
Public interest 5 - - - - - -
Clerkship 0 0 - - - -
Federal 0 0 - - - -
State 0 0 - - - -
Education 3 - - - - - -
Employed 562939.7% $52,000$63,247$80,000$71,430
Non-employed 17
Total graduates 73

Law firm salaries by size for 2017 graduates

Full-time, long-term salaries
# in category # Salaries % of class 25th percentile 50th percentile 75th percentile Mean
Law firm size 30 16 21.9% $57,500$63,700$82,500$67,625
Solo 2
2-10 attorneys 19 10 13.7% $55,000 $61,200 $78,000 $63,300
11-25 attorneys 2 - 0 - - - -
26-50 attorneys 2 - 0 - - - -
51-100 attorneys 0 - 0 - - - -
101-250 attorneys 0 - 0 - - - -
251-500 attorneys 0 - 0 - - - -
501+ attorneys 1 - 0 - - - -
Size unknown 4
Employed, non-law firm 26 13 17.8%
Non-employed 17
Total graduates 73

Salaries by state for 2017 graduates

Full-time, long-term salaries
# in category # salaries % of class 25th percentile 50th percentile 75th percentile Mean
California - 28 38.4% $53,500 $64,124 $82,500 $72,263
Outside of California
or unknown
- 0 0% - - - -
Employed 562939.7% $52,000$63,247$80,000$71,430
Non-employed 17
Total graduates 73
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