Debt by Law School for 2021 Graduates

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School	Type	State	2021 Grads	Average Graduate Loan Disbursement	% Borrowing
Southwestern Law School	Private	CA	227	$188,164	89%
University of Chicago	Private	IL	213	$184,119	61%
California Western School of Law	Private	CA	207	$181,273	86%
Santa Clara University	Private	CA	216	$181,198	69%
Howard University	Private	DC	135	$174,122	96%
New York University	Private	NY	466	$172,122	58%
Georgetown University	Private	DC	672	$172,012	63%
University of San Francisco	Private	CA	113	$170,633	77%
Thomas M. Cooley Law School	Private	MI	411	$170,485	89%
Harvard University	Private	MA	594	$169,187	71%
Columbia University	Private	NY	460	$168,493	62%
St. Thomas University - Florida	Private	FL	161	$163,394	84%
University of Pennsylvania	Private	PA	257	$163,262	61%
Cornell University	Private	NY	193	$162,830	62%
University of Virginia	Public	VA	318	$160,306	66%
Catholic University of America	Private	DC	115	$159,241	75%
Northwestern University	Private	IL	273	$158,071	66%
Loyola Marymount University	Private	CA	305	$156,962	74%
University of Denver	Private	CO	233	$155,182	75%
George Washington University	Private	DC	565	$154,504	66%
Nova Southeastern University	Private	FL	190	$154,360	82%
Southern Methodist University	Private	TX	220	$153,503	69%
St. Mary's University	Private	TX	200	$153,082	68%
Chapman University	Private	CA	145	$150,534	74%
Stanford University	Private	CA	184	$150,486	66%
Willamette University	Private	OR	101	$148,177	85%
Lewis and Clark College	Private	OR	175	$147,549	80%
Widener University - Pennsylvania	Private	PA	86	$144,585	93%
Hofstra University	Private	NY	267	$144,097	72%
University of Miami	Private	FL	347	$144,027	63%
Fordham University	Private	NY	406	$143,976	62%
Yale University	Private	CT	218	$143,437	70%
University of California - Berkeley	Public	CA	327	$143,021	62%
Vanderbilt University	Private	TN	192	$141,854	64%
University of California - Los Angeles	Public	CA	343	$141,062	61%
University of the Pacific - McGeorge	Private	CA	180	$140,918	76%
Baylor University	Private	TX	176	$140,198	71%
Loyola University New Orleans	Private	LA	152	$138,710	81%
Duke University	Private	NC	251	$138,376	63%
Tulane University	Private	LA	202	$137,258	70%
University of San Diego	Private	CA	228	$137,203	67%
University of California College of Law, San Francisco	Public	CA	285	$137,058	73%
American University	Private	DC	411	$136,628	70%
Boston College	Private	MA	228	$135,705	69%
Pepperdine University	Private	CA	150	$133,549	67%
Golden Gate University	Private	CA	172	$133,066	80%
Charleston School of Law	Private	SC	186	$131,869	81%
University of Michigan	Public	MI	363	$131,683	69%
New England School of Law	Private	MA	154	$131,595	74%
New York Law School	Private	NY	308	$131,332	70%
Creighton University	Private	NE	108	$129,626	73%
South Texas College of Law Houston	Private	TX	273	$129,605	81%
Campbell University	Private	NC	163	$129,421	85%
University of Southern California	Private	CA	193	$128,073	62%
University of Maryland	Public	MD	206	$127,584	68%
DePaul University	Private	IL	191	$127,320	76%
Mercer University	Private	GA	124	$127,306	84%
Syracuse University	Private	NY	165	$125,838	74%
Marquette University	Private	WI	192	$125,625	82%
Emory University	Private	GA	280	$125,390	57%
Belmont University	Private	TN	93	$124,731	67%
University of Illinois Chicago School of Law	Public	IL	287	$124,041	70%
Mississippi College	Private	MS	92	$123,700	82%
Seton Hall University	Private	NJ	221	$123,479	62%
University of California - Irvine	Public	CA	211	$123,456	66%
University of Detroit Mercy	Private	MI	177	$121,776	46%
University of Notre Dame	Private	IN	184	$121,755	67%
Elon Law School	Private	NC	122	$120,866	82%
Mitchell Hamline School of Law	Private	MN	331	$120,617	71%
Vermont Law School	Private	VT	165	$120,585	83%
University of Texas	Public	TX	376	$119,589	67%
University of Baltimore	Public	MD	217	$119,303	78%
Cardozo-Yeshiva University	Private	NY	323	$118,801	60%
Widener University - Delaware	Private	DE	184	$117,443	86%
St. John's University	Private	NY	235	$117,182	61%
Brooklyn Law School	Private	NY	357	$117,149	71%
Faulkner University	Private	AL	58	$116,901	76%
Roger Williams University	Private	RI	150	$116,856	83%
Loyola University Chicago	Private	IL	236	$114,856	62%
Samford University	Private	AL	131	$114,534	79%
University of Washington	Public	WA	171	$114,464	70%
Drake University	Private	IA	100	$114,356	71%
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth	Public	MA	86	$114,268	86%
Boston University	Private	MA	282	$112,443	67%
University of California - Davis	Public	CA	201	$112,101	74%
Gonzaga University	Private	WA	143	$111,448	78%
Western New England University School of Law	Private	MA	73	$111,241	100%
University of South Carolina	Public	SC	201	$110,543	76%
University of Richmond	Private	VA	134	$109,102	68%
University of The District of Columbia	Public	DC	48	$108,236	83%
Villanova University	Private	PA	175	$107,335	63%
University of Colorado	Public	CO	171	$104,159	69%
Suffolk University	Private	MA	338	$103,357	73%
University of Houston	Public	TX	214	$102,823	68%
Louisiana State University	Public	LA	183	$102,626	67%
Case Western Reserve University	Private	OH	153	$102,238	67%
Pace University	Private	NY	209	$100,078	80%
Lincoln Memorial University	Private	TN	80	$99,854	86%
Regent University	Private	VA	82	$99,788	77%
Capital University	Private	OH	126	$99,765	88%
Michigan State University	Public	MI	203	$99,610	81%
Duquesne University	Private	PA	157	$99,542	83%
St. Louis University	Private	MO	173	$99,116	80%
University of Tulsa	Private	OK	96	$98,829	69%
William and Mary	Public	VA	179	$98,473	70%
Chicago-Kent College of Law	Private	IL	222	$97,164	73%
Washington University in St Louis	Private	MO	241	$96,928	65%
Washington and Lee University	Private	VA	118	$96,721	65%
Arizona State University	Public	AZ	280	$96,603	65%
Indiana University - Indianapolis	Public	IN	236	$94,650	72%
Northern Kentucky University	Public	KY	101	$94,098	72%
University of Louisville	Public	KY	115	$93,486	70%
George Mason University	Public	VA	161	$93,480	60%
Florida International University	Public	FL	147	$93,241	69%
Northern Illinois University	Public	IL	72	$91,924	81%
Texas A&M	Public	TX	169	$91,535	66%
Northeastern University	Private	MA	193	$91,007	79%
University of New Hampshire	Public	NH	88	$90,936	79%
University of Pittsburgh	Public	PA	133	$90,925	78%
University of Minnesota	Public	MN	226	$90,393	66%
University of Utah	Public	UT	88	$89,762	81%
University of Missouri - Kansas City	Public	MO	125	$87,950	70%
Temple University	Public	PA	239	$87,831	68%
West Virginia University	Public	WV	104	$87,628	78%
University of North Carolina	Public	NC	208	$87,026	67%
CUNY	Public	NY	188	$86,933	56%
University of Memphis	Public	TN	110	$86,511	77%
Liberty University	Private	VA	63	$86,369	81%
University of Hawaii	Public	HI	109	$85,768	59%
Georgia State University	Public	GA	192	$85,644	64%
University of Iowa	Public	IA	137	$85,552	63%
University at Buffalo	Public	NY	137	$85,152	72%
University of Montana	Public	MT	71	$84,832	75%
Ohio State University	Public	OH	178	$83,831	67%
University of Idaho	Public	ID	140	$83,183	95%
University of New Mexico	Public	NM	105	$82,583	79%
Wake Forest University	Private	NC	173	$82,416	62%
University of Dayton	Private	OH	62	$80,262	91%
University of Connecticut	Public	CT	136	$80,205	71%
University of Oklahoma	Public	OK	171	$79,678	74%
Ohio Northern University	Private	OH	43	$78,236	86%
Washburn University	Public	KS	100	$77,981	77%
University of Florida	Public	FL	269	$77,724	71%
University of Georgia	Public	GA	202	$77,169	64%
University of Tennessee	Public	TN	123	$76,840	73%
Indiana University - Bloomington	Public	IN	161	$76,755	61%
University of Mississippi	Public	MS	143	$76,720	73%
University of Wyoming	Public	WY	78	$76,000	77%
University of Maine	Public	ME	81	$75,639	79%
University of Kentucky	Public	KY	133	$74,662	73%
University of North Dakota	Public	ND	54	$74,644	72%
Pennsylvania State University - Penn State Law	Public	PA	117	$74,262	68%
University of Kansas	Public	KS	98	$74,242	76%
University of Illinois	Public	IL	122	$72,952	68%
University of Nevada - Las Vegas	Public	NV	167	$72,132	64%
University of Nebraska	Public	NE	110	$72,008	75%
University of Wisconsin	Public	WI	271	$71,700	68%
University of Akron	Public	OH	131	$70,879	77%
Drexel University	Private	PA	167	$70,565	68%
Florida State University	Public	FL	218	$69,049	69%
University of Toledo	Public	OH	67	$68,988	91%
University of Arizona	Public	AZ	126	$68,211	58%
University of Arkansas - Little Rock	Public	AR	127	$65,328	91%
University of Cincinnati	Public	OH	126	$64,300	75%
University of Arkansas - Fayetteville	Public	AR	112	$63,809	62%
University of Missouri - Columbia	Public	MO	84	$62,627	76%
University of Alabama	Public	AL	119	$62,337	64%
Florida A&M University	Public	FL	153	$61,500	83%
Wayne State University	Public	MI	126	$60,850	58%
Texas Tech University	Public	TX	131	$60,088	76%
Pennsylvania State University - Dickinson Law	Public	PA	72	$58,814	71%
Rutgers University	Public	NJ	388	$55,531	70%
University of South Dakota	Public	SD	65	$53,920	77%
Brigham Young University	Private	UT	105	$46,007	64%

Excluded schools: <a href='https://www.lawschooltransparency.com/schools/albany' class='font-medium'>Albany Law School</a> (Private, 164 grads), <a href='https://www.lawschooltransparency.com/schools/appalachian' class='font-medium'>Appalachian School of Law</a> (Private, 55 grads), <a href='https://www.lawschooltransparency.com/schools/avemaria' class='font-medium'>Ave Maria School of Law</a> (Private, 68 grads), <a href='https://www.lawschooltransparency.com/schools/barry' class='font-medium'>Barry University</a> (Private, 183 grads), <a href='https://www.lawschooltransparency.com/schools/cleveland' class='font-medium'>Cleveland-Marshall College of Law</a> (Public, 128 grads), <a href='https://www.lawschooltransparency.com/schools/interamerican' class='font-medium'>Inter American University</a> (Private, 172 grads), <a href='https://www.lawschooltransparency.com/schools/johnmarshall-atl' class='font-medium'>John Marshall Law School - Atlanta</a> (Private, 78 grads), <a href='https://www.lawschooltransparency.com/schools/nccu' class='font-medium'>North Carolina Central University</a> (Public, 88 grads), <a href='https://www.lawschooltransparency.com/schools/ocu' class='font-medium'>Oklahoma City University</a> (Private, 130 grads), <a href='https://www.lawschooltransparency.com/schools/catholic-pr' class='font-medium'>Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico</a> (Private, 84 grads), <a href='https://www.lawschooltransparency.com/schools/quinnipiac' class='font-medium'>Quinnipiac University</a> (Private, 101 grads), <a href='https://www.lawschooltransparency.com/schools/seattle' class='font-medium'>Seattle University</a> (Private, 198 grads), <a href='https://www.lawschooltransparency.com/schools/siu' class='font-medium'>Southern Illinois University</a> (Public, 63 grads), <a href='https://www.lawschooltransparency.com/schools/southern' class='font-medium'>Southern University Law Center</a> (Public, 193 grads), <a href='https://www.lawschooltransparency.com/schools/stetson' class='font-medium'>Stetson University</a> (Private, 262 grads), <a href='https://www.lawschooltransparency.com/schools/texassouthern' class='font-medium'>Texas Southern University</a> (Public, 171 grads), <a href='https://www.lawschooltransparency.com/schools/touro' class='font-medium'>Touro College</a> (Private, 133 grads), <a href='https://www.lawschooltransparency.com/schools/unt' class='font-medium'>University of North Texas Dallas College of Law</a> (Public, 109 grads), <a href='https://www.lawschooltransparency.com/schools/oregon' class='font-medium'>University of Oregon</a> (Public, 128 grads), <a href='https://www.lawschooltransparency.com/schools/puertorico' class='font-medium'>University of Puerto Rico</a> (Public, 146 grads), <a href='https://www.lawschooltransparency.com/schools/stthomas' class='font-medium'>University of St. Thomas - Minneapolis</a> (Private, 142 grads), <a href='https://www.lawschooltransparency.com/schools/westernstate' class='font-medium'>Western State College of Law at Westcliff University</a> (For-Profit, 85 grads)

School-specific borrowing data come from U.S. News & World Report, which relies on data reported to U.S. News by law schools. In some cases, law schools do not report the percentage borrowing properly. When that occurs, the previous year's rate is used unless a school reports the correct rate to LST or a better estimate can be generated. Graduate data come from the American Bar Association.

Note: The "amount borrowed" does not include interest that accumulates during law school, thus is different than the "amount owed" or "debt." The "average" only includes graduates who borrow.