California Western School of Law: Salaries and Debt

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California Western School of Law

Private school

San Diego, CA

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Number of years after graduation	Median earnings
1 year (2018 dollars)	$47,500/y
2 years (2019 dollars)	$48,667/y
3 years (2020 dollars)	$76,043/y
4 years (2021 dollars)	$90,230/y

	# of grads	% of class	25th percentile	50th percentile	75th percentile	Mean
Employed - salary reported	40	20.7%	$57,500	$70,000	$80,200	$71,755
Employed - No salary reported	109	56.5%
Non-employed	44	22.8%
Total graduates	193	100%

	# of grads	% of class	25th percentile	50th percentile	75th percentile	Mean
Private sector - salary reported	26	13.5%	$55,000	$68,500	$80,000	$72,246
Private sector - no salary reported	87	45.1%
Public sector - salary reported	14	7.3%	$60,000	$74,000	$80,200	$70,843
Public sector - no salary reported	21	10.9%
Unknown sector	1	0.5%
Non-employed	44	22.8%
Total graduates	193	100%

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.

	Full-time, long-term salaries
Bar passage required	89	28	14.5%	$65,000	$77,500	$80,200	$73,004
J.D. advantage	45	11	5.7%	$49,000	$56,000	$64,100	$67,827
Professional	6	-	0%
Non-professional	8	-	0%
Employed	149	40	20.7%	$57,500	$70,000	$80,200	$71,755
Non-employed	44
Total Graduates	193

	Full-time, long-term salaries
Law firm	87	21	10.9%	$55,000	$65,000	$80,000	$73,419
Law firm: Bar passage required	60	16	8.3%	$62,000	$73,500	$83,000	$71,338
Law firm: Bar passage required	27	5	2.6%	$50,000	$52,000	$60,000	$80,080
Business & industry	26	5	2.6%	$60,000	$75,000	$80,000	$67,320
Government	25	7	3.6%	$60,000	$67,000	$83,000	$69,571
Public interest	5	6	3.1%	$80,000	$80,200	$80,200	$75,967
Public interest: Bar passage required	8	6	3.1%	$80,000	$80,200	$80,200	$75,967
Clerkship	3	-
Federal	2	-
State	1	-
Education	2	—	—
Employed	149	40	20.7%	$57,500	$70,000	$80,200	$71,755
Non-employed	44
Total graduates	193

				Full-time, long-term salaries
	# in category	# Salaries	% of class	25th percentile	50th percentile	75th percentile	Mean
Law firm size	87	21	10.9%	$55,000	$65,000	$80,000	$73,419
Solo	2
2-10 attorneys	64	13	6.7%	$52,000	$65,000	$75,000	$73,215
11-25 attorneys	13	-	0%
26-50 attorneys	1	-	0%
51-100 attorneys	1	-	0%
101-250 attorneys	3	-	0%
251-500 attorneys	0	-	0%
501+ attorneys	3	-	0%
Size unknown	0
Employed, non-law firm	62	19	9.8%
Non-employed	44
Total graduates	193

				Full-time, long-term salaries
	# in category	# salaries	% of class	25th percentile	50th percentile	75th percentile	Mean
California	-	38	19.7%	$56,000	$70,000	$80,200	$71,847
Outside of California or unknown	-	-	0%
Employed	149	40	20.7%	$57,500	$70,000	$80,200	$71,755
Non-employed	44
Total graduates	193