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An origination fee is a percentage of your loan amount charged by the lender for the processing of your loan.

Categorizes employed graduates by whether their jobs are located in the state in which the law school is located. The three options are in-state, out-of-state, and unknown.

Categorizes employed graduates by the region in which their jobs are located. The possible regions are New England, Mid-Atlantic, East North Central, West North Central, South Atlantic, East South Central, West South...

Long-term jobs either have a fixed duration of at least one year or have no definite duration. Sometimes abbreviated as LT. A typical long-term job involves an employer hiring the graduate with...

The Law School Admissions Test, or LSAT, is a standardized test administered by the Law School Admission Council (LSAC) for prospective law school candidates. It's designed to assess reading comprehension, logical, and...

Reflects graduates with a successful start to a legal career: long-term, full-time jobs that require a law license, other than solo practitioners

Reflects graduates who are underusing their skills and credentials. These graduates have not started a professional career, legal or otherwise.

The middle tuition discount received by those who receive tuition discounts. If 60% of the school's enrollment receives a $5,000 discount, then 30% of the school received at least a $5,000 discount...

The middle amount earned by graduates who borrowed for law school, regardless of the type or number of jobs worked. Earnings data come from the U.S. Department of Education, which obtains data...

The monthly payment based upon total law school debt as of six months after graduation, when the first payment is due. Based on a 10, 20, or 25-year term.

Law firms with at least 251 attorneys total across one or more offices.

The increase (or decrease) in the size of the previous year's class size based on how many students transfer in or out of the school.

This is how much you would owe if you borrowed the full cost of attendance, accounting for interest that accumulates during school.

These graduates are unemployed, pursuing an advanced degree, or have an unknown employment status. Otherwise, the graduate is employed. PURSUING GRADUATE DEGREE FULL TIME The graduate is pursuing further graduate education as...

Includes jobs that do not require any professional skills or training and is not viewed as part of a career path.

This figure includes academic dismissals and students who drop out for any reason.

A part-time program allows you to complete your JD over a longer period than full-time counterparts, who usually do four or five courses per semester.

The percentage of all enrolled students (not just 1Ls) in a given academic year that receive no tuition discount, whether need-based or not, or with strings or without.

The percentage of all enrolled students (not just 1Ls) in a given academic year that receives some tuition discount, whether need-based or not, or with strings or without.

Includes jobs which require professional skills or training, but for which a J.D. is neither an advantage nor particularly applicable, such as an accountant, teacher, business manager, or nurse.