Total Federal Investment by Law School for 2012 Graduates

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School	Type	2012 Grads	Average Graduate Loan Disbursement	% Borrowing	Federal Government Investment
Albany Law School	Private	233	$113,674	88%	$23,303,170
American University	Private	463	$152,659	77%	$54,499,263
Appalachian School of Law	Private	91	$114,740	96%	$9,982,380
Arizona State University	Public	212	$101,560	86%	$18,483,920
Arizona Summit Law School	For-Profit	181	$162,627	97%	$28,622,352
Ave Maria School of Law	Private	166	$126,485	93%	$19,478,690
Baylor University	Private	164	$99,852	78%	$12,781,056
Boston College	Private	260	$106,550	84%	$23,227,900
Boston University	Private	273	$110,437	82%	$24,737,888
Brigham Young University	Private	147	$56,112	80%	$6,621,216
Brooklyn Law School	Private	466	$105,916	88%	$43,425,560
California Western School of Law	Private	283	$167,867	89%	$42,302,484
Campbell University	Private	145	$130,428	86%	$16,303,500
Capital University	Private	197	$120,471	94%	$22,287,135
Cardozo-Yeshiva University	Private	387	$120,008	77%	$35,762,384
Case Western Reserve University	Private	172	$118,806	82%	$16,751,646
Catholic University of America	Private	246	$142,115	85%	$29,702,035
Chapman University	Private	178	$133,711	88%	$20,992,627
Charleston School of Law	For-Profit	229	$141,457	88%	$28,574,314
Charlotte School of Law	For-Profit	234	$115,747	90%	$24,422,617
Chicago-Kent College of Law	Private	282	$112,750	86%	$27,398,250
Cleveland-Marshall College of Law	Public	176	$82,269	91%	$13,163,040
Columbia University	Private	469	$141,607	80%	$53,102,625
Cornell University	Private	190	$140,000	85%	$22,680,000
Creighton University	Private	165	$116,817	83%	$16,003,929
CUNY	Public	141	$79,680	87%	$9,800,640
DePaul University	Private	368	$131,125	79%	$38,157,375
Drake University	Private	139	$106,368	91%	$13,402,368
Drexel University	Private	155	$98,820	83%	$12,747,780
Duke University	Private	225	$131,092	88%	$25,956,216
Duquesne University	Private	201	$100,081	92%	$18,514,985
Elon Law School	Private	112	$115,289	86%	$11,067,744
Emory University	Private	266	$105,838	76%	$21,379,276
Faulkner University	Private	104	$107,330	89%	$9,981,690
Florida Coastal School of Law	For-Profit	510	$143,111	92%	$67,119,059
Florida International University	Public	184	$94,937	88%	$15,379,794
Florida State University	Public	286	$73,114	86%	$17,986,044
Fordham University	Private	486	$134,319	72%	$47,011,650
George Mason University	Public	220	$115,381	83%	$21,114,723
George Washington University	Private	575	$128,341	84%	$61,988,703
Georgetown University	Private	626	$146,169	78%	$71,330,472
Georgia State University	Public	199	$68,283	81%	$10,993,563
Golden Gate University	Private	186	$137,484	85%	$21,722,472
Gonzaga University	Private	166	$102,316	82%	$13,914,976
Hamline University	Private	190	$104,647	91%	$18,103,931
Harvard University	Private	590	$124,312	80%	$58,675,264
Hofstra University	Private	363	$129,461	78%	$36,637,463
Howard University	Private	151	$123,068	91%	$16,860,316
Indiana University - Bloomington	Public	204	$113,011	88%	$20,341,980
John Marshall Law School - Atlanta	For-Profit	177	$142,515	92%	$23,229,945
Lewis and Clark College	Private	209	$109,419	88%	$20,133,096
Liberty University	Private	90	$76,730	90%	$6,215,130
Louisiana State University	Public	223	$78,762	78%	$13,704,588
Loyola Marymount University	Private	411	$141,936	78%	$45,561,456
Loyola University Chicago	Private	271	$117,688	80%	$25,538,296
Loyola University New Orleans	Private	278	$124,355	89%	$30,715,685
Marquette University	Private	218	$118,782	90%	$23,281,272
Mercer University	Private	142	$113,935	89%	$14,355,810
Michigan State University	Public	291	$114,438	78%	$25,977,426
Mississippi College	Private	164	$119,180	76%	$14,897,500
New England School of Law	Private	339	$132,632	92%	$41,381,184
New York Law School	Private	601	$154,647	84%	$78,096,735
New York University	Private	482	$149,336	81%	$58,241,040
North Carolina Central University	Public	165	$87,671	93%	$13,413,663
Northeastern University	Private	215	$129,467	89%	$24,728,197
Northern Illinois University	Public	91	$72,479	85%	$5,580,883
Northern Kentucky University	Public	162	$79,898	76%	$9,827,454
Northwestern University	Private	295	$156,791	82%	$37,943,422
Nova Southeastern University	Private	354	$135,548	81%	$38,902,276
Ohio Northern University	Private	96	$97,968	97%	$9,111,024
Ohio State University	Public	222	$98,674	86%	$18,846,734
Oklahoma City University	Private	207	$120,318	89%	$22,138,512
Pace University	Private	230	$120,315	80%	$22,137,960
Penn State University	Public	194	$121,134	76%	$17,806,698
Pepperdine University	Private	213	$128,669	80%	$21,873,730
Quinnipiac University	Private	151	$111,952	87%	$14,665,712
Regent University	Private	127	$116,061	98%	$14,391,564
Roger Williams University	Private	181	$132,699	88%	$21,099,141
Rutgers State University - Camden	Public	270	$93,990	88%	$22,369,620
Rutgers State University - Newark	Public	243	$87,272	96%	$20,334,376
Samford University	Private	166	$126,202	81%	$16,911,068
Santa Clara University	Private	298	$129,621	83%	$32,016,387
Seattle University	Private	323	$119,918	89%	$34,416,466
Seton Hall University	Private	310	$125,745	82%	$31,939,230
South Texas College of Law Houston	Private	377	$113,551	87%	$37,244,728
Southern Illinois University	Public	128	$67,072	82%	$7,042,560
Southern Methodist University	Private	293	$113,266	70%	$23,219,530
Southern University Law Center	Public	162	$65,733	86%	$9,136,887
Southwestern Law School	Private	324	$147,976	79%	$37,881,856
St. John's University	Private	281	$119,203	82%	$27,416,690
St. Louis University	Private	276	$121,742	85%	$28,609,370
St. Mary's University	Private	268	$111,758	89%	$26,710,162
St. Thomas University - Florida	Private	216	$122,913	88%	$23,353,470
Stanford University	Private	181	$110,275	80%	$15,989,875
Stetson University	Private	341	$131,178	89%	$39,746,934
Suffolk University	Private	517	$126,280	83%	$54,174,120
SUNY Buffalo	Public	209	$72,680	89%	$13,518,480
Syracuse University	Private	185	$138,073	86%	$21,953,607
Temple University	Public	277	$87,794	83%	$20,192,620
Texas A&M	Public	207	$107,571	80%	$17,856,786
Texas Southern University	Public	187	$99,992	100%	$18,698,504
Texas Tech University	Public	215	$69,596	79%	$11,831,320
Thomas Jefferson School of Law	Private	260	$168,800	98%	$43,044,000
Thomas M. Cooley Law School	Private	1079	$122,395	87%	$114,928,905
Touro College	Private	244	$137,781	85%	$28,520,667
Tulane University	Private	269	$115,029	81%	$25,076,322
University of Akron	Public	139	$66,283	89%	$8,219,092
University of Alabama	Public	172	$67,611	79%	$9,195,096
University of Arizona	Public	149	$88,052	100%	$13,119,748
University of Arkansas - Fayetteville	Public	132	$59,384	85%	$6,651,008
University of Arkansas - Little Rock	Public	139	$64,207	80%	$7,126,977
University of Baltimore	Public	343	$110,431	86%	$32,577,145
University of California - Berkeley	Public	312	$115,349	79%	$28,375,854
University of California - Davis	Public	202	$96,664	87%	$17,012,864
University of California - Irvine	Public	56	$49,602	68%	$1,884,876
University of California - Los Angeles	Public	333	$109,539	82%	$29,904,147
University of California College of Law, San Francisco	Public	443	$114,736	89%	$45,205,984
University of Chicago	Private	215	$135,307	83%	$24,084,646
University of Cincinnati	Public	140	$84,140	80%	$9,423,680
University of Colorado	Public	175	$100,813	86%	$15,222,763
University of Connecticut	Public	199	$65,641	79%	$10,305,637
University of Dayton	Private	174	$118,333	89%	$18,341,615
University of Denver	Private	317	$127,420	88%	$35,550,180
University of Detroit Mercy	Private	212	$130,166	75%	$20,696,394
University of Florida	Public	333	$72,974	80%	$19,411,084
University of Georgia	Public	229	$80,775	74%	$13,650,975
University of Hawaii	Public	106	$68,016	74%	$5,305,248
University of Houston	Public	262	$81,721	79%	$16,916,247
University of Idaho	Public	104	$96,406	84%	$8,387,322
University of Illinois	Public	213	$95,830	87%	$17,728,550
University of Illinois Chicago School of Law	Public	414	$142,587	87%	$51,331,320
University of Iowa	Public	185	$95,574	83%	$14,718,396
University of Kansas	Public	154	$74,454	77%	$8,860,026
University of Kentucky	Public	147	$75,738	84%	$9,315,774
University of La Verne	Private	104	$112,628	89%	$10,474,404
University of Louisville	Public	127	$85,634	86%	$9,334,106
University of Maine	Public	87	$97,805	93%	$7,922,205
University of Maryland	Public	319	$122,349	71%	$27,650,874
University of Memphis	Public	134	$72,993	76%	$7,445,286
University of Miami	Private	461	$140,032	80%	$51,671,808
University of Michigan	Public	388	$120,136	85%	$39,644,880
University of Minnesota	Public	230	$100,699	75%	$17,420,927
University of Mississippi	Public	165	$55,992	80%	$7,390,944
University of Missouri - Columbia	Public	147	$78,110	88%	$10,076,190
University of Missouri - Kansas City	Public	153	$100,887	89%	$13,720,632
University of Montana	Public	82	$64,539	86%	$4,582,269
University of Nebraska	Public	128	$54,989	96%	$6,763,647
University of Nevada - Las Vegas	Public	161	$92,191	78%	$11,616,066
University of New Hampshire	Public	138	$123,171	96%	$16,258,572
University of New Mexico	Public	119	$68,131	90%	$7,290,017
University of North Carolina	Public	256	$74,485	88%	$16,759,125
University of North Dakota	Public	90	$64,100	83%	$4,807,500
University of Notre Dame	Private	196	$101,512	86%	$17,155,528
University of Oklahoma	Public	188	$77,146	85%	$12,343,360
University of Oregon	Public	161	$100,169	94%	$15,125,519
University of Pennsylvania	Private	270	$118,278	72%	$22,945,932
University of Pittsburgh	Public	222	$94,879	89%	$18,786,042
University of Richmond	Private	148	$110,830	79%	$12,967,110
University of San Diego	Private	327	$122,932	81%	$32,576,980
University of San Francisco	Private	221	$133,118	88%	$25,824,892
University of South Carolina	Public	226	$85,602	82%	$15,836,370
University of South Dakota	Public	76	$54,352	91%	$3,750,288
University of Southern California	Private	221	$138,858	81%	$24,855,582
University of St. Thomas - Minneapolis	Private	161	$96,659	88%	$13,725,578
University of Tennessee	Public	155	$76,381	88%	$10,387,816
University of Texas	Public	373	$86,312	74%	$23,822,112
University of the Pacific - McGeorge	Private	306	$140,566	92%	$39,639,612
University of Toledo	Public	147	$95,375	81%	$11,349,625
University of Tulsa	Private	134	$104,785	100%	$14,041,190
University of Utah	Public	134	$80,608	90%	$9,753,568
University of Virginia	Public	364	$122,721	85%	$37,920,789
University of Washington	Public	181	$90,348	71%	$11,654,892
University of Wisconsin	Public	284	$77,077	78%	$17,111,094
University of Wyoming	Public	75	$61,837	83%	$3,833,894
Valparaiso University	Private	172	$125,495	91%	$19,702,715
Vanderbilt University	Private	196	$124,493	76%	$18,549,457
Vermont Law School	Private	206	$132,337	95%	$25,938,052
Villanova University	Private	256	$113,283	79%	$22,883,166
Wake Forest University	Private	156	$112,563	85%	$14,970,879
Washburn University	Public	156	$86,135	89%	$11,972,765
Washington and Lee University	Private	130	$111,825	88%	$12,748,050
Washington University in St Louis	Private	300	$117,964	73%	$25,834,116
Wayne State University	Public	168	$80,482	88%	$11,911,336
West Virginia University	Public	142	$72,068	84%	$8,576,092
Western New England University School of Law	Private	160	$118,900	96%	$18,310,600
Western State College of Law at Westcliff University	For-Profit	83	$98,968	81%	$6,630,856
Whittier Law School	Private	170	$143,536	92%	$22,391,616
Willamette University	Private	125	$119,468	92%	$13,738,820
William and Mary	Public	204	$94,852	80%	$15,460,876
William Mitchell College of Law	Private	303	$116,575	91%	$32,174,700
Yale University	Private	222	$110,741	82%	$20,154,862

Excluded schools: Barry University (Private, 200 grads), Florida A&M University (Public, 160 grads), Indiana University - Indianapolis (Public, 295 grads), Inter American University (Private, 234 grads), Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico (Private, 217 grads), University of Massachusetts Dartmouth (Public, 44 grads), University of Puerto Rico (Public, 202 grads), University of The District of Columbia (Public, 93 grads), Widener University - Delaware (Private, 269 grads), Widener University - Pennsylvania (Private, 122 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.

To calculate the amount cumulatively borrowed by law school graduates from a law school, LST took the number of graduates and multiplied it times the percentage of those graduates borrowing loans processed by the school. LST rounded that number to the nearest whole graduate and multiplied it times the average amount borrowed for that school. The known federal government investment figures do not include students who never graduated and those enrolled in non-J.D. programs.

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