Howard Starting Salaries of 2007 Graduates Employed Full-time
25th percentile private sector starting salary $125,000
Median private sector starting salary $145,000
75th percentile private sector starting salary $160,000
Percent in the private sector who reported salary information 62%
Median public service starting salary $52,000
Areas of Legal Practice (Class of 2007)
Percent employed in academia 1.7%
Percent employed in business and industry 15.1%
Percent employed in government 15.1%
Percent employed in all judicial clerkships 14.3%
Percent employed in law firms 47.1%
Percent employed in public interest 5.0%
Percent employed in an unknown field 1.7%
Percent employed in a judicial clerkship by an Article III federal judge 4.2%
Please note that with 47% in private practice and 62% reporting = top 29% of the total class contributed to the salary distribution
American Starting Salaries of 2007 Graduates Employed Full-time
25th percentile private sector starting salary $60,000
Median private sector starting salary $90,000
75th percentile private sector starting salary $145,000
Percent in the private sector who reported salary information 73%
Median public service starting salary $53,000
Areas of Legal Practice (Class of 2007)
Percent employed in academia 0.9%
Percent employed in business and industry 12.7%
Percent employed in government 16.9%
Percent employed in all judicial clerkships 9.6%
Percent employed in law firms 53.1%
Percent employed in public interest 6.7%
Percent employed in an unknown field 0.2%
Percent employed in a judicial clerkship by an Article III federal judge 1.1%
Please note that with 53% in private practice and 73% reporting = top 38% of the total class contributed to the salary distribution
At first glance it would appear as though Howard graduates make a hell of a lot more - but once you really think about it, not really.
It's impossible to compare Howard to any other non-HBCU - the reason is it creates this question:
Would you be better off simply being a URM and finishing at American than graduating from Howard?
i.e. would you be better off simply graduating at median from American than finishing at median from Howard?
I personally think that you would be a hell of a lot better off finishing at median at American than finishing at the median at Howard.
The issue is, there is not data to support either conclusion.
Sorry if this didn't help
