M7 Financial’s Graduate Program Credit Ratings for Law Schools 2014-15:
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Rating | School | Leverage Ratio | CoverageRatio | Average Private Sector Pay | Average Debt | Estimated Annual Payment |
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A | Stanford | .68 | 10.5 | $160,000 | $108,391 | $15,236.52 |
A | Yale | .7 | 10.17 | $160,000 | $111,961 | $15,738.36 |
A | Harvard | .77 | 9.2 | $160,000 | $123,673 | $17,384.76 |
A- | BYU | .56 | 12.69 | $100,000 | $56,053 | $7,879.44 |
A- | U of T – Austin | .58 | 12.35 | $160,000 | $92,180 | $12,957.72 |
A- | Boston College | .71 | 10.03 | $145,000 | $102,865 | $14,459.76 |
A- | UCLA | .72 | 9.9 | $160,000 | $114,963 | $16,160.40 |
A- | U. of Michigan Ann Arbor | .74 | 9.67 | $160,000 | $117,675 | $16,541.64 |
A- | George Washington U. | .77 | 9.2 | $160,000 | $123,693 | $17,387.52 |
A- | Duke | .78 | 9.14 | $160,000 | $124,549 | $17,507.88 |
A- | U. of Pennsylvania | .82 | 8.7 | $160,000 | $130,855 | $18,394.32 |
A- | U. of Virginia | .83 | 8.58 | $160,000 | $132,601 | $18,639.72 |
A- | U.C. Berkeley | .88 | 8.05 | $160,000 | $141,358 | $19,870.68 |
A- | Columbia | .88 | 8.04 | $160,000 | $141,566 | $19,899.96 |
A- | NYU | .92 | 7.71 | $160,000 | $147,685 | $20,760.12 |
A- | U. of Chicago | .96 | 7.4 | $160,000 | $153,753 | $21,613.08 |
B | Boston U. | .69 | 10.32 | $160,000 | $110,309 | $15,506.16 |
B | UNC Chapel Hill | .81 | 8.82 | $115,000 | $92,726 | $13,034.52 |
B | Vanderbilt | .88 | 8.08 | $130,000 | $114,411 | $16,082.76 |
B | Fordham | .89 | 7.99 | $160,000 | $142,435 | $20,022.12 |
B | Georgetown | .91 | 7.82 | $160,000 | $145,631 | $20,471.40 |
B | U. of Alabama | .92 | 7.75 | $77,500 | $71,098 | $9,994.32 |
B | USC | .92 | 7.72 | $160,000 | $147,395 | $20,719.32 |
B | Notre Dame | .94 | 7.54 | $105,000 | $99,090 | $13,929.12 |
B | U. of Minnesota Twin Cities | .96 | 7.37 | $102,000 | $98,410 | $13,833.48 |
B | Northwestern | .97 | 7.31 | $160,000 | $155,777 | $21,897.60 |
B | Washington U. St. Louis | 1.0 | 7.15 | $110,500 | $109,978 | $15,459.60 |
B | U. of Arizona | 1.01 | 7.03 | $89,800 | $90,898 | $12,777.60 |
B | U. of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 1.05 | 6.81 | $81,000 | $84,665 | $11,901.36 |
B | William & Mary | 1.05 | 6.78 | $98,000 | $102,832 | $14,455.08 |
B | U. of Washington | 1.06 | 6.7 | $95,000 | $100,867 | $14,178.84 |
B | Arizona State | 1.08 | 6.6 | $100,000 | $107,809 | $15,154.68 |
B | Indiana U. Bloomington | 1.08 | 6.59 | $100,000 | $107,947 | $15,174.12 |
B | U. of Wisconsin Madison | 1.08 | 6.555 | $78,000 | $84,679 | $11,903.40 |
B | Emory | 1.14 | 6.26 | $100,000 | $113,656 | $15,976.68 |
B | Ohio State | 1.2 | 5.92 | $81,250 | $97,624 | $13,723.08 |
B | U.C. Davis | 1.22 | 5.84 | $85,000 | $103,605 | $14,563.80 |
B | Florida State | 1.22 | 5.82 | $65,000 | $79,426 | $11,164.92 |
B | U. of Georgia | 1.29 | 5.51 | $63,000 | $81,370 | $11,438.16 |
B | U. of Iowa | 1.33 | 5.34 | $75,000 | $99,827 | $14,032.68 |
B | Tulane | 1.37 | 5.18 | $90,000 | $123,713 | $17,390.40 |
C | Southern Methodist U. | 1.51 | 4.71 | $85,000 | $128,381 | $18,046.56 |
C | U. of Colorado Boulder | 1.66 | 4.3 | $70,000 | $115,866 | $16,287.36 |
C | Wake Forest | 1.67 | 4.27 | $67,500 | $112,457 | $15,808.08 |
C | Washington and Lee U. | 1.72 | 4.13 | $70,000 | $120,642 | $16,958.64 |
C | George Mason U. | 1.76 | 4.04 | $67,500 | $118,791 | $16,698.48 |
C | Pepperdine | 2.08 | 3.41 | $70,000 | $145,893 | $20,508.24 |
Source: M7 Financial
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