American Lawyer, Law School Debt Bubble: Aggregate Law School Grad Debt Grew $475 Million Between 2008 and 2010:
| Year | Ave. Law Grad Debt |
Ave. Law School Debt-Revenue |
Mean Deviation |
Total Law School Debt-Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | $87,761 | $16.1m | $8.3m | $3,147.1m |
| 2009 | $91,606 | $17.2m | $8.8m | $3,371.4m |
| 2010 | $97,310 | $18.5m | $9.5m | $3,620.8m |
| Growth Rate | +10.9% (+$9,549) | +14.9% (+$2.4m) | N/A | +15.1% (+$473.7m) |
| # | Public School | 2010 Grad Debt-Revenue | Z-Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | UC-Hastings | 35.6m | 4.02 |
| 2 | Michigan | 35.4m | 3.99 |
| 3 | Virginia | 34.6m | 3.84 |
| 4 | Indiana-Indianapolis | 31.5m | 3.32 |
| 5 | UCLA | 28.2m | 2.75 |
| 6 | Baltimore | 26.3m | 2.43 |
| 7 | Texas | 24.0m | 2.04 |
| 8 | UC-Berkeley | 22.8m | 1.83 |
| 9 | Temple | 20.9m | 1.50 |
| 10 | Indiana-Bloomington | 20.7m | 1.47 |
| 11 | Minnesota | 20.5m | 1.43 |
| 12 | Penn State | 19.6m | 1.29 |
| 13 | Maryland | 19.0m | 1.19 |
| 14 | George Mason | 18.8m | 1.16 |
| 15 | Florida | 18.8m | 1.15 |
| 16 | Rutgers-Newark | 17.5m | 0.92 |
| 17 | Wisconsin | 16.7m | 0.79 |
| 18 | Oregon | 15.5m | 0.59 |
| 19 | N. Carolina Central | 15.4m | 0.58 |
| 20 | Houston | 15.3m | 0.56 |
| # | Private School | 2010 Grad Debt-Revenue | Z-Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooley | 87.6m | 6.33 |
| 2 | Georgetown | 67.9m | 4.41 |
| 3 | Harvard | 58.2m | 3.46 |
| 4 | American | 53.5m | 3.00 |
| 5 | New York University | 49.6m | 2.62 |
| 6 | New York Law School | 48.6m | 2.52 |
| 7 | Florida Coastal | 47.4m | 2.41 |
| 8 | Suffolk | 47.0m | 2.36 |
| 9 | George Washington | 44.9m | 2.16 |
| 10 | Loyola-L.A. | 43.8m | 2.05 |
| 11 | Fordham | 43.7m | 2.04 |
| 12 | Columbia | 42.2m | 1.90 |
| 13 | Brooklyn | 38.0m | 1.48 |
| 14 | McGeorge | 36.6m | 1.35 |
| 15 | Stetson | 36.2m | 1.30 |
| 16 | Miami | 35.9m | 1.27 |
| 17 | John Marshall | 35.8m | 1.27 |
| 18 | South Texas | 35.7m | 1.26 |
| 19 | Catholic | 34.6m | 1.15 |
| 20 | Cardozo | 34.4m | 1.13 |
