
Paul L. Caron
Dean
Pepperdine Caruso
School of Law

From 1993 to 2022, the percentage of early-career college graduates with a graduate degree grew by more than one-third (31% to 42%). During this period, law school tuition more than doubled (in constant dollars), alongside substantial increases in graduate tuition more generally. So are graduate degrees—and law degrees—still worth it? A recent NBER working paper