Best Law Schools: Whose graduates have the most debt? The least?

	Average indebtedness of 2008 graduates who incurred law school debt	Percent of grads with debt
Columbia University New York, NY	$125,320	77%
New York Law School New York, NY	$125,319	85%
Catholic University of America (Columbus) Washington, DC	$123,173	89%
Vermont Law School South Royalton, VT	$122,951	91%
Northwestern University Chicago, IL	$122,197	75%
University of Chicago Chicago, IL	$119,243	78%
Pepperdine University Malibu, CA	$115,957	83%
New York University New York, NY	$115,575	80%
Georgetown University Washington, DC	$115,420	84%
University of the Pacific (McGeorge) Sacramento, CA	$115,191	90%
Stetson University Gulfport, FL	$112,800	84%
American University (Washington) Washington, DC	$112,276	85%
Duke University Durham, NC	$112,216	88%
California Western School of Law San Diego, CA	$111,919	88%
Tulane University New Orleans, LA	$111,246	86%
Syracuse University Syracuse, NY	$110,981	88%
Villanova University Villanova, PA	$110,628	82%
Hofstra University Hempstead, NY	$110,602	83%
Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN	$110,080	82%
Loyola Marymount University Los Angeles, CA	$109,649	87%
Emory University Atlanta, GA	$109,475	77%
Golden Gate University San Francisco, CA	$109,322	94%
Harvard University Cambridge, MA	$109,163	83%
George Washington University Washington, DC	$107,000	86%
Roger Williams University Bristol, RI	$106,892	90%
Albany Law School Albany, NY	$105,996	91%
Southwestern Law School Los Angeles, CA	$105,948	77%
John Marshall Law School Chicago, IL	$105,889	70%
Yeshiva University (Cardozo) New York, NY	$105,283	81%
Thomas Jefferson School of Law San Diego, CA	$105,264	90%
University of San Diego San Diego, CA	$105,208	87%
Franklin Pierce Law Center Concord, NH	$105,149	90%
Fordham University New York, NY	$104,718	78%
DePaul University Chicago, IL	$104,459	91%
Santa Clara University Santa Clara, CA	$104,258	75%
University of Southern California (Gould) Los Angeles, CA	$104,137	90%
Oklahoma City University Oklahoma City, OK	$103,874	78%
Chapman University Orange, CA	$102,914	86%
Cornell University Ithaca, NY	$102,899	77%
Washington University in St. Louis St. Louis, MO	$102,609	78%
Northeastern University Boston, MA	$102,358	86%
Suffolk University Boston, MA	$102,150	86%
Whittier College Costa Mesa, CA	$101,732	94%
St. Thomas University Miami Gardens, FL	$101,000	84%
University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA	$100,892	89%
Boston College Newton, MA	$100,715	88%
Charleston School of Law Charleston, SC	$100,602	76%
Barry University Orlando, FL	$99,759	91%
Florida Coastal School of Law Jacksonville, FL	$99,116	93%
Creighton University Omaha, NE	$99,045	81%
Pennsylvania State University (Dickinson) University Park, PA	$98,442	94%
University of Detroit Mercy Detroit, MI	$98,335	80%
Regent University Virginia Beach, VA	$98,086	82%
Seton Hall University Newark, NJ	$97,960	86%
Stanford University Stanford, CA	$97,552	78%
Valparaiso University Valparaiso, IN	$97,168	94%
Mercer University (George) Macon, GA	$97,050	88%
University of Denver (Sturm) Denver, CO	$96,771	98%
St. John's University Jamaica, NY	$96,610	85%
Samford University (Cumberland) Birmingham, AL	$96,580	85%
University of Michigan--Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI	$96,388	87%
Nova Southeastern University (Broad) Fort Lauderdale, FL	$96,329	84%
Western New England College Springfield, MA	$95,986	75%
Yale University New Haven, CT	$95,899	88%
Widener University Wilmington, DE	$95,561	76%
Campbell University (Wiggins) Buies Creek, NC	$95,387	85%
Ave Maria School of Law Ann Arbor, MI	$95,159	88%
University of Miami Coral Gables, FL	$95,087	81%
Seattle University Seattle, WA	$94,129	85%
Lewis & Clark College (Northwestern) Portland, OR	$94,081	89%
Brooklyn Law School Brooklyn, NY	$93,993	87%
Indiana University--Bloomington (Maurer) Bloomington, IN	$93,800	92%
Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) Chicago, IL	$92,890	80%
Touro College (Fuchsberg) Central Islip, NY	$92,249	90%
Gonzaga University Spokane, WA	$91,984	100%
Boston University Boston, MA	$91,168	82%
Marquette University Milwaukee, WI	$90,925	86%
Thomas M. Cooley Law School Lansing, MI	$90,800	88%
Loyola University Chicago Chicago, IL	$90,718	83%
New England School of Law Boston, MA	$90,466	96%
University of St. Thomas Minneapolis, MN	$90,050	82%
Willamette University (Collins) Salem, OR	$89,679	98%
Western State University Fullerton, CA	$89,253	85%
St. Mary's University San Antonio, TX	$88,879	78%
Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, NC	$88,750	92%
Baylor University (Umphrey) Waco, TX	$88,681	81%
University of La Verne Ontario, CA	$88,102	84%
Washington and Lee University Lexington, VA	$86,814	96%
William Mitchell College of Law St. Paul, MN	$86,760	94%
Mississippi College Jackson, MS	$86,208	84%
Appalachian School of Law Grundy, VA	$85,962	89%
Hamline University St. Paul, MN	$85,896	91%
University of California (Hastings) San Francisco, CA	$85,421	87%
Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH	$85,405	87%
University of Richmond (Williams) Richmond, VA	$84,710	80%
University of Maryland Baltimore, MD	$84,580	81%
Duquesne University Pittsburgh, PA	$84,404	99%
University of San Francisco San Francisco, CA	$83,773	89%
South Texas College of Law Houston, TX	$83,268	86%
University of California--Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA	$83,220	90%
University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN	$83,200	88%
Loyola University New Orleans New Orleans, LA	$82,586	87%
Drake University Des Moines, IA	$82,380	95%
University of Minnesota--Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN	$81,917	75%
University of Dayton Dayton, OH	$81,770	85%
Southern Methodist University (Dedman) Dallas, TX	$80,413	64%
Capital University Columbus, OH	$80,334	88%
Pace University White Plains, NY	$79,540	88%
Texas Wesleyan University Fort Worth, TX	$79,213	91%
University of Baltimore Baltimore, MD	$78,568	85%
St. Louis University St. Louis, MO	$78,159	89%
Ohio Northern University (Pettit) Ada, OH	$77,379	86%
University of California--Berkeley Berkeley, CA	$76,488	88%
University of Iowa Iowa City, IA	$76,353	84%
University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA	$76,150	82%
University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL	$76,112	85%
Phoenix School of Law Phoenix, AZ	$75,053	71%
Quinnipiac University Hamden, CT	$75,016	82%
North Carolina Central University Durham, NC	$75,000	100%
Temple University (Beasley) Philadelphia, PA	$74,941	84%
University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA	$74,738	80%
College of William and Mary (Marshall-Wythe) Williamsburg, VA	$73,789	80%
University of Missouri--Kansas City Kansas City, MO	$72,475	89%
Indiana University--Indianapolis Indianapolis, IN	$71,440	86%
University of Oklahoma Norman, OK	$71,271	74%
University of Texas--Austin Austin, TX	$70,814	78%
University of Oregon Eugene, OR	$70,811	96%
George Mason University Arlington, VA	$70,129	81%
University of Houston Houston, TX	$68,939	81%
University of Washington Seattle, WA	$68,662	77%
Wayne State University Detroit, MI	$68,517	81%
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey--Newark Newark, NJ	$67,970	86%
Arizona State University (O'Connor) Tempe, AZ	$67,441	83%
Northern Kentucky University (Chase) Highland Heights, KY	$67,150	65%
Cleveland State University (Cleveland-Marshall) Cleveland, OH	$66,876	84%
University of California--Davis Davis, CA	$66,620	89%
University of Wisconsin--Madison Madison, WI	$66,359	81%
CUNY--Queens College Flushing, NY	$66,142	82%
University of Tulsa Tulsa, OK	$65,847	75%
University of Colorado--Boulder Boulder, CO	$65,846	93%
University of Missouri Columbia, MO	$65,275	86%
Louisiana State University--Baton Rouge (Hebert) Baton Rouge, LA	$65,216	81%
University of Maine Portland, ME	$64,235	96%
University of Toledo Toledo, OH	$63,163	89%
Washburn University Topeka, KS	$62,273	85%
University of Arizona (Rogers) Tucson, AZ	$61,315	84%
Michigan State University East Lansing, MI	$61,234	84%
Atlanta's John Marshall Law School Atlanta, GA	$60,688	83%
University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH	$60,558	88%
Ohio State University (Moritz) Columbus, OH	$59,503	94%
Florida State University Tallahassee, FL	$59,344	86%
Florida International University Miami, FL	$59,060	85%
University of Georgia Athens, GA	$58,438	77%
University of Connecticut Hartford, CT	$58,413	88%
Texas Tech University Lubbock, TX	$58,369	89%
University of Hawaii (Richardson) Honolulu, HI	$57,743	71%
University of North Dakota Grand Forks, ND	$57,665	88%
University of Akron Akron, OH	$57,306	86%
University of Tennessee--Knoxville Knoxville, TN	$57,064	77%
University of Montana Missoula, MT	$56,898	91%
University of North Carolina--Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC	$56,776	84%
Faulkner University (Jones) Montgomery, AL	$56,128	88%
University of Florida (Levin) Gainesville, FL	$56,053	77%
University of Nevada--Las Vegas (Boyd) Las Vegas, NV	$55,776	81%
University at Buffalo--SUNY Buffalo, NY	$55,771	89%
University of South Carolina Columbia, SC	$55,752	83%
University of Idaho Moscow, ID	$55,619	87%
Southern Illinois University--Carbondale Carbondale, IL	$55,486	86%
University of Utah (Quinney) Salt Lake City, UT	$54,273	84%
University of Louisville (Brandeis) Louisville, KY	$53,427	98%
University of South Dakota Vermillion, SD	$53,217	100%
University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, AL	$52,265	74%
University of Memphis (Humphreys) Memphis, TN	$52,104	77%
Liberty University Lynchburg, VA	$51,813	86%
University of Arkansas--Little Rock (Bowen) Little Rock, AR	$51,699	72%
University of Arkansas--Fayetteville Fayetteville, AR	$51,336	79%
Northern Illinois University De Kalb, IL	$49,508	84%
University of Kentucky Lexington, KY	$49,336	96%
University of Mississippi University, MS	$46,495	61%
West Virginia University Morgantown, WV	$46,326	81%
Brigham Young University (Clark) Provo, UT	$46,030	87%
University of Nebraska--Lincoln Lincoln, NE	$45,843	85%
University of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM	$36,066	73%
University of Wyoming Laramie, WY	$34,753	89%
University of Kansas Lawrence, KS	$31,585	76%
Howard University Washington, DC	$28,694	93%
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey--Camden Camden, NJ	$25,763	75%
Texas Southern University (Marshall) Houston, TX	$23,000	96%
Florida A&M University Orlando, FL	$20,500	N/A
Georgia State University Atlanta, GA	$18,680	79%
University of the District of Columbia (Clarke) Washington, DC	$10,250	82%