by our College Data Analytics Team
[Law](/majors/legal-studies-and-professions/law/) is a field where your choice of school can shape what you earn after graduation. The highest-paying schools turn a law degree into the strongest early-career earnings.
To produce this 2026 ranking, College Factual evaluated 3 schools on the early-career earnings of their law graduates.
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If you want to know which schools send law graduates into the highest-paying careers, see the list below.
Our analysis ranked Taft University System the top school for law graduate earnings in Colorado. Set in the city of Denver, Taft University System is a private for-profit institution. After graduating, law degree recipients from Taft University System typically earn about $127,361 annually.
Students chasing top earnings in law will find them at University Of Colorado Boulder, which ranked #2. Set in the city of Boulder, University Of Colorado Boulder is a public institution. Students who complete the law program here go on to a median salary of roughly $100,964.
A rank of #3 makes University Of Denver one of the highest-paying schools for law. Located in the city of Denver, University Of Denver is a private not-for-profit institution. Early-career law graduates from University Of Denver make a median of around $96,604 per year.
This ranking is produced by College Factual, 2026 edition. Schools are ranked on the median early-career earnings of their law graduates, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (College Scorecard field-of-study earnings and IPEDS).
Ranking method: College Major Earnings · 3 schools evaluated.
*Salary figures reflect median early-career earnings (about 5 years after graduation) and may vary by how long a person takes to complete their degree.
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