CIP 2201 · First Professional Degree · UConn

Law at UConn

Federal outcomes for first professional degree graduates of UConn. 134 completers in the most recent 4-year window (137 in the latest year alone). Median earnings 5 years after completion: $122,585.

MEDIAN EARNINGS · 5Y
$122,585
Connecticut CIP-4 median $96,800
MEDIAN EARNINGS · 4Y
$104,260
Treasury · 4y post-completion
MEDIAN FEDERAL DEBT
$96,386
At program completion
COMPLETERS · 4Y WINDOW
134
137 most recent year
DEBT-TO-EARNINGS

What this program's debt costs its graduates

Annual debt service as a share of median 5-year-post-completion earnings, computed under federal Direct loan terms (10-year fixed at 6%). The 8% line is the gainful-employment threshold from federal regulation.

This program at UConn

10.5%
0%8% · GE20%+

Median federal debt $96,386 amortized over 10 years vs. median 5-year earnings $122,585.

Statewide CIP-4 peer median

13.3%
0%8% · GE20%+

Same debt against the Connecticut CIP 2201 peer-median earnings $96,800.

SECTION 02 · PROGRAM HISTORY

How this program has shifted

Federal Field-of-Study history covers 2014–15 onward. Vintage-by-vintage values for earnings, debt, and completers.

DEBT · 20142018$96,386
$96,386$61,50020142018
Median federal debt at program exit.FoS
COMPLETERS · 20142019134
1558720142019
Annual completers (IPEDS C).IPEDS
DEBT_MEDIAN · 20142018+57%

Law at UConn · debt_median rose

61,500 → 96,386

FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION

Estimate the financial outcome of this program

Cost from Scorecard net price by family income; earnings from Treasury 5-year-post-completion median, projected forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve. Selection-bias toggle applies the Dale-Krueger shrinkage. This is an outcomes illustration, not a forecast — see methodology.

Shrinks the earnings premium toward the matched-applicant mean. STEM <15%, business ~40%, arts & education ~60%.

NET PRESENT VALUE
$1,130,251
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 10
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
graduationbreakeven · year 10year 0year 39
Cost per year
$18,705
HS-only baseline · CT
$42,300
Years to complete
7
CIP family
22

Outcomes illustration · not a forecast. Projects observed Scorecard earnings forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve under your assumptions. See methodology for the math.

PEER COMPARISON · CIP 2201

Law across Connecticut institutions

Same CIP-4 code and credential level, all Connecticut Title-IV institutions where Scorecard publishes outcomes. Cohort floor is 30 students.

UConnTHIS PROGRAM$122,585134 grads
Quinnipiac UniversityPEER$96,800103 grads
SUPPRESSION & SELECTION

What this page tells you, and what it doesn't

Earnings are median annual earnings of federally aided students who completed this program at this institution, drawn from federal tax records. They describe cohorts. They do not predict your earnings, and they do not claim that this program caused those outcomes — selection effects (who enrolls, who finishes, what fields they enter) dominate cross-program differences. Em-dashes mean the federal data was suppressed because the cohort was below the 30-student floor.

Methodology →