First professional · Atlanta, Georgia

Is Law at Atlanta's John Marshall Law School worth it?

High confidence High confidence: 100+ graduates behind the earnings figures.

The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans

Pays back slowly: graduates typically recover the cost in about 11.6 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating: $77,100; Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating: $86,383; Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation: $167,323; NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published): $177k (likely $177k – $177k); AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4: $25k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in GA; 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback: 11.6 years (likely 9.6–14.3); Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return: −$307k (likely −$392k – −$232k); Today's dollars
20-year net return: $23k (likely −$133k – $186k); Today's dollars

Scorecard reports no net price for graduate programs; cost is based on what graduates typically borrowed.