Appalachian School of Law

What are the graduation rates for students at Appalachian School of Law?

Undergraduate four-year and six-year graduation rates are not meaningful measures of Appalachian School of Law's JD program. The relevant question is how students entering the professional law program progress to graduation, including whether they leave or transfer before completing it.

Applicants can use the school's ABA Standard 509 disclosures to examine academic attrition and other JD-specific information, while checking which entering class and reporting year each figure represents. A completion rate describes a group under a defined reporting method; it does not predict whether an individual student will finish. Bar-passage results are a separate outcome measured after graduation and should be read with their own cohort and timing in mind.

What is the earning potential for graduates at Appalachian School of Law?

No single salary figure can reliably describe what an Appalachian School of Law applicant will earn after a JD. Pay depends heavily on the type of legal work, location, licensing status, prior experience, and whether a graduate reports a salary.

For a school-specific comparison, applicants should read the ABA employment disclosure for the graduating class they are examining. It reports employment in defined categories roughly ten months after graduation; employment status is not the same thing as earnings. Any reported salary distribution may cover only graduates whose pay was known, so its median should not be treated as the salary of the entire class. Compare those outcomes with expected borrowing and with the kinds of jobs the applicant actually intends to pursue.