<p>In fairness, U Chicago law school is ranked quite a bit higher than UCLA. It may not have been the money.</p>
<p>As a faculty wife, I sure wish I could get my DH to apply for a job that would pay him more money and have a lower cost of living. Unfortunately, those aren’t the major reasons why professors choose to be professors. I’d agree with barrons that it’s tough to measure compensation “apples to apples.” There are grad assistants, research monies, housing allowances, pension plans, access to consulting gigs and a whole slew of other things that figure into the total compensation mix.</p>