Florida Coastal School of Law

Director of admissions

Steve Jones

Application deadline

N/A

Full-time program application fee

$50

Part-time program application fee

$50

Besides the fall semester, can enter in

winter/spring

Total number of full- and part-time applicants

5,859

Total number of full- and part-time acceptances

3,606

Overall acceptance rate

Total number of full- and part-time first-year students enrolled

643

Number of full-time program applicants

5,734

Number of full-time program acceptances

3,552

Full-time acceptance rate

61.9%

Number of first-year full-time students enrolled

630

Number of part-time program applicants

126

Number of part-time program acceptances

54

Part-time acceptance rate

42.9%

Number of first-year part-time students enrolled

13

25th-75th percentile GPA scores for all students

25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for all students

25th-75th percentile undergraduate GPA for full-time students

2.93-3.48

25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for full-time students

147-153

25th-75th percentile undergraduate GPA for part-time students

2.6-3.38

25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for part-time students

149-152

State where the greatest number of first-time test takers took the bar

FL

School’s bar passage rate for first-time test takers

80.3%

Statewide bar passage rate for first-time test takers

77.6%

Total graduates

308

Graduates employed at graduation

N/A

Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation

25th percentile private sector starting salary

$44,000

Median private sector starting salary

$50,000

75th percentile private sector starting salary

$62,500

Percent in the private sector who reported salary information

37%

Median public service starting salary

$44,000

Percent employed in academia

2.0%

Percent employed in business and industry

17.0%

Percent employed in government

15.0%

Percent employed in all judicial clerkships

3.0%

Percent employed in law firms

49.0%

Percent employed in public interest

14.0%

Percent employed in an unknown field

0.0%

Percent employed in a judicial clerkship by an Article III federal judge

0.4%

Graduates employed in-state

70%

Graduates employed in foreign countries

2%

Number of states where graduates are employed

25

New England (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT)

0.4%

Middle Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA)

3.2%

East North Central (IL, IN, MI, OH, WI)

2.1%

West North Central (IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD)

0.0%

South Atlantic (DE, DC, FL, GA, MD, NC, SC, VA, WV)

85.6%

East South Central (AL, KY, MS, TN)

1.4%

West South Central (AR, LA, OK, TX)

1.8%

Pacific (AK, CA, HI, OR, WA)

0.7%

Mountain (AZ, CO, ID, MT, NV, NM, UT, WY)

3.5%

Employment location unknown

0.0%

Career services operations: The FCSL Career Services department provides counseling and resume writing support for students. In addition, the department hosts on campus interviews and has weekly programming on various aspects of employment in the legal profession and other potential sources of employment. Faculty and staff conduct mock interviews for students. The full time staff of six, includes three with a J.D.

Bar admission required or anticipated (e.g., attorney and corporate counsel positions, law clerks, judicial clerks)

81.0%

J.D. preferred, law degree enhances position (e.g., corporate contracts administrator, alternative dispute resolution specialist, government regulatory analyst, FBI special agent)

8.0%

Professional/other (jobs that require professional skills or training but for which a J.D. is neither preferred nor particularly applicable; e.g., accountant, teacher, business manager, nurse)

6.0%

Nonprofessional/other (job that does not require any professional skills or training or is taken on a temporary basis and not viewed as part of a career path)

5.0%