Northeastern University

Director of admissions

Meredith Curtin Seigel

Application deadline

03/01

Full-time program application fee

$75

Part-time program application fee

N/A

Besides the fall semester, can enter in

N/A

Total number of full- and part-time applicants

3,237

Total number of full- and part-time acceptances

1,110

Overall acceptance rate

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

198

Number of full-time program applicants

3,237

Number of full-time program acceptances

1,110

Full-time acceptance rate

34.3%

Number of first-year full-time students enrolled

198

Number of part-time program applicants

N/A

Number of part-time program acceptances

N/A

Part-time acceptance rate

N/A

Number of first-year part-time students enrolled

N/A

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

3.18-3.6

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

154-162

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

N/A

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

N/A

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

MA

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

86.9%

Statewide bar passage rate for first-time test takers

86.1%

Total graduates

205

Graduates employed at graduation

N/A

Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation

25th percentile private sector starting salary

$55,000

Median private sector starting salary

$75,000

75th percentile private sector starting salary

$160,000

Percent in the private sector who reported salary information

60%

Median public service starting salary

$47,000

Percent employed in academia

1.0%

Percent employed in business and industry

16.0%

Percent employed in government

11.0%

Percent employed in all judicial clerkships

19.0%

Percent employed in law firms

37.0%

Percent employed in public interest

16.0%

Percent employed in an unknown field

0.0%

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

2.0%

Graduates employed in-state

58%

Graduates employed in foreign countries

1%

Number of states where graduates are employed

19

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

66.0%

Middle Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA)

14.0%

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

0.5%

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

0.0%

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

9.5%

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

0.0%

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

2.0%

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

6.5%

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

0.5%

Employment location unknown

0.0%

Career services operations: Practical experience is the cornerstone of a Northeastern law degree. Students work closely with career advisers every year throughout law school and graduate with one full year of legal work experience – developing skills, experience, confidence and contacts that greatly enhance job prospects. In fact, almost 40% of our students obtain their first post-graduate job with a former co-op employer.

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

80.0%

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

12.0%

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)

3.0%

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)

4.0%