Barry University

Director of admissions

Sheri Lagomarsino

Application deadline

04/01

Full-time program application fee

$50

Part-time program application fee

$50

Besides the fall semester, can enter in

N/A

Total number of full- and part-time applicants

2,153

Total number of full- and part-time acceptances

1,154

Overall acceptance rate

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

259

Number of full-time program applicants

1,906

Number of full-time program acceptances

1,059

Full-time acceptance rate

55.6%

Number of first-year full-time students enrolled

216

Number of part-time program applicants

247

Number of part-time program acceptances

95

Part-time acceptance rate

38.5%

Number of first-year part-time students enrolled

43

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

2.7-3.22

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

149-153

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

2.72-3.3

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

149-155

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

FL

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

81.7%

Statewide bar passage rate for first-time test takers

77.6%

Total graduates

151

Graduates employed at graduation

N/A

Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation

25th percentile private sector starting salary

$45,000

Median private sector starting salary

$55,000

75th percentile private sector starting salary

$65,000

Percent in the private sector who reported salary information

65%

Median public service starting salary

$40,100

Percent employed in academia

4.0%

Percent employed in business and industry

14.0%

Percent employed in government

20.0%

Percent employed in all judicial clerkships

2.0%

Percent employed in law firms

50.0%

Percent employed in public interest

10.0%

Percent employed in an unknown field

0.0%

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

1.8%

Graduates employed in-state

75%

Graduates employed in foreign countries

0%

Number of states where graduates are employed

16

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

0.0%

Middle Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA)

4.0%

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

0.0%

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

1.0%

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

86.0%

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

1.0%

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

2.0%

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

2.0%

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

1.0%

Employment location unknown

3.0%

Career services operations: The Career Services Office maintains an online jobs and resource database, provides guidance on resume and cover letter writing, and assists students with job search techniques, interviewing skills and networking. In addition, Career Services presents speakers and panel discussions and conducts workshops to educate students on career opportunities and skills development.

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

73.0%

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

13.0%

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)

10.0%

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%