Mississippi College

Director of admissions

Patricia Evans

Application deadline

01/06

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

1,166

Total number of full- and part-time acceptances

621

Overall acceptance rate

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

196

Number of full-time program applicants

1,164

Number of full-time program acceptances

619

Full-time acceptance rate

53.2%

Number of first-year full-time students enrolled

195

Number of part-time program applicants

2

Number of part-time program acceptances

2

Part-time acceptance rate

100.0%

Number of first-year part-time students enrolled

1

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

2.78-3.6

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

148-153

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

MS

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

89.8%

Statewide bar passage rate for first-time test takers

87.8%

Total graduates

162

Graduates employed at graduation

55.9%

Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation

25th percentile private sector starting salary

$50,000

Median private sector starting salary

$60,000

75th percentile private sector starting salary

$75,000

Percent in the private sector who reported salary information

43%

Median public service starting salary

$46,250

Percent employed in academia

2.0%

Percent employed in business and industry

10.0%

Percent employed in government

10.0%

Percent employed in all judicial clerkships

11.0%

Percent employed in law firms

66.0%

Percent employed in public interest

1.0%

Percent employed in an unknown field

0.0%

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

10.9%

Graduates employed in-state

61%

Graduates employed in foreign countries

0%

Number of states where graduates are employed

17

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

0.7%

Middle Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA)

0.7%

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

0.0%

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

0.7%

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

13.0%

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

72.6%

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

10.3%

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

1.3%

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

0.7%

Employment location unknown

0.0%

Career services operations: Our Career Services Office helps students obtain employment, including judicial clerkships, & assists students in getting clerking & other work & volunteer opportunities while in law school. They provide information to students relating to employment opportunities, sponsor a robust on-campus recruiting program, & offer a series of seminars to prepare students for interviewing & employment.

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

82.0%

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)

5.0%

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)

1.0%