Thomas Jefferson School of Law

Director of admissions

Beth Kransberger

Application deadline

N/A

Full-time program application fee

$35

Part-time program application fee

$35

Besides the fall semester, can enter in

winter/spring

Total number of full- and part-time applicants

3,014

Total number of full- and part-time acceptances

1,156

Overall acceptance rate

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

320

Number of full-time program applicants

2,693

Number of full-time program acceptances

1,075

Full-time acceptance rate

39.9%

Number of first-year full-time students enrolled

261

Number of part-time program applicants

321

Number of part-time program acceptances

81

Part-time acceptance rate

25.2%

Number of first-year part-time students enrolled

59

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

2.83-3.36

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

147-152

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

2.84-3.31

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

147-152

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

CA

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

57.8%

Statewide bar passage rate for first-time test takers

65.7%

Total graduates

210

Graduates employed at graduation

N/A

Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation

25th percentile private sector starting salary

$48,000

Median private sector starting salary

$62,700

75th percentile private sector starting salary

$80,000

Percent in the private sector who reported salary information

31%

Median public service starting salary

$54,000

Percent employed in academia

3.0%

Percent employed in business and industry

20.0%

Percent employed in government

17.0%

Percent employed in all judicial clerkships

0.0%

Percent employed in law firms

59.0%

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

0.0%

Graduates employed in-state

59%

Graduates employed in foreign countries

0%

Number of states where graduates are employed

18

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

2.8%

Middle Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA)

1.4%

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

4.2%

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

0.0%

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

7.0%

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

0.0%

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

0.0%

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

72.0%

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

12.6%

Employment location unknown

0.0%

Career services operations: To help students and graduates successfully plan a job search, the 5 career services staff offer individual career counseling, resume and cover letter review, videotaped mock interviews, and job strategy advising sessions. Career skills seminars, speaker programs and panel presentations are scheduled throughout the year to provide students with essential information.

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

72.0%

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)

7.0%

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)

7.0%