Western State University

Director of admissions

Gloria Switzer

Application deadline

06/01

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

1,555

Total number of full- and part-time acceptances

735

Overall acceptance rate

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

197

Number of full-time program applicants

1,222

Number of full-time program acceptances

606

Full-time acceptance rate

N/A

Number of first-year full-time students enrolled

129

Number of part-time program applicants

345

Number of part-time program acceptances

131

Part-time acceptance rate

38.0%

Number of first-year part-time students enrolled

68

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

2.82-3.41

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

148-153

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

2.74-3.43

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

149-152

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

CA

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

N/A

Statewide bar passage rate for first-time test takers

N/A

Total graduates

109

Graduates employed at graduation

N/A

Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation

25th percentile private sector starting salary

N/A

Median private sector starting salary

N/A

75th percentile private sector starting salary

N/A

Percent in the private sector who reported salary information

N/A

Median public service starting salary

N/A

Percent employed in academia

2.0%

Percent employed in business and industry

32.0%

Percent employed in government

5.0%

Percent employed in all judicial clerkships

4.0%

Percent employed in law firms

54.0%

Percent employed in public interest

0.0%

Percent employed in an unknown field

3.0%

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

N/A

Graduates employed in-state

N/A

Graduates employed in foreign countries

N/A

Number of states where graduates are employed

N/A

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

N/A

Middle Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA)

N/A

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

N/A

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

N/A

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

N/A

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

N/A

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

N/A

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

N/A

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

N/A

Employment location unknown

N/A

Career services operations: Sponsor Career Fairs, Career Planning Workshops; one on one career counseling for students and alumni; post jobs for clerks, interns, and associate positions for students and alumni, distribute monthly newsletter of openings; host on campus interviews; participate in Law Advisors of Southern California Career events; recruit alumni mentors and speakers for student organization career events.

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

36.0%

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

41.0%

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)

23.0%

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)

0.0%