Whittier College

Director of admissions

Lynn Oskin

Application deadline

03/15

Full-time program application fee

$50

Part-time program application fee

$50

Besides the fall semester, can enter in

summer

Total number of full- and part-time applicants

1,520

Total number of full- and part-time acceptances

699

Overall acceptance rate

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

140

Number of full-time program applicants

1,308

Number of full-time program acceptances

628

Full-time acceptance rate

48.0%

Number of first-year full-time students enrolled

117

Number of part-time program applicants

212

Number of part-time program acceptances

71

Part-time acceptance rate

33.5%

Number of first-year part-time students enrolled

23

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

2.82-3.31

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

151-155

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

2.66-3.38

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

151-155

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

CA

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

54.0%

Statewide bar passage rate for first-time test takers

65.7%

Total graduates

241

Graduates employed at graduation

56.7%

Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation

25th percentile private sector starting salary

$65,000

Median private sector starting salary

$70,000

75th percentile private sector starting salary

$85,000

Percent in the private sector who reported salary information

45%

Median public service starting salary

$62,500

Percent employed in academia

2.0%

Percent employed in business and industry

34.0%

Percent employed in government

7.0%

Percent employed in all judicial clerkships

0.0%

Percent employed in law firms

49.0%

Percent employed in public interest

8.0%

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

90%

Graduates employed in foreign countries

2%

Number of states where graduates are employed

12

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

0.0%

Middle Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA)

0.9%

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

0.0%

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

0.5%

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

1.4%

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

N/A

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

0.9%

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

90.6%

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

3.3%

Employment location unknown

0.0%

Career services operations: The office provides valuable resources to students in their first year and into their attorney careers. The office is involved with NALP, the LSCA, the LAALRA, the OCALRA, and Equal Justice Works. Membership dues are paid for all WLS students to the OCBA which allows them to meet with attorneys in specialty practice areas and learn effective networking skills.

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

52.0%

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

24.0%

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)

18.0%

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)

5.0%