Ave Maria School of Law

Director of admissions

Rachele Conner

Application deadline

06/10

Full-time program application fee

$50

Part-time program application fee

N/A

Besides the fall semester, can enter in

N/A

Total number of full- and part-time applicants

1,389

Total number of full- and part-time acceptances

805

Overall acceptance rate

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

127

Number of full-time program applicants

1,389

Number of full-time program acceptances

805

Full-time acceptance rate

58.0%

Number of first-year full-time students enrolled

127

Number of part-time program applicants

N/A

Number of part-time program acceptances

N/A

Part-time acceptance rate

N/A

Number of first-year part-time students enrolled

N/A

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

2.9-3.46

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

146-153

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

MI

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

75.0%

Statewide bar passage rate for first-time test takers

86.1%

Total graduates

123

Graduates employed at graduation

N/A

Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation

25th percentile private sector starting salary

$42,000

Median private sector starting salary

$70,000

75th percentile private sector starting salary

$100,000

Percent in the private sector who reported salary information

49%

Median public service starting salary

$52,000

Percent employed in academia

7.4%

Percent employed in business and industry

9.6%

Percent employed in government

24.5%

Percent employed in all judicial clerkships

10.6%

Percent employed in law firms

39.4%

Percent employed in public interest

7.4%

Percent employed in an unknown field

1.1%

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

6.0%

Graduates employed in-state

33%

Graduates employed in foreign countries

3%

Number of states where graduates are employed

24

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

1.1%

Middle Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA)

7.4%

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

42.6%

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

8.5%

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

17.0%

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

1.1%

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

3.2%

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

8.5%

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

5.3%

Employment location unknown

2.1%

Career services operations: The individualized approach of the Career Services Office is geared toward helping students obtain meaningful and rewarding employment that is well suited to their interests and skills. The CSO annually coordinates a series of presentations and programs that are designed to broaden students’ knowledge of employment options and to help them through the various stages of the job-search process.

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

65.2%

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

7.8%

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)

7.8%

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)

0.9%