Capital University

Director of admissions

Linda Mihely

Application deadline

05/01

Full-time program application fee

$40

Part-time program application fee

$40

Besides the fall semester, can enter in

N/A

Total number of full- and part-time applicants

1,239

Total number of full- and part-time acceptances

680

Overall acceptance rate

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

235

Number of full-time program applicants

995

Number of full-time program acceptances

567

Full-time acceptance rate

57.0%

Number of first-year full-time students enrolled

164

Number of part-time program applicants

244

Number of part-time program acceptances

113

Part-time acceptance rate

46.3%

Number of first-year part-time students enrolled

71

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

2.93-3.46

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

150-155

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

2.85-3.45

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

150-155

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

OH

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

87.3%

Statewide bar passage rate for first-time test takers

86.3%

Total graduates

211

Graduates employed at graduation

N/A

Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation

25th percentile private sector starting salary

$50,000

Median private sector starting salary

$65,000

75th percentile private sector starting salary

$100,000

Percent in the private sector who reported salary information

51%

Median public service starting salary

$42,500

Percent employed in academia

2.0%

Percent employed in business and industry

19.0%

Percent employed in government

19.0%

Percent employed in all judicial clerkships

2.0%

Percent employed in law firms

47.0%

Percent employed in public interest

11.0%

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

0%

Number of states where graduates are employed

14

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

0.0%

Middle Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA)

0.6%

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

91.9%

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

0.0%

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

3.7%

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

0.6%

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

0.0%

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

1.3%

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

1.9%

Employment location unknown

0.0%

Career services operations: The Career Services Office offers a wide variety of career-related resources; provides individual career counseling to students and alumni; reviews resumes and cover letters; offers programs and skills training; maintains an online job posting board; coordinates fall and spring on-campus recruiting programs; administers the Pro Bono Recognition Program; and maintains the Public Interest Center.

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

70.0%

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

16.0%

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)

3.0%

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%