Gonzaga University

Director of admissions

Susan Lee

Application deadline

04/15

Full-time program application fee

$50

Part-time program application fee

N/A

Besides the fall semester, can enter in

summer

Total number of full- and part-time applicants

1,536

Total number of full- and part-time acceptances

661

Overall acceptance rate

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

182

Number of full-time program applicants

1,536

Number of full-time program acceptances

661

Full-time acceptance rate

43.0%

Number of first-year full-time students enrolled

182

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

3.2-3.61

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

153-156

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

WA

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

75.4%

Statewide bar passage rate for first-time test takers

78.3%

Total graduates

179

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

$58,250

75th percentile private sector starting salary

$75,000

Percent in the private sector who reported salary information

43%

Median public service starting salary

$49,000

Percent employed in academia

1.0%

Percent employed in business and industry

14.0%

Percent employed in government

18.0%

Percent employed in all judicial clerkships

13.0%

Percent employed in law firms

47.0%

Percent employed in public interest

6.0%

Percent employed in an unknown field

1.0%

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

0.0%

Graduates employed in-state

56%

Graduates employed in foreign countries

1%

Number of states where graduates are employed

15

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

0.0%

Middle Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA)

1.0%

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

1.0%

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

0.0%

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

2.0%

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

0.0%

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

1.0%

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

66.0%

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

28.0%

Employment location unknown

0.0%

Career services operations: The Career Services Office assists students and alumni in planning careers and in finding internships, work-study positions, and paid employment. The office offers one-on-one counseling, mock interviews, career fairs, mentoring programs, and a variety of workshops and seminars. The Career Services Office actively works with more than 200 law firms and government and nonprofit agencies.

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

85.0%

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

11.0%

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)

2.0%

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)

2.0%