Hamline University

Director of admissions

Robin Ingli

Application deadline

05/01

Full-time program application fee

$35

Part-time program application fee

$35

Besides the fall semester, can enter in

N/A

Total number of full- and part-time applicants

1,450

Total number of full- and part-time acceptances

700

Overall acceptance rate

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

233

Number of full-time program applicants

1,219

Number of full-time program acceptances

566

Full-time acceptance rate

46.4%

Number of first-year full-time students enrolled

161

Number of part-time program applicants

231

Number of part-time program acceptances

134

Part-time acceptance rate

58.0%

Number of first-year part-time students enrolled

72

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

3.17-3.64

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

152-158

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

2.88-3.48

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

147-153

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

MN

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

92.4%

Statewide bar passage rate for first-time test takers

93.0%

Total graduates

219

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

$120,000

Percent in the private sector who reported salary information

43%

Median public service starting salary

$49,200

Percent employed in academia

2.6%

Percent employed in business and industry

25.4%

Percent employed in government

11.6%

Percent employed in all judicial clerkships

14.8%

Percent employed in law firms

34.4%

Percent employed in public interest

8.6%

Percent employed in an unknown field

2.6%

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

1.0%

Graduates employed in-state

80%

Graduates employed in foreign countries

0%

Number of states where graduates are employed

11

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

0.0%

Middle Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA)

0.5%

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

10.1%

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

84.1%

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

0.5%

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

0.5%

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

0.0%

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

0.5%

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

1.7%

Employment location unknown

2.1%

Career services operations: The Career Services Office assists students & alumni with job searches, providing informational programs, mock interview & networking opportunities, one-on-one counseling, informational interview contact referrals, job fair opportunities, on-campus interviews, & an online job bank. The staff meets with the legal community to market HUSL students & maintains a library of hard-copy & web resources.

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

80.4%

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

13.8%

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)

4.8%

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)

1.0%