Loyola University New Orleans

Director of admissions

Michele Allison-Davis

Application deadline

N/A

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

1,611

Total number of full- and part-time acceptances

799

Overall acceptance rate

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

245

Number of full-time program applicants

1,453

Number of full-time program acceptances

703

Full-time acceptance rate

48.4%

Number of first-year full-time students enrolled

201

Number of part-time program applicants

158

Number of part-time program acceptances

96

Part-time acceptance rate

60.8%

Number of first-year part-time students enrolled

44

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

3.07-3.54

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

150-156

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

2.84-3.4

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

148-154

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

LA

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

68.9%

Statewide bar passage rate for first-time test takers

63.2%

Total graduates

233

Graduates employed at graduation

60.5%

Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation

25th percentile private sector starting salary

$70,000

Median private sector starting salary

$83,910

75th percentile private sector starting salary

$90,000

Percent in the private sector who reported salary information

54%

Median public service starting salary

$45,000

Percent employed in academia

0.0%

Percent employed in business and industry

14.0%

Percent employed in government

11.0%

Percent employed in all judicial clerkships

8.0%

Percent employed in law firms

61.0%

Percent employed in public interest

5.0%

Percent employed in an unknown field

1.0%

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

2.0%

Graduates employed in-state

57%

Graduates employed in foreign countries

1%

Number of states where graduates are employed

25

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

0.4%

Middle Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA)

4.7%

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

1.3%

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

0.4%

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

17.0%

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

3.4%

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

65.2%

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

4.3%

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

1.3%

Employment location unknown

1.0%

Career services operations: Individual Counseling; On-Campus and Off-Campus Interviews; Job Postings; Mock Interviews; Job Bulletin; Exchange/Reciprocity with other schools; Workshops/Programs; Law Link Network; Faculty/Alumni Career Success Luncheon; Students-Mentoring-Students: Career Mentor Network; Law Practice Specialty Series; Job Fairs; OCS Ambassador Committee and SBA Career Services Liaison; Interactive Website

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

91.0%

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

8.0%

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)

0.0%

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%