Pennsylvania State University

Director of admissions

Barbara Guillaume

Application deadline

03/01

Full-time program application fee

$60

Part-time program application fee

$60

Besides the fall semester, can enter in

N/A

Total number of full- and part-time applicants

2,675

Total number of full- and part-time acceptances

898

Overall acceptance rate

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

206

Number of full-time program applicants

2,603

Number of full-time program acceptances

731

Full-time acceptance rate

28.1%

Number of first-year full-time students enrolled

135

Number of part-time program applicants

1,907

Number of part-time program acceptances

167

Part-time acceptance rate

8.8%

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

3.35-3.8

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

157-160

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

3.29-3.72

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

153-155

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

PA

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

81.4%

Statewide bar passage rate for first-time test takers

83.0%

Total graduates

166

Graduates employed at graduation

N/A

Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation

25th percentile private sector starting salary

$57,500

Median private sector starting salary

$102,500

75th percentile private sector starting salary

$127,500

Percent in the private sector who reported salary information

38%

Median public service starting salary

$40,000

Percent employed in academia

3.0%

Percent employed in business and industry

12.0%

Percent employed in government

20.0%

Percent employed in all judicial clerkships

17.0%

Percent employed in law firms

41.0%

Percent employed in public interest

4.0%

Percent employed in an unknown field

3.0%

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

1.0%

Graduates employed in-state

47%

Graduates employed in foreign countries

0%

Number of states where graduates are employed

25

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

3.2%

Middle Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA)

55.5%

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

2.6%

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

1.3%

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

22.8%

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

0.6%

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

1.3%

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

4.5%

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

3.2%

Employment location unknown

5.0%

Career services operations: The Career Services Office (CSO) provides counseling, resources and programming to assist students in identifying and achieving career goals. CSO maintains contact with employers across the country, resulting in two formal, on-campus interview programs and posting of more than 1,500 positions annually. Students can participate in more than 20 job fairs.

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

82.0%

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)

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)

3.0%