University of Cincinnati

Director of admissions

Al Watson

Application deadline

03/01

Full-time program application fee

$35

Part-time program application fee

N/A

Besides the fall semester, can enter in

N/A

Total number of full- and part-time applicants

1,198

Total number of full- and part-time acceptances

485

Overall acceptance rate

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

123

Number of full-time program applicants

1,198

Number of full-time program acceptances

485

Full-time acceptance rate

40.5%

Number of first-year full-time students enrolled

123

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

3.25-3.79

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

156-162

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

OH

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

86.7%

Statewide bar passage rate for first-time test takers

86.3%

Total graduates

127

Graduates employed at graduation

74.6%

Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation

25th percentile private sector starting salary

$61,250

Median private sector starting salary

$95,000

75th percentile private sector starting salary

$105,000

Percent in the private sector who reported salary information

59%

Median public service starting salary

$46,704

Percent employed in academia

4.0%

Percent employed in business and industry

10.0%

Percent employed in government

13.0%

Percent employed in all judicial clerkships

6.0%

Percent employed in law firms

47.0%

Percent employed in public interest

18.0%

Percent employed in an unknown field

2.0%

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

3.2%

Graduates employed in-state

66%

Graduates employed in foreign countries

2%

Number of states where graduates are employed

19

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

0.0%

Middle Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA)

5.6%

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

69.4%

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

0.8%

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

9.7%

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

6.5%

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

0.8%

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

0.0%

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

2.4%

Employment location unknown

2.4%

Career services operations: The Center for Professional Development showcases employment opportunities and provides professional development programs. Staff regularly meets with students, advising them on upcoming career events, professional development opportunities, and their personal career plan. CPD also manages the Legal Externship, the Summer Public Interest Fellowship, and the Volunteer Opportunity programs.

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

77.0%

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

12.0%

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)

6.0%

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%