University of Iowa

Director of admissions

Collins Byrd

Application deadline

03/01

Full-time program application fee

$60

Part-time program application fee

N/A

Besides the fall semester, can enter in

N/A

Total number of full- and part-time applicants

1,502

Total number of full- and part-time acceptances

569

Overall acceptance rate

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

194

Number of full-time program applicants

1,502

Number of full-time program acceptances

569

Full-time acceptance rate

37.9%

Number of first-year full-time students enrolled

194

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

3.36-3.83

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

158-164

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

IA

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

85.7%

Statewide bar passage rate for first-time test takers

89.5%

Total graduates

215

Graduates employed at graduation

87.4%

Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation

25th percentile private sector starting salary

$55,000

Median private sector starting salary

$87,000

75th percentile private sector starting salary

$135,000

Percent in the private sector who reported salary information

67%

Median public service starting salary

$47,480

Percent employed in academia

5.0%

Percent employed in business and industry

13.5%

Percent employed in government

9.0%

Percent employed in all judicial clerkships

13.0%

Percent employed in law firms

53.5%

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

4.2%

Graduates employed in-state

28%

Graduates employed in foreign countries

2%

Number of states where graduates are employed

30

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

0.5%

Middle Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA)

4.6%

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

21.8%

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

48.7%

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

10.2%

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

0.5%

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

2.5%

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

4.6%

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

5.1%

Employment location unknown

0.0%

Career services operations: In 2006, the Career Services Office launched Early Bird Interview week for 2nd & 3rd year students. Employers visiting the campus include private firms from around the nation, corporations and government agencies. The Career Services Office works with students during law school and beyond to help them on their path to meaningful and successful careers through individual counseling and programs.

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

81.0%

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

14.0%

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)

4.5%

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)

0.5%