University of Louisville

Director of admissions

Brandon Hamilton

Application deadline

05/01

Full-time program application fee

$50

Part-time program application fee

$50

Besides the fall semester, can enter in

N/A

Total number of full- and part-time applicants

1,152

Total number of full- and part-time acceptances

486

Overall acceptance rate

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

158

Number of full-time program applicants

1,062

Number of full-time program acceptances

448

Full-time acceptance rate

42.2%

Number of first-year full-time students enrolled

136

Number of part-time program applicants

90

Number of part-time program acceptances

38

Part-time acceptance rate

42.2%

Number of first-year part-time students enrolled

22

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

3.21-3.75

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

155-160

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

2.94-3.67

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

149-158

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

KY

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

89.2%

Statewide bar passage rate for first-time test takers

87.4%

Total graduates

131

Graduates employed at graduation

54.3%

Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation

25th percentile private sector starting salary

$34,000

Median private sector starting salary

$80,000

75th percentile private sector starting salary

$140,000

Percent in the private sector who reported salary information

60%

Median public service starting salary

$37,000

Percent employed in academia

2.0%

Percent employed in business and industry

16.0%

Percent employed in government

15.0%

Percent employed in all judicial clerkships

5.0%

Percent employed in law firms

53.0%

Percent employed in public interest

9.0%

Percent employed in an unknown field

0.0%

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

2.0%

Graduates employed in-state

68%

Graduates employed in foreign countries

1%

Number of states where graduates are employed

22

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

1.0%

Middle Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA)

1.0%

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

3.0%

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

2.0%

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

15.0%

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

71.0%

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

1.0%

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

2.5%

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

2.5%

Employment location unknown

0.0%

Career services operations: We assist students with every aspect of the career development process which includes participation in the Public Service Program. We offer skills training and an array of informational programming. We coordinate events, to include OCI and job fairs, and opportunities with bar associations, employers in both the public and private sector, government agencies, nonprofits, business and industry.

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

65.0%

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

24.0%

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)

10.0%

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)

0.0%