Widener University

Director of admissions

Barbara L. Ayars

Application deadline

05/15

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

2,925

Total number of full- and part-time acceptances

1,626

Overall acceptance rate

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

566

Number of full-time program applicants

2,323

Number of full-time program acceptances

1,329

Full-time acceptance rate

57.2%

Number of first-year full-time students enrolled

399

Number of part-time program applicants

602

Number of part-time program acceptances

297

Part-time acceptance rate

49.3%

Number of first-year part-time students enrolled

167

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

2.88-3.39

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

150-153

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

2.82-3.43

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

148-152

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

PA

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

87.1%

Statewide bar passage rate for first-time test takers

83.0%

Total graduates

414

Graduates employed at graduation

61.7%

Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation

25th percentile private sector starting salary

$45,000

Median private sector starting salary

$60,000

75th percentile private sector starting salary

$85,000

Percent in the private sector who reported salary information

42%

Median public service starting salary

$40,000

Percent employed in academia

1.0%

Percent employed in business and industry

21.0%

Percent employed in government

13.0%

Percent employed in all judicial clerkships

21.0%

Percent employed in law firms

41.0%

Percent employed in public interest

3.0%

Percent employed in an unknown field

0.0%

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

0.3%

Graduates employed in-state

14%

Graduates employed in foreign countries

0%

Number of states where graduates are employed

16

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

0.0%

Middle Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA)

77.0%

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

1.0%

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

0.0%

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

19.0%

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

1.0%

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

0.3%

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

1.0%

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

0.3%

Employment location unknown

0.0%

Career services operations: Through individual counseling sessions, the Career Development staff works with students through each phase of job search, self-assessment, and salary negotiations. On-campus recruiting for summer and permanent positions. Maintains online job board, coordinates 1L mentoring program, and participates in job fairs covering wide range of practice interests, such as public interest and corporate law.

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)

6.0%

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)

13.0%

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%