Yeshiva University

Director of admissions

David Martinidez

Application deadline

04/15

Full-time program application fee

$70

Part-time program application fee

$70

Besides the fall semester, can enter in

winter/spring, summer

Total number of full- and part-time applicants

4,629

Total number of full- and part-time acceptances

1,305

Overall acceptance rate

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

371

Number of full-time program applicants

4,207

Number of full-time program acceptances

1,096

Full-time acceptance rate

26.1%

Number of first-year full-time students enrolled

241

Number of part-time program applicants

583

Number of part-time program acceptances

209

Part-time acceptance rate

35.8%

Number of first-year part-time students enrolled

130

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

3.31-3.73

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

162-166

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

3.27-3.67

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

158-160

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

NY

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

90.7%

Statewide bar passage rate for first-time test takers

76.7%

Total graduates

342

Graduates employed at graduation

80.4%

Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation

25th percentile private sector starting salary

$75,000

Median private sector starting salary

$130,000

75th percentile private sector starting salary

$160,000

Percent in the private sector who reported salary information

76%

Median public service starting salary

$50,000

Percent employed in academia

0.9%

Percent employed in business and industry

14.9%

Percent employed in government

11.4%

Percent employed in all judicial clerkships

6.2%

Percent employed in law firms

57.9%

Percent employed in public interest

8.7%

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

77%

Graduates employed in foreign countries

1%

Number of states where graduates are employed

18

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

2.8%

Middle Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA)

85.1%

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

0.6%

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

0.6%

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

5.9%

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

0.0%

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

0.3%

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

2.5%

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

1.2%

Employment location unknown

0.0%

Career services operations: The Office of Career Services advises students on career planning and provides opportunities to meet attorneys and hone job search skills. Recruitment Programs attract hundreds of firms, public interest organizations and government agencies. Funding programs provide resources for students and alumni to pursue public service opportunities. Please see: http://www.cardozo.yu.edu/careerservices.aspx

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

95.0%

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

3.0%

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)

2.0%

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%