University of the Pacific

Director of admissions

Adam Barrett

Application deadline

N/A

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

3,010

Total number of full- and part-time acceptances

1,257

Overall acceptance rate

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

332

Number of full-time program applicants

2,627

Number of full-time program acceptances

1,085

Full-time acceptance rate

41.3%

Number of first-year full-time students enrolled

227

Number of part-time program applicants

383

Number of part-time program acceptances

172

Part-time acceptance rate

44.9%

Number of first-year part-time students enrolled

105

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

3.04-3.51

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

156-159

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

2.96-3.47

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

153-157

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

OK

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

86.9%

Statewide bar passage rate for first-time test takers

90.8%

Total graduates

160

Graduates employed at graduation

50.9%

Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation

25th percentile private sector starting salary

$50,000

Median private sector starting salary

$60,000

75th percentile private sector starting salary

$80,000

Percent in the private sector who reported salary information

39%

Median public service starting salary

$40,000

Percent employed in academia

2.0%

Percent employed in business and industry

23.0%

Percent employed in government

10.0%

Percent employed in all judicial clerkships

1.0%

Percent employed in law firms

60.0%

Percent employed in public interest

4.0%

Percent employed in an unknown field

0.0%

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

0.0%

Graduates employed in-state

60%

Graduates employed in foreign countries

0%

Number of states where graduates are employed

20

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

0.0%

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)

9.0%

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

4.0%

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

2.0%

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

71.0%

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

3.0%

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

6.0%

Employment location unknown

1.0%

Career services operations: Career-related seminars; on- and off-campus interviews; resume collection/forwarding; TU Law Job Bulletin; TU Law Jobs e-mail list; reciprocity services-career counseling & placement services for students & alumni of ABA-accredited law schools; library/resources for lateral hires; mock interviews; resume/cover letter review; internship opportunities; judicial guidelines; pro bono opportunities.

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)

11.0%

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%