University of Southern California

Director of admissions

Julia Castellon Cogan

Application deadline

02/01

Full-time program application fee

$75

Part-time program application fee

N/A

Besides the fall semester, can enter in

N/A

Total number of full- and part-time applicants

5,595

Total number of full- and part-time acceptances

1,149

Overall acceptance rate

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

204

Number of full-time program applicants

5,595

Number of full-time program acceptances

1,149

Full-time acceptance rate

20.5%

Number of first-year full-time students enrolled

204

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

3.48-3.71

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

165-167

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

CA

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

87.7%

Statewide bar passage rate for first-time test takers

65.7%

Total graduates

193

Graduates employed at graduation

93.3%

Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation

25th percentile private sector starting salary

$145,000

Median private sector starting salary

$149,464

75th percentile private sector starting salary

$160,000

Percent in the private sector who reported salary information

78%

Median public service starting salary

$55,000

Percent employed in academia

3.7%

Percent employed in business and industry

8.0%

Percent employed in government

4.8%

Percent employed in all judicial clerkships

7.5%

Percent employed in law firms

70.6%

Percent employed in public interest

5.4%

Percent employed in an unknown field

0.0%

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

6.0%

Graduates employed in-state

82%

Graduates employed in foreign countries

0%

Number of states where graduates are employed

15

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

1.0%

Middle Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA)

6.0%

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)

3.0%

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

1.0%

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

1.0%

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

84.0%

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

3.0%

Employment location unknown

0.0%

Career services operations: First-year students meet individually with career counselors to map personalized job search strategy. Counselors are attorneys with deep understanding of legal job market; one staff member focuses on clerkship assistance. Services include workshops, simulated interviews, alumni mock interviews, career guidance, resume help. Extensive national alumni network offers broad networking opportunities.

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

85.0%

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

12.0%

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)

3.0%

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%