University of San Diego

Director of admissions

Carl Eging

Application deadline

02/01

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

4,311

Total number of full- and part-time acceptances

1,524

Overall acceptance rate

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

345

Number of full-time program applicants

3,841

Number of full-time program acceptances

1,293

Full-time acceptance rate

33.7%

Number of first-year full-time students enrolled

253

Number of part-time program applicants

470

Number of part-time program acceptances

231

Part-time acceptance rate

49.1%

Number of first-year part-time students enrolled

92

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

3.15-3.59

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

160-163

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

3.04-3.39

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

156-158

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

CA

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

77.3%

Statewide bar passage rate for first-time test takers

65.7%

Total graduates

328

Graduates employed at graduation

N/A

Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation

25th percentile private sector starting salary

$65,000

Median private sector starting salary

$75,000

75th percentile private sector starting salary

$100,000

Percent in the private sector who reported salary information

75%

Median public service starting salary

$60,417

Percent employed in academia

1.4%

Percent employed in business and industry

19.3%

Percent employed in government

14.2%

Percent employed in all judicial clerkships

2.4%

Percent employed in law firms

55.7%

Percent employed in public interest

5.1%

Percent employed in an unknown field

2.0%

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

1.8%

Graduates employed in-state

82%

Graduates employed in foreign countries

1%

Number of states where graduates are employed

18

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

0.7%

Middle Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA)

3.4%

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)

4.0%

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

0.3%

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

0.0%

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

86.1%

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

2.8%

Employment location unknown

2.3%

Career services operations: Career Services provides counseling and programs to help students achieve their career objectives. Annually, 225 interviewers from 30 states participate in the recruiting process for summer positions and post-graduate placement. USD alumni support many career programs, providing opportunities for education and networking.

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

88.0%

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

5.0%

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)

3.0%