Loyola Marymount University

Director of admissions

Jannell Lundy

Application deadline

02/01

Full-time program application fee

$65

Part-time program application fee

$65

Besides the fall semester, can enter in

N/A

Total number of full- and part-time applicants

4,879

Total number of full- and part-time acceptances

1,624

Overall acceptance rate

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

410

Number of full-time program applicants

4,617

Number of full-time program acceptances

1,489

Full-time acceptance rate

32.3%

Number of first-year full-time students enrolled

328

Number of part-time program applicants

2,214

Number of part-time program acceptances

135

Part-time acceptance rate

6.1%

Number of first-year part-time students enrolled

82

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

3.22-3.63

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

159-163

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

3.05-3.49

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

156-160

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

CA

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

77.7%

Statewide bar passage rate for first-time test takers

65.7%

Total graduates

391

Graduates employed at graduation

N/A

Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation

25th percentile private sector starting salary

$70,000

Median private sector starting salary

$80,000

75th percentile private sector starting salary

$135,000

Percent in the private sector who reported salary information

80%

Median public service starting salary

$58,000

Percent employed in academia

3.0%

Percent employed in business and industry

17.0%

Percent employed in government

5.0%

Percent employed in all judicial clerkships

2.0%

Percent employed in law firms

63.0%

Percent employed in public interest

10.0%

Percent employed in an unknown field

0.0%

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

1.0%

Graduates employed in-state

94%

Graduates employed in foreign countries

0%

Number of states where graduates are employed

10

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

N/A

Middle Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA)

2.0%

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

N/A

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

N/A

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

2.0%

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

N/A

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

N/A

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

94.0%

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

1.0%

Employment location unknown

1.0%

Career services operations: Services include individual counseling appointments and weekly informational programs to help students develop important job search skills. Students have a dedicated counselor and use of a comprehensive career library as well as on-line information. There are on-campus interview programs in Fall and Spring, and the Office vigorously pursues other employment opportunities for students and graduates

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

84.0%

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)

10.0%

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)

1.0%