Chapman University

Director of admissions

Tracy Simmons

Application deadline

04/15

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

2,483

Total number of full- and part-time acceptances

596

Overall acceptance rate

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

198

Number of full-time program applicants

2,401

Number of full-time program acceptances

529

Full-time acceptance rate

22.0%

Number of first-year full-time students enrolled

177

Number of part-time program applicants

82

Number of part-time program acceptances

67

Part-time acceptance rate

81.7%

Number of first-year part-time students enrolled

21

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

3.16-3.59

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

155-159

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

3.15-3.51

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

150-154

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

CA

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

69.9%

Statewide bar passage rate for first-time test takers

65.7%

Total graduates

167

Graduates employed at graduation

85.5%

Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation

25th percentile private sector starting salary

$65,000

Median private sector starting salary

$75,500

75th percentile private sector starting salary

$85,000

Percent in the private sector who reported salary information

53%

Median public service starting salary

$68,000

Percent employed in academia

6.8%

Percent employed in business and industry

25.7%

Percent employed in government

9.5%

Percent employed in all judicial clerkships

0.7%

Percent employed in law firms

48.6%

Percent employed in public interest

8.8%

Percent employed in an unknown field

0.0%

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

0.7%

Graduates employed in-state

97%

Graduates employed in foreign countries

0%

Number of states where graduates are employed

6

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

N/A

Middle Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA)

N/A

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

1.4%

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

N/A

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

N/A

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

0.7%

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

N/A

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

96.6%

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

1.4%

Employment location unknown

0.0%

Career services operations: The Career Services Office provides comprehensive job search skills training and informational sessions as well as on-campus recruitment and job-posting services. Students and graduates have found employment with a wide range of employers, including top-tier law firms and state and federal courts.

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)

9.0%

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)

4.0%

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)

5.0%