University of Denver

Director of admissions

Iain Davis

Application deadline

N/A

Full-time program application fee

$60

Part-time program application fee

$60

Besides the fall semester, can enter in

N/A

Total number of full- and part-time applicants

3,140

Total number of full- and part-time acceptances

989

Overall acceptance rate

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

292

Number of full-time program applicants

2,783

Number of full-time program acceptances

865

Full-time acceptance rate

31.1%

Number of first-year full-time students enrolled

216

Number of part-time program applicants

357

Number of part-time program acceptances

124

Part-time acceptance rate

34.7%

Number of first-year part-time students enrolled

76

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

3.28-3.66

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

156-160

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

3.02-3.53

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

153-157

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

CO

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

74.8%

Statewide bar passage rate for first-time test takers

78.4%

Total graduates

364

Graduates employed at graduation

68.6%

Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation

25th percentile private sector starting salary

$50,000

Median private sector starting salary

$62,000

75th percentile private sector starting salary

$100,000

Percent in the private sector who reported salary information

57%

Median public service starting salary

$48,000

Percent employed in academia

1.0%

Percent employed in business and industry

14.0%

Percent employed in government

18.0%

Percent employed in all judicial clerkships

10.0%

Percent employed in law firms

51.0%

Percent employed in public interest

3.0%

Percent employed in an unknown field

3.0%

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

1.0%

Graduates employed in-state

84%

Graduates employed in foreign countries

1%

Number of states where graduates are employed

22

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)

1.0%

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

1.0%

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

4.0%

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

0.0%

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

1.0%

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

3.0%

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

87.0%

Employment location unknown

1.0%

Career services operations: One-on-one services as well as school-wide events, programs and workshops including interviewing, networking, Mock Interview Day, Career Fair, Corporate Internship Program, OCI, presentations for how to obtain a government (federal, state, city, etc.) job, law specialty series/panel discussions, Partners at Law, DU/CU Public Interest/Government Career Symposium.

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

75.0%

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)

9.0%

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%