University of Colorado–Boulder

Director of admissions

Kristine H. Jackson

Application deadline

03/15

Full-time program application fee

$65

Part-time program application fee

N/A

Besides the fall semester, can enter in

N/A

Total number of full- and part-time applicants

3,000

Total number of full- and part-time acceptances

665

Overall acceptance rate

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

171

Number of full-time program applicants

3,000

Number of full-time program acceptances

665

Full-time acceptance rate

22.2%

Number of first-year full-time students enrolled

171

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

3.41-3.79

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

160-165

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

CO

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

93.2%

Statewide bar passage rate for first-time test takers

78.4%

Total graduates

161

Graduates employed at graduation

82.5%

Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation

25th percentile private sector starting salary

$55,000

Median private sector starting salary

$90,000

75th percentile private sector starting salary

$120,000

Percent in the private sector who reported salary information

70%

Median public service starting salary

$45,360

Percent employed in academia

1.0%

Percent employed in business and industry

7.0%

Percent employed in government

7.0%

Percent employed in all judicial clerkships

21.0%

Percent employed in law firms

49.0%

Percent employed in public interest

14.0%

Percent employed in an unknown field

1.0%

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

2.8%

Graduates employed in-state

78%

Graduates employed in foreign countries

0%

Number of states where graduates are employed

18

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

0.0%

Middle Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA)

2.0%

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

2.0%

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

1.4%

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

2.1%

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

1.0%

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

2.5%

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

2.5%

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

84.5%

Employment location unknown

2.0%

Career services operations: Colorado Law provides career development counseling, workshops, and speaker series on resume preparation, interview skills, judicial clerkship applications, and job search strategies for public and private employment. We maintain a resource library, host career fairs, diversity mentoring and clerkship programs, and provide on-campus interviews, resume collections, and job postings.

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

85.4%

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

8.0%

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)

3.0%