University of Chicago

Director of admissions

Ann Killian Perry

Application deadline

02/01

Full-time program application fee

$75

Part-time program application fee

N/A

Besides the fall semester, can enter in

N/A

Total number of full- and part-time applicants

5,032

Total number of full- and part-time acceptances

887

Overall acceptance rate

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

184

Number of full-time program applicants

5,032

Number of full-time program acceptances

887

Full-time acceptance rate

17.6%

Number of first-year full-time students enrolled

184

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

3.57-3.79

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

169-173

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

IL

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

98.9%

Statewide bar passage rate for first-time test takers

88.6%

Total graduates

199

Graduates employed at graduation

96.5%

Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation

25th percentile private sector starting salary

$160,000

Median private sector starting salary

$160,000

75th percentile private sector starting salary

$160,000

Percent in the private sector who reported salary information

86%

Median public service starting salary

$56,000

Percent employed in academia

0.0%

Percent employed in business and industry

4.0%

Percent employed in government

2.5%

Percent employed in all judicial clerkships

10.0%

Percent employed in law firms

81.0%

Percent employed in public interest

2.5%

Percent employed in an unknown field

0.0%

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

10.0%

Graduates employed in-state

36%

Graduates employed in foreign countries

2%

Number of states where graduates are employed

19

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

2.0%

Middle Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA)

25.0%

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

39.5%

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

3.0%

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

11.0%

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

0.5%

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

3.0%

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

13.5%

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

0.5%

Employment location unknown

0.0%

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

96.0%

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

1.0%

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)

0.0%