Northwestern University

Director of admissions

Johann Lee

Application deadline

02/15

Full-time program application fee

$100

Part-time program application fee

$100

Besides the fall semester, can enter in

N/A

Total number of full- and part-time applicants

4,868

Total number of full- and part-time acceptances

873

Overall acceptance rate

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

242

Number of full-time program applicants

4,868

Number of full-time program acceptances

873

Full-time acceptance rate

17.9%

Number of first-year full-time students enrolled

242

Number of part-time program applicants

0

Number of part-time program acceptances

0

Part-time acceptance rate

N/A

Number of first-year part-time students enrolled

0

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

3.4-3.81

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

166-172

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

96.0%

Statewide bar passage rate for first-time test takers

88.6%

Total graduates

255

Graduates employed at graduation

97.6%

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

94%

Median public service starting salary

$56,000

Percent employed in academia

0.0%

Percent employed in business and industry

8.0%

Percent employed in government

2.0%

Percent employed in all judicial clerkships

9.0%

Percent employed in law firms

78.0%

Percent employed in public interest

3.0%

Percent employed in an unknown field

0.0%

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

6.8%

Graduates employed in-state

46%

Graduates employed in foreign countries

1%

Number of states where graduates are employed

26

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

2.8%

Middle Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA)

20.8%

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

48.0%

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

0.8%

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

8.8%

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

0.8%

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

1.2%

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

12.4%

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

3.2%

Employment location unknown

0.0%

Career services operations: The Center for Career Strategy and Advancement assists students in focusing their goals and developing career strategies, and proactively cultivates relationships with potential employers. In 2008, more than 800 national employers recruited our students. Nearly 80 percent of the recruiters were based in regions outside the Midwest.

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

93.0%

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

4.0%

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)

0.0%