Loyola University Chicago

Director of admissions

Pamela Bloomquist

Application deadline

03/01

Full-time program application fee

$0

Part-time program application fee

$0

Besides the fall semester, can enter in

N/A

Total number of full- and part-time applicants

4,269

Total number of full- and part-time acceptances

1,358

Overall acceptance rate

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

275

Number of full-time program applicants

3,722

Number of full-time program acceptances

1,145

Full-time acceptance rate

30.8%

Number of first-year full-time students enrolled

171

Number of part-time program applicants

547

Number of part-time program acceptances

213

Part-time acceptance rate

38.9%

Number of first-year part-time students enrolled

104

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

3.26-3.72

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

160-163

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

3.02-3.53

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

151-157

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

IL

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

88.6%

Statewide bar passage rate for first-time test takers

88.6%

Total graduates

277

Graduates employed at graduation

N/A

Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation

25th percentile private sector starting salary

$70,000

Median private sector starting salary

$95,000

75th percentile private sector starting salary

$145,000

Percent in the private sector who reported salary information

74%

Median public service starting salary

$50,250

Percent employed in academia

1.2%

Percent employed in business and industry

17.7%

Percent employed in government

14.9%

Percent employed in all judicial clerkships

4.0%

Percent employed in law firms

55.8%

Percent employed in public interest

6.4%

Percent employed in an unknown field

0.0%

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

1.0%

Graduates employed in-state

86%

Graduates employed in foreign countries

0%

Number of states where graduates are employed

19

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

0.0%

Middle Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA)

1.6%

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

88.8%

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

2.4%

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

3.2%

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

0.4%

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

0.8%

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

1.6%

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

0.8%

Employment location unknown

0.0%

Career services operations: The Office of Career Services is staffed by three full-time lawyers, a career counselor and a recruiting coordinator. The Office provides individual counseling, resume and cover letter review, interview preparation including mock interviews, an annual on-campus interview program, a patent law interview program as well as numerous speakers and career-oriented programming throughout the year.

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

77.5%

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

12.1%

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)

8.4%

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)

2.0%