Northern Kentucky University

Director of admissions

Ashley Folger Gray

Application deadline

04/01

Full-time program application fee

$40

Part-time program application fee

$40

Besides the fall semester, can enter in

N/A

Total number of full- and part-time applicants

1,130

Total number of full- and part-time acceptances

510

Overall acceptance rate

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

216

Number of full-time program applicants

923

Number of full-time program acceptances

395

Full-time acceptance rate

42.8%

Number of first-year full-time students enrolled

137

Number of part-time program applicants

207

Number of part-time program acceptances

115

Part-time acceptance rate

55.6%

Number of first-year part-time students enrolled

79

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

3.08-3.64

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

153-157

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

2.8-3.43

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

150-154

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

KY

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

90.4%

Statewide bar passage rate for first-time test takers

87.4%

Total graduates

143

Graduates employed at graduation

N/A

Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation

25th percentile private sector starting salary

$42,000

Median private sector starting salary

$50,000

75th percentile private sector starting salary

$63,000

Percent in the private sector who reported salary information

64%

Median public service starting salary

$41,500

Percent employed in academia

1.0%

Percent employed in business and industry

16.4%

Percent employed in government

12.3%

Percent employed in all judicial clerkships

9.0%

Percent employed in law firms

53.3%

Percent employed in public interest

7.4%

Percent employed in an unknown field

1.0%

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

2.0%

Graduates employed in-state

50%

Graduates employed in foreign countries

0%

Number of states where graduates are employed

7

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

0.0%

Middle Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA)

0.0%

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

44.0%

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)

50.0%

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

0.0%

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

0.0%

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

0.0%

Employment location unknown

1.0%

Career services operations: Students are assisted with planning and developing employment seeking skills. The Director is an attorney with significant law firm and litigation experience. The office schedules on-campus interviews and workshops to prepare students for the job market. The Lunch/Dinner with a Lawyer series enables students to network with alumni and learn about legal specialties and options.

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

72.0%

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

13.0%

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)

12.0%

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%