University of Minnesota–Twin Cities

Director of admissions

Julie Tigges

Application deadline

04/01

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

2,783

Total number of full- and part-time acceptances

841

Overall acceptance rate

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

233

Number of full-time program applicants

2,783

Number of full-time program acceptances

841

Full-time acceptance rate

30.2%

Number of first-year full-time students enrolled

233

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

3.29-3.82

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

163-167

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

MN

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

98.6%

Statewide bar passage rate for first-time test takers

93.0%

Total graduates

279

Graduates employed at graduation

85.4%

Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation

25th percentile private sector starting salary

$70,000

Median private sector starting salary

$115,000

75th percentile private sector starting salary

$120,000

Percent in the private sector who reported salary information

82%

Median public service starting salary

$47,000

Percent employed in academia

1.0%

Percent employed in business and industry

10.0%

Percent employed in government

4.0%

Percent employed in all judicial clerkships

16.0%

Percent employed in law firms

62.0%

Percent employed in public interest

6.0%

Percent employed in an unknown field

1.0%

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

4.5%

Graduates employed in-state

54%

Graduates employed in foreign countries

1%

Number of states where graduates are employed

34

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

1.0%

Middle Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA)

6.0%

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

12.0%

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

58.0%

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

6.0%

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

0.5%

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

1.5%

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

10.0%

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

3.0%

Employment location unknown

1.0%

Career services operations: The Career and Professional Development Center (CPDC) assists students and alumni in all aspects of career development. Regional and national employers participate in on campus interviews. Students attend national job fairs; the CPDC offers more than 75 career workshops each year, continually updates an on-line handbook, and provides access to multiple networking opportunities.

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

89.0%

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)

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%