Washington University in St Louis

Director of admissions

Mary Ann Clifford

Application deadline

03/01

Full-time program application fee

$70

Part-time program application fee

N/A

Besides the fall semester, can enter in

N/A

Total number of full- and part-time applicants

3,700

Total number of full- and part-time acceptances

996

Overall acceptance rate

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

266

Number of full-time program applicants

3,700

Number of full-time program acceptances

996

Full-time acceptance rate

26.9%

Number of first-year full-time students enrolled

266

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

3.2-3.7

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

162-168

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

VA

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

83.3%

Statewide bar passage rate for first-time test takers

75.6%

Total graduates

124

Graduates employed at graduation

75.0%

Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation

25th percentile private sector starting salary

$75,000

Median private sector starting salary

$105,000

75th percentile private sector starting salary

$145,000

Percent in the private sector who reported salary information

56%

Median public service starting salary

$48,000

Percent employed in academia

1.8%

Percent employed in business and industry

3.5%

Percent employed in government

8.9%

Percent employed in all judicial clerkships

18.6%

Percent employed in law firms

56.6%

Percent employed in public interest

4.4%

Percent employed in an unknown field

6.2%

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

9.0%

Graduates employed in-state

26%

Graduates employed in foreign countries

1%

Number of states where graduates are employed

30

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

2.0%

Middle Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA)

17.0%

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

4.0%

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

1.0%

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

47.0%

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

5.0%

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

5.0%

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

5.0%

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

6.0%

Employment location unknown

7.0%

Career services operations: Office of Career Planning and Prof. Development serves JD and LL.M. students and alumni seeking legal and nonlegal positions. Offers individual counseling, resume and cover letter review, mock interviews, Myers-Briggs Type interpretations year round. Fall and spring on-campus interviews and off-site programs. Students and alumni may access free fax services and research resources 24/7.

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

88.0%

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

3.0%

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)

7.0%