St Louis University

Director of admissions

Michael Kolnik

Application deadline

N/A

Full-time program application fee

$50

Part-time program application fee

$50

Besides the fall semester, can enter in

N/A

Total number of full- and part-time applicants

2,215

Total number of full- and part-time acceptances

1,064

Overall acceptance rate

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

84

Number of full-time program applicants

2,030

Number of full-time program acceptances

959

Full-time acceptance rate

47.2%

Number of first-year full-time students enrolled

208

Number of part-time program applicants

412

Number of part-time program acceptances

134

Part-time acceptance rate

32.5%

Number of first-year part-time students enrolled

208

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

3.23-3.69

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

154-160

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

3.1-3.62

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

151-155

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

MO

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

89.9%

Statewide bar passage rate for first-time test takers

89.5%

Total graduates

274

Graduates employed at graduation

67.2%

Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation

25th percentile private sector starting salary

$58,500

Median private sector starting salary

$65,000

75th percentile private sector starting salary

$85,000

Percent in the private sector who reported salary information

68%

Median public service starting salary

$41,000

Percent employed in academia

1.6%

Percent employed in business and industry

11.1%

Percent employed in government

17.4%

Percent employed in all judicial clerkships

2.4%

Percent employed in law firms

63.7%

Percent employed in public interest

4.0%

Percent employed in an unknown field

0.0%

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

2.0%

Graduates employed in-state

65%

Graduates employed in foreign countries

1%

Number of states where graduates are employed

17

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

0.3%

Middle Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA)

1.1%

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

19.3%

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

67.8%

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

7.0%

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

0.8%

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

0.3%

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

1.1%

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

1.5%

Employment location unknown

0.0%

Career services operations: The Career Services Office provides career counseling to both current students and alumni. The Office offers programs throughout the school year to explore both traditional and non-traditional career paths. Assistance is provided for resume writing and interviewing techniques. Assistance is provided in using resources for job openings, such as web sites, employment guides and media postings.

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

81.0%

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

11.1%

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)

7.1%

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)

0.8%