Creighton University

Director of admissions

Andrea D. Bashara

Application deadline

05/01

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

1,146

Total number of full- and part-time acceptances

639

Overall acceptance rate

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

169

Number of full-time program applicants

1,092

Number of full-time program acceptances

622

Full-time acceptance rate

57.0%

Number of first-year full-time students enrolled

159

Number of part-time program applicants

54

Number of part-time program acceptances

17

Part-time acceptance rate

31.5%

Number of first-year part-time students enrolled

10

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

3.17-3.67

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

151-156

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

2.7-3.46

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

146-156

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

IA

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

91.2%

Statewide bar passage rate for first-time test takers

89.5%

Total graduates

152

Graduates employed at graduation

70.9%

Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation

25th percentile private sector starting salary

$55,000

Median private sector starting salary

$65,500

75th percentile private sector starting salary

$74,000

Percent in the private sector who reported salary information

64%

Median public service starting salary

$52,500

Percent employed in academia

1.0%

Percent employed in business and industry

22.2%

Percent employed in government

20.2%

Percent employed in all judicial clerkships

6.1%

Percent employed in law firms

47.5%

Percent employed in public interest

2.0%

Percent employed in an unknown field

1.0%

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

1.0%

Graduates employed in-state

56%

Graduates employed in foreign countries

0%

Number of states where graduates are employed

20

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)

5.9%

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

72.5%

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

8.8%

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

0.0%

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

1.0%

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

0.0%

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

11.8%

Employment location unknown

0.0%

Career services operations: Creighton offers comprehensive assistance including: spring on-campus interviews for 1Ls, fall on-campus interviews for 2Ls and 3Ls, off-campus interview programs in Kansas City, a website with job postings, one-on-one counseling, resume review, mock interviews, judicial clerkship counseling, alumni lunches, professional development, bar exam, and a nationwide alumni network.

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

76.0%

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

17.0%

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)

5.0%

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)

2.0%