Seton Hall University

Director of admissions

Gisele Joachim

Application deadline

04/01

Full-time program application fee

$65

Part-time program application fee

$65

Besides the fall semester, can enter in

N/A

Total number of full- and part-time applicants

3,272

Total number of full- and part-time acceptances

1,542

Overall acceptance rate

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

368

Number of full-time program applicants

2,670

Number of full-time program acceptances

1,024

Full-time acceptance rate

38.4%

Number of first-year full-time students enrolled

209

Number of part-time program applicants

602

Number of part-time program acceptances

518

Part-time acceptance rate

86.0%

Number of first-year part-time students enrolled

159

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

3.29-3.73

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

158-162

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

2.95-3.48

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

152-156

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

NJ

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

82.0%

Statewide bar passage rate for first-time test takers

81.8%

Total graduates

336

Graduates employed at graduation

86.8%

Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation

25th percentile private sector starting salary

$80,000

Median private sector starting salary

$120,000

75th percentile private sector starting salary

$145,000

Percent in the private sector who reported salary information

64%

Median public service starting salary

$42,125

Percent employed in academia

1.5%

Percent employed in business and industry

13.6%

Percent employed in government

7.4%

Percent employed in all judicial clerkships

36.2%

Percent employed in law firms

34.4%

Percent employed in public interest

3.4%

Percent employed in an unknown field

3.4%

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

6.0%

Graduates employed in-state

69%

Graduates employed in foreign countries

1%

Number of states where graduates are employed

15

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

0.0%

Middle Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA)

90.0%

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

1.0%

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

0.0%

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

2.0%

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)

1.0%

Employment location unknown

4.0%

Career services operations: OCS assists students through several programs including the Fall On-Campus Interview/Resume Referral Program (over 170 employers participate) as well as a Spring Program (more than 150 employers participate.) OCS provides counseling sessions, hosts networking events and offers a Mock Interview Program. OCS participates in job fairs, prepares student newsletters and maintains a job database.

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

87.0%

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

5.0%

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)

3.0%