Rutgers Camden

Director of admissions

Camille Spinello Andrews

Application deadline

03/01

Full-time program application fee

$60

Part-time program application fee

$60

Besides the fall semester, can enter in

summer

Total number of full- and part-time applicants

2,119

Total number of full- and part-time acceptances

671

Overall acceptance rate

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

216

Number of full-time program applicants

2,119

Number of full-time program acceptances

471

Full-time acceptance rate

22.2%

Number of first-year full-time students enrolled

101

Number of part-time program applicants

445

Number of part-time program acceptances

165

Part-time acceptance rate

37.1%

Number of first-year part-time students enrolled

115

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

3.18-3.74

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

159-162

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

3.1-3.71

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

157-159

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

NJ

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

82.1%

Statewide bar passage rate for first-time test takers

81.8%

Total graduates

253

Graduates employed at graduation

75.2%

Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation

25th percentile private sector starting salary

$70,600

Median private sector starting salary

$110,000

75th percentile private sector starting salary

$125,000

Percent in the private sector who reported salary information

51%

Median public service starting salary

$39,700

Percent employed in academia

0.4%

Percent employed in business and industry

10.6%

Percent employed in government

6.6%

Percent employed in all judicial clerkships

37.9%

Percent employed in law firms

40.5%

Percent employed in public interest

1.8%

Percent employed in an unknown field

2.2%

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

1.8%

Graduates employed in-state

56%

Graduates employed in foreign countries

1%

Number of states where graduates are employed

16

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

0.4%

Middle Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA)

78.9%

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

0.0%

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

0.9%

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

4.4%

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

0.0%

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

1.3%

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

3.1%

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

0.9%

Employment location unknown

9.3%

Career services operations: Career Services provides career counseling with five staff members to assist students and alumni in achieving their professional goals. Over 200 national and regional law firms interview 2 and 3Ls. The School is also among the leaders in the percentage of graduates who accept clerkships with federal and state judges. There is an extensive alumni and attorney mentoring program.

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

87.9%

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

8.4%

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)

3.3%

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)

0.5%