University of New Mexico

Director of admissions

Susan L. Mitchell

Application deadline

02/15

Full-time program application fee

$50

Part-time program application fee

N/A

Besides the fall semester, can enter in

N/A

Total number of full- and part-time applicants

1,070

Total number of full- and part-time acceptances

268

Overall acceptance rate

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

118

Number of full-time program applicants

1,070

Number of full-time program acceptances

268

Full-time acceptance rate

25.0%

Number of first-year full-time students enrolled

118

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

3.04-3.61

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

150-157

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

NM

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

87.8%

Statewide bar passage rate for first-time test takers

82.9%

Total graduates

102

Graduates employed at graduation

62.4%

Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation

25th percentile private sector starting salary

$45,000

Median private sector starting salary

$50,000

75th percentile private sector starting salary

$68,750

Percent in the private sector who reported salary information

91%

Median public service starting salary

$46,330

Percent employed in academia

0.0%

Percent employed in business and industry

6.0%

Percent employed in government

25.0%

Percent employed in all judicial clerkships

12.0%

Percent employed in law firms

46.0%

Percent employed in public interest

10.0%

Percent employed in an unknown field

1.0%

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

9.0%

Graduates employed in-state

81%

Graduates employed in foreign countries

0%

Number of states where graduates are employed

13

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

2.0%

Middle Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA)

0.0%

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

1.0%

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

2.0%

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)

4.0%

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

5.0%

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

84.0%

Employment location unknown

0.0%

Career services operations: The Career and Student Services Office at UNM provides career development assistance and support for law students and graduates. It provides direct counseling about career matters, as well as academic advisement and support for students, as individuals, and for student groups. The office also provides support for students with disabilities.

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

89.0%

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

7.0%

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)

1.0%