University at Buffalo–SUNY

Director of admissions

Lillie Wiley-Upshaw

Application deadline

03/01

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

2,304

Total number of full- and part-time acceptances

716

Overall acceptance rate

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

222

Number of full-time program applicants

2,304

Number of full-time program acceptances

716

Full-time acceptance rate

31.1%

Number of first-year full-time students enrolled

222

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

3.18-3.71

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

154-160

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

NY

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

80.6%

Statewide bar passage rate for first-time test takers

76.7%

Total graduates

252

Graduates employed at graduation

82.4%

Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation

25th percentile private sector starting salary

$50,000

Median private sector starting salary

$68,000

75th percentile private sector starting salary

$85,000

Percent in the private sector who reported salary information

74%

Median public service starting salary

$53,000

Percent employed in academia

3.5%

Percent employed in business and industry

13.5%

Percent employed in government

15.2%

Percent employed in all judicial clerkships

5.2%

Percent employed in law firms

50.0%

Percent employed in public interest

4.3%

Percent employed in an unknown field

8.3%

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

0.9%

Graduates employed in-state

76%

Graduates employed in foreign countries

2%

Number of states where graduates are employed

22

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

1.3%

Middle Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA)

77.0%

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

0.4%

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

1.7%

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

9.1%

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

0.4%

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

2.2%

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

2.2%

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

1.3%

Employment location unknown

2.0%

Career services operations: Extensive individual counseling; on-campus, NYC and Washington recruiting programs; over 1,200 national and international jobs posted annually; national career network alumni program; summer public interest fellowships; first-rate career panels and training sessions (interviewing, networking, resume, etc.); judicial clerkship program; outstanding career library and on-line resources.

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)

11.5%

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)

6.2%

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)

1.3%