Syracuse University

Director of admissions

Anikka S. Laubenstein

Application deadline

04/01

Full-time program application fee

$70

Part-time program application fee

$70

Besides the fall semester, can enter in

N/A

Total number of full- and part-time applicants

1,842

Total number of full- and part-time acceptances

930

Overall acceptance rate

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

226

Number of full-time program applicants

1,779

Number of full-time program acceptances

922

Full-time acceptance rate

51.8%

Number of first-year full-time students enrolled

224

Number of part-time program applicants

63

Number of part-time program acceptances

8

Part-time acceptance rate

12.7%

Number of first-year part-time students enrolled

2

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

3.06-3.49

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

152-156

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

81.3%

Statewide bar passage rate for first-time test takers

76.7%

Total graduates

206

Graduates employed at graduation

N/A

Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation

25th percentile private sector starting salary

$55,000

Median private sector starting salary

$80,000

75th percentile private sector starting salary

$107,500

Percent in the private sector who reported salary information

76%

Median public service starting salary

$50,000

Percent employed in academia

2.0%

Percent employed in business and industry

28.0%

Percent employed in government

12.0%

Percent employed in all judicial clerkships

8.0%

Percent employed in law firms

48.0%

Percent employed in public interest

2.0%

Percent employed in an unknown field

0.0%

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

0.6%

Graduates employed in-state

49%

Graduates employed in foreign countries

0%

Number of states where graduates are employed

24

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

6.0%

Middle Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA)

57.0%

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

2.0%

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

0.0%

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

21.0%

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

0.0%

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

1.0%

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

6.0%

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

6.0%

Employment location unknown

1.0%

Career services operations: Services include: career and professional development seminars; individual counseling; mock interviews; assistance for 1L students with networking skills, career exploration and professionalism; on and off campus interview programs; resume collection program; alumni networking and mentoring opportunities; assistance with strategic career planning. www.law.syr.edu/careerdevelopment/index.asp

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

80.0%

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

15.0%

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)

4.0%

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%