Hofstra University

Director of admissions

Noreen O’Brien

Application deadline

04/12

Full-time program application fee

$75

Part-time program application fee

$75

Besides the fall semester, can enter in

N/A

Total number of full- and part-time applicants

5,050

Total number of full- and part-time acceptances

1,945

Overall acceptance rate

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

380

Number of full-time program applicants

4,249

Number of full-time program acceptances

1,628

Full-time acceptance rate

38.3%

Number of first-year full-time students enrolled

249

Number of part-time program applicants

801

Number of part-time program acceptances

317

Part-time acceptance rate

39.6%

Number of first-year part-time students enrolled

131

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

3.07-3.58

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

154-159

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

2.9-3.37

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

150-154

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

NY

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

83.9%

Statewide bar passage rate for first-time test takers

76.7%

Total graduates

284

Graduates employed at graduation

N/A

Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation

25th percentile private sector starting salary

$80,000

Median private sector starting salary

$160,000

75th percentile private sector starting salary

$160,000

Percent in the private sector who reported salary information

23%

Median public service starting salary

$49,500

Percent employed in academia

0.0%

Percent employed in business and industry

15.0%

Percent employed in government

9.4%

Percent employed in all judicial clerkships

4.1%

Percent employed in law firms

63.9%

Percent employed in public interest

4.1%

Percent employed in an unknown field

3.5%

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

1.5%

Graduates employed in-state

77%

Graduates employed in foreign countries

1%

Number of states where graduates are employed

17

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

0.7%

Middle Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA)

83.1%

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

0.7%

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

0.7%

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

5.3%

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

0.0%

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

0.4%

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

2.3%

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

0.7%

Employment location unknown

5.3%

Career services operations: The Office of Career Services organizes recruitment programs, teaches resume writing and interviewing techniques, provides comprehensive career counseling and professionalism training. "On-campus" interviews are conducted on LI and in Manhattan providing full access to the New York legal market; individualized counseling and reciprocal rights ensure opportunities in other regions.

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

93.2%

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

2.8%

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)

2.4%

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)

1.6%