Wake Forest University

Director of admissions

Melanie E. Nutt

Application deadline

03/01

Full-time program application fee

$60

Part-time program application fee

N/A

Besides the fall semester, can enter in

N/A

Total number of full- and part-time applicants

2,334

Total number of full- and part-time acceptances

678

Overall acceptance rate

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

147

Number of full-time program applicants

2,334

Number of full-time program acceptances

678

Full-time acceptance rate

29.0%

Number of first-year full-time students enrolled

147

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

3.3-3.7

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

160-165

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

NC

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

81.0%

Statewide bar passage rate for first-time test takers

75.8%

Total graduates

163

Graduates employed at graduation

78.5%

Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation

25th percentile private sector starting salary

$70,000

Median private sector starting salary

$115,000

75th percentile private sector starting salary

$145,000

Percent in the private sector who reported salary information

64%

Median public service starting salary

$48,000

Percent employed in academia

0.0%

Percent employed in business and industry

10.0%

Percent employed in government

13.0%

Percent employed in all judicial clerkships

9.0%

Percent employed in law firms

65.0%

Percent employed in public interest

3.0%

Percent employed in an unknown field

0.0%

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

6.0%

Graduates employed in-state

46%

Graduates employed in foreign countries

N/A

Number of states where graduates are employed

23

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

2.1%

Middle Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA)

8.0%

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

2.8%

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

0.7%

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

78.0%

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

2.1%

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

2.1%

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

2.1%

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

2.1%

Employment location unknown

N/A

Career services operations: Our Career Services staff counsels individual students/alumni in their personal job search needs and manages a robust on-campus interview program and resume collection service. We participate in numerous job fairs throughout the U.S. and offer video conferencing for distant employers. Our supportive national alumni network willingly offers job search advice and identifies potential opportunities.

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)

3.0%

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%