University of Akron

Director of admissions

Lauri S. Thorpe

Application deadline

03/01

Full-time program application fee

$0

Part-time program application fee

$0

Besides the fall semester, can enter in

N/A

Total number of full- and part-time applicants

2,085

Total number of full- and part-time acceptances

718

Overall acceptance rate

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

157

Number of full-time program applicants

1,670

Number of full-time program acceptances

426

Full-time acceptance rate

25.5%

Number of first-year full-time students enrolled

62

Number of part-time program applicants

415

Number of part-time program acceptances

292

Part-time acceptance rate

70.4%

Number of first-year part-time students enrolled

95

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

3.01-3.64

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

156-161

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

3.03-3.65

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

149-154

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

OH

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

86.5%

Statewide bar passage rate for first-time test takers

86.3%

Total graduates

132

Graduates employed at graduation

79.4%

Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation

25th percentile private sector starting salary

$48,292

Median private sector starting salary

$60,750

75th percentile private sector starting salary

$84,325

Percent in the private sector who reported salary information

54%

Median public service starting salary

$52,875

Percent employed in academia

6.0%

Percent employed in business and industry

22.0%

Percent employed in government

15.0%

Percent employed in all judicial clerkships

3.0%

Percent employed in law firms

51.0%

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

1.0%

Graduates employed in-state

79%

Graduates employed in foreign countries

0%

Number of states where graduates are employed

15

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

0.0%

Middle Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA)

1.7%

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

82.9%

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

0.9%

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

10.3%

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

1.7%

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

0.0%

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

0.9%

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

1.7%

Employment location unknown

0.0%

Career services operations: Pro Bono/Public Interest Fellowship; On-Campus Interviews; Solo/Small Firm Job Fair; Minority Clerkship Program; Judicial Clerkship seminars; First Year Career Orientation; Career Roundtable Speaker Series; Government Information Fair; Off-Campus Career Fairs; Attorney/Mentor program; Practice Interview Program.

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

68.0%

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

6.0%

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)

23.0%

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)

3.0%