Temple University

Director of admissions

Johanne Johnston

Application deadline

03/01

Full-time program application fee

$60

Part-time program application fee

$60

Besides the fall semester, can enter in

N/A

Total number of full- and part-time applicants

4,541

Total number of full- and part-time acceptances

1,817

Overall acceptance rate

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

324

Number of full-time program applicants

4,129

Number of full-time program acceptances

1,699

Full-time acceptance rate

41.1%

Number of first-year full-time students enrolled

258

Number of part-time program applicants

412

Number of part-time program acceptances

118

Part-time acceptance rate

28.6%

Number of first-year part-time students enrolled

66

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

3.23-3.65

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

160-164

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

3.02-3.64

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

158-161

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

PA

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

87.3%

Statewide bar passage rate for first-time test takers

83.0%

Total graduates

321

Graduates employed at graduation

60.9%

Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation

25th percentile private sector starting salary

$65,000

Median private sector starting salary

$115,000

75th percentile private sector starting salary

$135,000

Percent in the private sector who reported salary information

62%

Median public service starting salary

$48,000

Percent employed in academia

3.0%

Percent employed in business and industry

17.0%

Percent employed in government

14.0%

Percent employed in all judicial clerkships

15.0%

Percent employed in law firms

42.0%

Percent employed in public interest

8.0%

Percent employed in an unknown field

1.0%

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

5.0%

Graduates employed in-state

71%

Graduates employed in foreign countries

1%

Number of states where graduates are employed

17

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

1.0%

Middle Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA)

82.0%

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

0.0%

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

0.0%

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

12.0%

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

0.0%

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

1.0%

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

1.0%

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

1.0%

Employment location unknown

1.0%

Career services operations: The Career Planning Office provides individual counseling, group information sessions, and on and off campus interviewing programs. Through the online Career Planning Manager, students can search job postings, participate in recruiting programs and apply for jobs. The Office also provides special support for judicial clerkships, public interest careers and international opportunities.

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

83.0%

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

8.0%

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)

7.0%

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)

2.0%