University of Utah

Director of admissions

Reyes Aguilar

Application deadline

03/10

Full-time program application fee

$60

Part-time program application fee

$0

Besides the fall semester, can enter in

N/A

Total number of full- and part-time applicants

1,089

Total number of full- and part-time acceptances

346

Overall acceptance rate

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

123

Number of full-time program applicants

1,089

Number of full-time program acceptances

346

Full-time acceptance rate

31.8%

Number of first-year full-time students enrolled

123

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

3.38-3.79

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

157-162

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

UT

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

80.4%

Statewide bar passage rate for first-time test takers

84.7%

Total graduates

134

Graduates employed at graduation

91.8%

Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation

25th percentile private sector starting salary

$64,480

Median private sector starting salary

$80,000

75th percentile private sector starting salary

$100,000

Percent in the private sector who reported salary information

84%

Median public service starting salary

$50,000

Percent employed in academia

2.0%

Percent employed in business and industry

11.0%

Percent employed in government

11.0%

Percent employed in all judicial clerkships

10.0%

Percent employed in law firms

60.0%

Percent employed in public interest

4.0%

Percent employed in an unknown field

2.0%

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

3.7%

Graduates employed in-state

69%

Graduates employed in foreign countries

1%

Number of states where graduates are employed

12

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

0.0%

Middle Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA)

0.0%

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

0.8%

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

0.0%

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

2.3%

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

0.0%

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

2.3%

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

9.9%

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

82.4%

Employment location unknown

1.0%

Career services operations: The Professional Development Office(PDO)offers various career services to students and alumni,including individual counseling,on-campus interviews,and weekly informative workshops.PDO publishes an annual handbook and weekly newsletters filled with career development tips, maintains electronic job and fellowship databases,and subscribes to legal employment websites.http://www.law.utah.edu/career/

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

79.0%

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)

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%