University of Washington

Director of admissions

Kathy Swinehart

Application deadline

01/15

Full-time program application fee

$50

Part-time program application fee

N/A

Besides the fall semester, can enter in

N/A

Total number of full- and part-time applicants

2,369

Total number of full- and part-time acceptances

599

Overall acceptance rate

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

187

Number of full-time program applicants

2,369

Number of full-time program acceptances

599

Full-time acceptance rate

25.3%

Number of first-year full-time students enrolled

187

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

3.52-3.85

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

159-166

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

WA

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

88.4%

Statewide bar passage rate for first-time test takers

78.3%

Total graduates

182

Graduates employed at graduation

92.7%

Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation

25th percentile private sector starting salary

$92,250

Median private sector starting salary

$110,000

75th percentile private sector starting salary

$135,000

Percent in the private sector who reported salary information

60%

Median public service starting salary

$45,009

Percent employed in academia

N/A

Percent employed in business and industry

3.5%

Percent employed in government

15.8%

Percent employed in all judicial clerkships

18.1%

Percent employed in law firms

57.9%

Percent employed in public interest

4.7%

Percent employed in an unknown field

N/A

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

5.0%

Graduates employed in-state

61%

Graduates employed in foreign countries

1%

Number of states where graduates are employed

14

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

N/A

Middle Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA)

5.7%

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

1.1%

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

N/A

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

7.4%

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

N/A

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

N/A

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

81.4%

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

3.4%

Employment location unknown

0.0%

Career services operations: Provides access for students and alumni to career planning and employment resources and individual assistance. Workshops, seminars and networking events are offered. Coordinates on-campus interviews, judicial clerkship applications, and the Public Service Externship Program.

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)

10.0%

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)

1.0%

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)

0.0%