Howard University

Director of admissions

Reginald McGahee

Application deadline

03/14

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

2,070

Total number of full- and part-time acceptances

497

Overall acceptance rate

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

181

Number of full-time program applicants

2,070

Number of full-time program acceptances

497

Full-time acceptance rate

24.0%

Number of first-year full-time students enrolled

181

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

3-3.5

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

150-156

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

NY

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

59.0%

Statewide bar passage rate for first-time test takers

76.7%

Total graduates

136

Graduates employed at graduation

89.7%

Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation

25th percentile private sector starting salary

$125,000

Median private sector starting salary

$145,000

75th percentile private sector starting salary

$160,000

Percent in the private sector who reported salary information

62%

Median public service starting salary

$52,000

Percent employed in academia

1.7%

Percent employed in business and industry

15.1%

Percent employed in government

15.1%

Percent employed in all judicial clerkships

14.3%

Percent employed in law firms

47.1%

Percent employed in public interest

5.0%

Percent employed in an unknown field

1.7%

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

4.2%

Graduates employed in-state

39%

Graduates employed in foreign countries

3%

Number of states where graduates are employed

19

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

0.0%

Middle Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA)

17.1%

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

2.6%

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

0.0%

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

66.6%

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

0.9%

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

2.6%

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

5.9%

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

1.7%

Employment location unknown

0.0%

Career services operations: Career Services provides comprehensive placement services with seminars and workshops to assist students with assessing their career goals, preparing for and securing employment. An on-campus recruitment program is held with over 300 representatives from law firms, corporations, and government agencies. A special program with over 50 public interest/service recruiters is conducted every February.

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

91.7%

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

4.6%

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)

3.7%

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%