George Washington University

Director of admissions

Anne M. Richard

Application deadline

03/31

Full-time program application fee

$80

Part-time program application fee

$80

Besides the fall semester, can enter in

N/A

Total number of full- and part-time applicants

8,966

Total number of full- and part-time acceptances

2,087

Overall acceptance rate

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

517

Number of full-time program applicants

8,225

Number of full-time program acceptances

1,847

Full-time acceptance rate

22.5%

Number of first-year full-time students enrolled

390

Number of part-time program applicants

741

Number of part-time program acceptances

240

Part-time acceptance rate

32.4%

Number of first-year part-time students enrolled

127

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

3.36-3.86

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

163-168

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

3.15-3.68

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

160-166

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

NY

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

94.3%

Statewide bar passage rate for first-time test takers

76.7%

Total graduates

501

Graduates employed at graduation

88.2%

Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation

25th percentile private sector starting salary

$135,000

Median private sector starting salary

$145,000

75th percentile private sector starting salary

$160,000

Percent in the private sector who reported salary information

79%

Median public service starting salary

$54,000

Percent employed in academia

1.0%

Percent employed in business and industry

9.0%

Percent employed in government

13.0%

Percent employed in all judicial clerkships

11.0%

Percent employed in law firms

62.0%

Percent employed in public interest

3.0%

Percent employed in an unknown field

1.0%

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

4.9%

Graduates employed in-state

49%

Graduates employed in foreign countries

0%

Number of states where graduates are employed

34

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

3.0%

Middle Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA)

17.0%

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

3.0%

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

1.0%

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

65.0%

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

0.0%

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

1.0%

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

6.0%

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

2.0%

Employment location unknown

2.0%

Career services operations: Nine career counselors with J.D. degrees provide a broad range of services to enable students & alumni to engage in a meaningful job search, compete as professionals in the employment market, & make well-informed choices leading to long-term career satisfaction. Approx. 700 employers participate in annual interviewing programs.

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

94.0%

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

3.0%

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)

N/A