Catholic University of America

Director of admissions

Shani Butts

Application deadline

03/12

Full-time program application fee

$65

Part-time program application fee

$65

Besides the fall semester, can enter in

N/A

Total number of full- and part-time applicants

3,128

Total number of full- and part-time acceptances

1,072

Overall acceptance rate

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

301

Number of full-time program applicants

2,340

Number of full-time program acceptances

830

Full-time acceptance rate

35.5%

Number of first-year full-time students enrolled

200

Number of part-time program applicants

788

Number of part-time program acceptances

242

Part-time acceptance rate

30.7%

Number of first-year part-time students enrolled

101

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

3.09-3.57

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

156-160

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

2.99-3.37

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

154-158

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

MD

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

86.1%

Statewide bar passage rate for first-time test takers

76.4%

Total graduates

272

Graduates employed at graduation

70.1%

Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation

25th percentile private sector starting salary

$70,000

Median private sector starting salary

$117,500

75th percentile private sector starting salary

$145,000

Percent in the private sector who reported salary information

57%

Median public service starting salary

$50,648

Percent employed in academia

0.8%

Percent employed in business and industry

17.5%

Percent employed in government

23.5%

Percent employed in all judicial clerkships

14.0%

Percent employed in law firms

39.8%

Percent employed in public interest

4.0%

Percent employed in an unknown field

0.4%

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

0.4%

Graduates employed in-state

50%

Graduates employed in foreign countries

0%

Number of states where graduates are employed

20

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

4.0%

Middle Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA)

7.0%

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

0.8%

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

0.8%

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

81.0%

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

0.4%

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

0.0%

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

1.6%

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

0.4%

Employment location unknown

4.0%

Career services operations: Career Services is dedicated to assist students in securing employment before and after graduation. The office is staffed by career planning professionals with advanced degrees in law. The office provides counseling, workshops, panels, job listings and activities that facilitate contact with prospective employers.

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

77.5%

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

12.3%

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)

9.0%

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)

1.2%