College of William and Mary

Director of admissions

Faye F. Shealy

Application deadline

03/01

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

4,576

Total number of full- and part-time acceptances

1,157

Overall acceptance rate

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

220

Number of full-time program applicants

4,576

Number of full-time program acceptances

1,157

Full-time acceptance rate

25.3%

Number of first-year full-time students enrolled

220

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

3.35-3.79

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

160-166

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

VA

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

83.1%

Statewide bar passage rate for first-time test takers

75.6%

Total graduates

199

Graduates employed at graduation

88.2%

Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation

25th percentile private sector starting salary

$95,500

Median private sector starting salary

$135,000

75th percentile private sector starting salary

$145,000

Percent in the private sector who reported salary information

79%

Median public service starting salary

$50,000

Percent employed in academia

2.0%

Percent employed in business and industry

8.0%

Percent employed in government

13.0%

Percent employed in all judicial clerkships

20.0%

Percent employed in law firms

53.0%

Percent employed in public interest

4.0%

Percent employed in an unknown field

0.0%

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

4.2%

Graduates employed in-state

29%

Graduates employed in foreign countries

1%

Number of states where graduates are employed

28

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

3.7%

Middle Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA)

15.0%

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

3.0%

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

1.6%

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

60.0%

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

0.5%

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

3.7%

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

3.7%

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

5.8%

Employment location unknown

2.0%

Career services operations: Our core mission is to: 1) Partner with students and alumni to help them explore career options, learn about and obtain employment opportunities, further professional development, and achieve career satisfaction. 2) Instill in students professionalism, ethics and integrity in the career development and job search process so they will continue to demonstrate those traits as citizen-lawyers.

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

93.0%

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

6.0%

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)

1.0%