DePaul University

Director of admissions

Michael Burns

Application deadline

03/01

Full-time program application fee

$60

Part-time program application fee

$60

Besides the fall semester, can enter in

N/A

Total number of full- and part-time applicants

5,141

Total number of full- and part-time acceptances

1,879

Overall acceptance rate

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

370

Number of full-time program applicants

4,346

Number of full-time program acceptances

1,476

Full-time acceptance rate

34.0%

Number of first-year full-time students enrolled

233

Number of part-time program applicants

795

Number of part-time program acceptances

403

Part-time acceptance rate

50.7%

Number of first-year part-time students enrolled

137

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

3.04-3.62

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

158-162

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

2.96-3.49

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

154-157

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

IL

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

88.7%

Statewide bar passage rate for first-time test takers

88.6%

Total graduates

359

Graduates employed at graduation

86.6%

Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation

25th percentile private sector starting salary

$55,000

Median private sector starting salary

$68,000

75th percentile private sector starting salary

$95,000

Percent in the private sector who reported salary information

84%

Median public service starting salary

$50,250

Percent employed in academia

1.6%

Percent employed in business and industry

19.2%

Percent employed in government

12.0%

Percent employed in all judicial clerkships

1.0%

Percent employed in law firms

61.7%

Percent employed in public interest

4.5%

Percent employed in an unknown field

0.0%

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

1.0%

Graduates employed in-state

80%

Graduates employed in foreign countries

0%

Number of states where graduates are employed

22

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

0.3%

Middle Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA)

0.3%

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

85.1%

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

1.3%

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

7.8%

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

0.3%

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

1.0%

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

2.6%

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

1.0%

Employment location unknown

0.0%

Career services operations: Law Career Services is the primary center for career resources. It serves as an exchange center for employment information and all students are encouraged to take full advantage of the information, facilities and resources the office provides. For further information, visit: http://www.law.depaul.edu/career/

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

78.0%

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

11.0%

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)

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)

1.0%