Duke University

Director of admissions

William Hoye

Application deadline

02/15

Full-time program application fee

$70

Part-time program application fee

N/A

Besides the fall semester, can enter in

summer

Total number of full- and part-time applicants

6,069

Total number of full- and part-time acceptances

1,529

Overall acceptance rate

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

205

Number of full-time program applicants

6,069

Number of full-time program acceptances

1,529

Full-time acceptance rate

25.2%

Number of first-year full-time students enrolled

205

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

3.55-3.85

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

165-170

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

87.7%

Statewide bar passage rate for first-time test takers

76.7%

Total graduates

226

Graduates employed at graduation

97.7%

Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation

25th percentile private sector starting salary

$140,000

Median private sector starting salary

$160,000

75th percentile private sector starting salary

$160,000

Percent in the private sector who reported salary information

96%

Median public service starting salary

$50,000

Percent employed in academia

1.4%

Percent employed in business and industry

4.0%

Percent employed in government

2.7%

Percent employed in all judicial clerkships

13.5%

Percent employed in law firms

77.1%

Percent employed in public interest

1.3%

Percent employed in an unknown field

0.0%

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

11.7%

Graduates employed in-state

11%

Graduates employed in foreign countries

1%

Number of states where graduates are employed

28

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

3.6%

Middle Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA)

27.5%

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

3.6%

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

1.8%

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

41.0%

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

0.9%

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

6.3%

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

11.3%

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

2.7%

Employment location unknown

0.0%

Career services operations: Duke students develop life-long skills to pursue fulfilling careers and adapt to a changing world. Graduates work in large and small cities around the country; hundreds of employers interview at Duke; twice as many employers visit campus as there are 2Ls to interview. Unlimited counseling and a three-year career development plan help students align personal values and professional aspirations.

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

94.2%

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

4.0%

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)

1.4%

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)

0.4%