Florida State University

Director of admissions

Jennifer Kessinger

Application deadline

04/01

Full-time program application fee

$30

Part-time program application fee

N/A

Besides the fall semester, can enter in

N/A

Total number of full- and part-time applicants

3,014

Total number of full- and part-time acceptances

980

Overall acceptance rate

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

251

Number of full-time program applicants

3,014

Number of full-time program acceptances

980

Full-time acceptance rate

32.5%

Number of first-year full-time students enrolled

251

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

3.31-3.72

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

157-161

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

FL

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

88.9%

Statewide bar passage rate for first-time test takers

77.6%

Total graduates

231

Graduates employed at graduation

79.9%

Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation

25th percentile private sector starting salary

$55,000

Median private sector starting salary

$67,500

75th percentile private sector starting salary

$90,000

Percent in the private sector who reported salary information

58%

Median public service starting salary

$42,000

Percent employed in academia

1.0%

Percent employed in business and industry

10.0%

Percent employed in government

26.0%

Percent employed in all judicial clerkships

2.0%

Percent employed in law firms

48.0%

Percent employed in public interest

9.0%

Percent employed in an unknown field

4.0%

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

1.0%

Graduates employed in-state

77%

Graduates employed in foreign countries

0%

Number of states where graduates are employed

16

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

1.0%

Middle Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA)

2.0%

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

1.0%

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

1.0%

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

86.0%

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

1.0%

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

2.0%

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

2.0%

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

1.0%

Employment location unknown

3.0%

Career services operations: The Placement Office helps students acquire the tools needed to successfully launch legal careers. The office offers individualized job search assistance, on-campus and off-campus interview programs, an alumni mentorship program, and seminars on topics ranging from effective resume writing to interviewing techniques. It also hosts many small-group networking events for students.

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)

0.0%