George Mason University

Director of admissions

Alison Price

Application deadline

04/01

Full-time program application fee

$35

Part-time program application fee

$35

Besides the fall semester, can enter in

N/A

Total number of full- and part-time applicants

5,092

Total number of full- and part-time acceptances

972

Overall acceptance rate

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

160

Number of full-time program applicants

4,445

Number of full-time program acceptances

825

Full-time acceptance rate

18.6%

Number of first-year full-time students enrolled

100

Number of part-time program applicants

1,747

Number of part-time program acceptances

147

Part-time acceptance rate

8.4%

Number of first-year part-time students enrolled

60

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

3.34-3.82

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

160-165

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

3.27-3.73

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

158-163

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

VA

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

87.3%

Statewide bar passage rate for first-time test takers

75.6%

Total graduates

206

Graduates employed at graduation

96.5%

Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation

25th percentile private sector starting salary

$70,000

Median private sector starting salary

$110,000

75th percentile private sector starting salary

$147,500

Percent in the private sector who reported salary information

69%

Median public service starting salary

$55,706

Percent employed in academia

2.0%

Percent employed in business and industry

23.0%

Percent employed in government

16.0%

Percent employed in all judicial clerkships

17.0%

Percent employed in law firms

38.0%

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

3.0%

Graduates employed in-state

46%

Graduates employed in foreign countries

0%

Number of states where graduates are employed

20

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

2.0%

Middle Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA)

3.0%

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

0.5%

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

0.0%

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

88.4%

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

0.0%

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

1.5%

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

2.5%

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

1.5%

Employment location unknown

0.0%

Career services operations: Career services staff assist students and alumni in finding employment by hosting fall and spring recruiting programs, job fairs, and networking events; maintaining an online job bank; subscribing to numerous employment databases and organizations; and conducting employer outreach. Counselors review application materials, process clerkship applications, and identify alumni mentors.

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

72.2%

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

20.7%

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)

7.1%

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%