Georgia State University

Director of admissions

Cheryl George

Application deadline

03/15

Full-time program application fee

$50

Part-time program application fee

$50

Besides the fall semester, can enter in

N/A

Total number of full- and part-time applicants

2,694

Total number of full- and part-time acceptances

527

Overall acceptance rate

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

216

Number of full-time program applicants

2,410

Number of full-time program acceptances

410

Full-time acceptance rate

17.0%

Number of first-year full-time students enrolled

147

Number of part-time program applicants

284

Number of part-time program acceptances

117

Part-time acceptance rate

41.2%

Number of first-year part-time students enrolled

69

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

3.14-3.76

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

158-162

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

3-3.53

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

157-161

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

GA

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

95.7%

Statewide bar passage rate for first-time test takers

84.7%

Total graduates

206

Graduates employed at graduation

N/A

Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation

25th percentile private sector starting salary

$55,000

Median private sector starting salary

$80,000

75th percentile private sector starting salary

$130,000

Percent in the private sector who reported salary information

74%

Median public service starting salary

$52,000

Percent employed in academia

1.0%

Percent employed in business and industry

14.0%

Percent employed in government

11.0%

Percent employed in all judicial clerkships

5.0%

Percent employed in law firms

60.0%

Percent employed in public interest

9.0%

Percent employed in an unknown field

0.0%

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

2.0%

Graduates employed in-state

94%

Graduates employed in foreign countries

0%

Number of states where graduates are employed

9

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

0.0%

Middle Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA)

1.5%

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

0.0%

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

0.0%

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

94.5%

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

0.5%

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

1.0%

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

1.5%

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

1.0%

Employment location unknown

0.0%

Career services operations: The College of Law provides students and graduates with career development, education, counseling and placement assistance. The office co-sponsors and/or participates in more than fifteen local, regional and national job fairs and seeks to serve concurrently students, graduates and prospective employers by promoting and maintaining effective relationships between the COL and professionals.

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

90.0%

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

3.0%

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)

6.0%

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%