Michigan State University

Director of admissions

Charles Roboski

Application deadline

04/30

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

1,999

Total number of full- and part-time acceptances

1,109

Overall acceptance rate

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

306

Number of full-time program applicants

1,681

Number of full-time program acceptances

883

Full-time acceptance rate

52.5%

Number of first-year full-time students enrolled

226

Number of part-time program applicants

318

Number of part-time program acceptances

226

Part-time acceptance rate

71.1%

Number of first-year part-time students enrolled

80

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

3.16-3.65

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

154-159

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

2.87-3.28

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

149-153

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

MI

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

91.0%

Statewide bar passage rate for first-time test takers

86.1%

Total graduates

317

Graduates employed at graduation

N/A

Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation

25th percentile private sector starting salary

$47,819

Median private sector starting salary

$71,262

75th percentile private sector starting salary

$89,858

Percent in the private sector who reported salary information

39%

Median public service starting salary

$45,213

Percent employed in academia

2.5%

Percent employed in business and industry

26.1%

Percent employed in government

13.8%

Percent employed in all judicial clerkships

5.8%

Percent employed in law firms

47.5%

Percent employed in public interest

3.6%

Percent employed in an unknown field

0.2%

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

N/A

Graduates employed in-state

58%

Graduates employed in foreign countries

2%

Number of states where graduates are employed

28

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

1.5%

Middle Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA)

4.8%

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

71.0%

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

1.5%

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

8.9%

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

0.4%

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

3.0%

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

2.2%

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

4.8%

Employment location unknown

0.2%

Career services operations: The Career Services Office at MSU Law provides programming, advising, and networking for students and alumni. A database of over 4,000 employer contacts and an alumni base of over 8,000 practitioners serve as resources for graduates. One-on-one meetings are held with every 1L to chart their career path. Students then have a "personal" adviser throughout school and until they are employed.

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

69.0%

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

10.0%

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)

12.0%

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)

8.0%