Quinnipiac University

Quinnipiac University
275 Mount Carmel Avenue Hamden, CT 06518
Admissions Phone: (203) 582-3400
Admissions Email: ladm@quinnipiac.edu
Web site: http://law.quinnipiac.edu
Admissions URL: http://law.quinnipiac.edu/x53.xml

Admissions Information

Fall 2010 Admissions Information
Director of admissions
Edwin Wilkes
Application deadline
03/01
Full-time program application fee
$40
Part-time program application fee
$40
Besides the fall semester, can enter in
N/A
Fall 2008 Admissions and Enrollment Statistics
Total number of full- and part-time applicants
2,057
Total number of full- and part-time acceptances
786
Overall acceptance rate
38.2%
Total number of full- and part-time first-year students enrolled
133
Number of full-time program applicants
1,917
Number of full-time program acceptances
606
Full-time acceptance rate
31.6%
Number of first-year full-time students enrolled
74
Number of part-time program applicants
643
Number of part-time program acceptances
181
Part-time acceptance rate
28.1%
Number of first-year part-time students enrolled
59
Fall 2008 GPA and LSAT Scores
25th-75th percentile GPA scores for all students
3.01-3.58
25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for all students
154-159
25th-75th percentile undergraduate GPA for full-time students
3.01-3.67
25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for full-time students
158-160
25th-75th percentile undergraduate GPA for part-time students
3.01-3.43
25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for part-time students
152-155

Career Information

Bar Statistics (Winter and Summer 2007 administrations)
State where the greatest number of first-time test takers took the bar
CT
School’s bar passage rate for first-time test takers
90.8%
Statewide bar passage rate for first-time test takers
85.5%
Class of 2007 Graduates
Total graduates
189
Graduates employed at graduation
N/A
Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation
94.0%
Starting Salaries of 2007 Graduates Employed Full-time
25th percentile private sector starting salary
$52,000
Median private sector starting salary
$65,000
75th percentile private sector starting salary
$76,000
Percent in the private sector who reported salary information
61%
Median public service starting salary
$49,000
Areas of Legal Practice (Class of 2007)
Percent employed in academia
2.0%
Percent employed in business and industry
29.0%
Percent employed in government
11.0%
Percent employed in all judicial clerkships
9.0%
Percent employed in law firms
41.0%
Percent employed in public interest
5.0%
Percent employed in an unknown field
3.0%
Percent employed in a judicial clerkship by an Article III federal judge
N/A
2007 Graduates Employment Location
Graduates employed in-state
62%
Graduates employed in foreign countries
0%
Number of states where graduates are employed
11
New England (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT)
67.0%
Middle Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA)
21.0%
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)
5.0%
East South Central (AL, KY, MS, TN)
0.0%
West South Central (AR, LA, OK, TX)
0.0%
Pacific (AK, CA, HI, OR, WA)
0.0%
Mountain (AZ, CO, ID, MT, NV, NM, UT, WY)
0.0%
Employment location unknown
7.0%
Career Services
Career services operations: Please see: http://law.quinnipiac.edu/x13.xml (for Career Services)
Job Type
Bar admission required or anticipated (e.g., attorney and corporate counsel positions, law clerks, judicial clerks)
66.0%
J.D. preferred, law degree enhances position (e.g., corporate contracts administrator, alternative dispute resolution specialist, government regulatory analyst, FBI special agent)
18.0%
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)
11.0%
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)
4.0%

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