Samford University

Director of admissions

Jennifer Y. Sims

Application deadline

05/01

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

1,105

Total number of full- and part-time acceptances

519

Overall acceptance rate

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

162

Number of full-time program applicants

1,105

Number of full-time program acceptances

519

Full-time acceptance rate

47.0%

Number of first-year full-time students enrolled

162

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

2.97-3.53

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

154-158

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

AL

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

94.9%

Statewide bar passage rate for first-time test takers

78.2%

Total graduates

156

Graduates employed at graduation

56.1%

Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation

25th percentile private sector starting salary

$52,000

Median private sector starting salary

$63,750

75th percentile private sector starting salary

$90,000

Percent in the private sector who reported salary information

61%

Median public service starting salary

$42,900

Percent employed in academia

0.0%

Percent employed in business and industry

9.0%

Percent employed in government

13.2%

Percent employed in all judicial clerkships

12.5%

Percent employed in law firms

61.1%

Percent employed in public interest

3.5%

Percent employed in an unknown field

0.7%

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

2.8%

Graduates employed in-state

61%

Graduates employed in foreign countries

1%

Number of states where graduates are employed

15

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

0.0%

Middle Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA)

1.4%

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

0.7%

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

0.0%

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

27.1%

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

68.8%

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

1.4%

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

0.0%

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

0.0%

Employment location unknown

0.0%

Career services operations: STAFF: Director, Associate Director, and Program Support Specialist SERVICES: Career Counseling, Fall & Spring On-Campus Interview Program, Practice Interviews, Career Skills Training, Job Fairs, Online Job Postings for students and alumni RESOURCES: Computer Lab, Library/Resource Room with fax/copy machine availability, Interview Suites, and reciprocity with ABA law schools.

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

90.3%

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

7.6%

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)

2.1%

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%