Santa Clara University

Director of admissions

Jeanette Leach

Application deadline

N/A

Full-time program application fee

$75

Part-time program application fee

$75

Besides the fall semester, can enter in

N/A

Total number of full- and part-time applicants

3,983

Total number of full- and part-time acceptances

1,638

Overall acceptance rate

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

305

Number of full-time program applicants

3,624

Number of full-time program acceptances

1,504

Full-time acceptance rate

41.5%

Number of first-year full-time students enrolled

229

Number of part-time program applicants

359

Number of part-time program acceptances

134

Part-time acceptance rate

37.3%

Number of first-year part-time students enrolled

76

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

3.13-3.55

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

158-162

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

3.02-3.59

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

154-159

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

CA

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

69.9%

Statewide bar passage rate for first-time test takers

65.7%

Total graduates

280

Graduates employed at graduation

68.5%

Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation

25th percentile private sector starting salary

$75,000

Median private sector starting salary

$125,000

75th percentile private sector starting salary

$160,000

Percent in the private sector who reported salary information

51%

Median public service starting salary

$60,000

Percent employed in academia

3.0%

Percent employed in business and industry

25.0%

Percent employed in government

12.0%

Percent employed in all judicial clerkships

2.0%

Percent employed in law firms

52.0%

Percent employed in public interest

4.0%

Percent employed in an unknown field

2.0%

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

0.0%

Graduates employed in-state

89%

Graduates employed in foreign countries

1%

Number of states where graduates are employed

11

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

0.0%

Middle Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA)

1.0%

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)

1.0%

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

0.5%

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

0.5%

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

91.0%

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

0.5%

Employment location unknown

4.0%

Career services operations: The Career Services Office helps students identify and connect with prospective employers. Services include individual career counseling, workshops on job search strategies, an online alumni database for networking, an annual public interest career and information fair, on-campus interviews, and off-campus job fairs. Current employment statistics are on the school website: http://www.scu.edu/law

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

75.0%

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

14.0%

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)

7.0%

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)

2.0%