St Johns University

Director of admissions

Robert M. Harrison

Application deadline

04/01

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

3,886

Total number of full- and part-time acceptances

1,459

Overall acceptance rate

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

284

Number of full-time program applicants

3,082

Number of full-time program acceptances

1,188

Full-time acceptance rate

38.5%

Number of first-year full-time students enrolled

200

Number of part-time program applicants

804

Number of part-time program acceptances

271

Part-time acceptance rate

33.7%

Number of first-year part-time students enrolled

84

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

3.2-3.77

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

156-162

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

3.24-3.59

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

150-156

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

NY

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

87.7%

Statewide bar passage rate for first-time test takers

76.7%

Total graduates

307

Graduates employed at graduation

74.6%

Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation

25th percentile private sector starting salary

$65,000

Median private sector starting salary

$89,000

75th percentile private sector starting salary

$160,000

Percent in the private sector who reported salary information

77%

Median public service starting salary

$53,000

Percent employed in academia

0.7%

Percent employed in business and industry

21.8%

Percent employed in government

15.3%

Percent employed in all judicial clerkships

1.5%

Percent employed in law firms

53.8%

Percent employed in public interest

2.9%

Percent employed in an unknown field

4.0%

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

0.4%

Graduates employed in-state

89%

Graduates employed in foreign countries

0%

Number of states where graduates are employed

12

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

1.1%

Middle Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA)

93.4%

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)

2.5%

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

0.0%

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

0.4%

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

2.2%

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

0.0%

Employment location unknown

0.0%

Career services operations: The Office of Career Services assists students and alumni with career planning and development through individualized resume and cover letter critiques, and informative programs and workshops. The office offers abundant opportunities to learn about career options and effective job searching techniques, and to network with attorneys in a variety of practice areas and legal settings.

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

75.3%

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

12.4%

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)

5.4%

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)

4.4%