St Marys University

St. Mary’s University
1 Camino Santa Maria San Antonio, TX 78228-8602
Admissions Phone: (210) 436-3523
Admissions Email: lawadmissions@stmarytx.edu
Web site: http://www.stmarytx.edu/law
Admissions URL: N/A

Admissions Information

Fall 2010 Admissions Information
Director of admissions
Dr. William C. Wilson
Application deadline
03/01
Full-time program application fee
$55
Part-time program application fee
$55
Besides the fall semester, can enter in
N/A
Fall 2008 Admissions and Enrollment Statistics
Total number of full- and part-time applicants
1,754
Total number of full- and part-time acceptances
893
Overall acceptance rate
50.9%
Total number of full- and part-time first-year students enrolled
323
Number of full-time program applicants
1,540
Number of full-time program acceptances
787
Full-time acceptance rate
51.1%
Number of first-year full-time students enrolled
246
Number of part-time program applicants
214
Number of part-time program acceptances
106
Part-time acceptance rate
49.5%
Number of first-year part-time students enrolled
77
Fall 2008 GPA and LSAT Scores
25th-75th percentile GPA scores for all students
2.74-3.43
25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for all students
149-155
25th-75th percentile undergraduate GPA for full-time students
2.83-3.47
25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for full-time students
150-155
25th-75th percentile undergraduate GPA for part-time students
2.59-3.37
25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for part-time students
148-152

Career Information

Bar Statistics (Winter and Summer 2007 administrations)
State where the greatest number of first-time test takers took the bar
TX
School’s bar passage rate for first-time test takers
84.6%
Statewide bar passage rate for first-time test takers
84.0%
Class of 2007 Graduates
Total graduates
232
Graduates employed at graduation
N/A
Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation
91.6%
Starting Salaries of 2007 Graduates Employed Full-time
25th percentile private sector starting salary
$60,000
Median private sector starting salary
$80,000
75th percentile private sector starting salary
$100,000
Percent in the private sector who reported salary information
28%
Median public service starting salary
$45,000
Areas of Legal Practice (Class of 2007)
Percent employed in academia
1.0%
Percent employed in business and industry
19.0%
Percent employed in government
13.0%
Percent employed in all judicial clerkships
4.0%
Percent employed in law firms
57.0%
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%
2007 Graduates Employment Location
Graduates employed in-state
92%
Graduates employed in foreign countries
0%
Number of states where graduates are employed
11
New England (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT)
0.0%
Middle Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA)
0.5%
East North Central (IL, IN, MI, OH, WI)
0.5%
West North Central (IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD)
0.5%
South Atlantic (DE, DC, FL, GA, MD, NC, SC, VA, WV)
1.5%
East South Central (AL, KY, MS, TN)
0.5%
West South Central (AR, LA, OK, TX)
92.0%
Pacific (AK, CA, HI, OR, WA)
1.0%
Mountain (AZ, CO, ID, MT, NV, NM, UT, WY)
3.0%
Employment location unknown
0.0%
Career Services
Career services operations: See the School of Law’s website at www.stmarytx.edu/law
Job Type
Bar admission required or anticipated (e.g., attorney and corporate counsel positions, law clerks, judicial clerks)
N/A
J.D. preferred, law degree enhances position (e.g., corporate contracts administrator, alternative dispute resolution specialist, government regulatory analyst, FBI special agent)
N/A
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)
N/A
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)
N/A

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