University of Arkansas–Fayetteville

Director of admissions

James K. Miller

Application deadline

04/01

Full-time program application fee

$0

Part-time program application fee

$0

Besides the fall semester, can enter in

N/A

Total number of full- and part-time applicants

1,239

Total number of full- and part-time acceptances

381

Overall acceptance rate

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

137

Number of full-time program applicants

1,239

Number of full-time program acceptances

381

Full-time acceptance rate

30.8%

Number of first-year full-time students enrolled

137

Number of part-time program applicants

0

Number of part-time program acceptances

0

Part-time acceptance rate

N/A

Number of first-year part-time students enrolled

0

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

3.25-3.73

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

153-159

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

AR

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

79.6%

Statewide bar passage rate for first-time test takers

80.2%

Total graduates

139

Graduates employed at graduation

N/A

Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation

25th percentile private sector starting salary

$40,000

Median private sector starting salary

$49,750

75th percentile private sector starting salary

$60,000

Percent in the private sector who reported salary information

75%

Median public service starting salary

$43,325

Percent employed in academia

1.0%

Percent employed in business and industry

18.0%

Percent employed in government

14.0%

Percent employed in all judicial clerkships

7.0%

Percent employed in law firms

57.0%

Percent employed in public interest

3.0%

Percent employed in an unknown field

0.0%

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

3.0%

Graduates employed in-state

63%

Graduates employed in foreign countries

0%

Number of states where graduates are employed

16

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)

1.0%

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

8.0%

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

6.0%

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

3.0%

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

79.0%

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

0.0%

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

1.0%

Employment location unknown

1.0%

Career services operations: The Office helps students and alumni define objectives and search for employment by providing counseling focusing on individual goals. The Office conducts a variety of job search workshops focusing on the areas of resumes, cover letters, networking and interviewing skills. Subscription job search sites are also offered, running the gamut from public interest work to government opportunities.

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

83.0%

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

6.0%

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)

9.0%

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%