University of Dayton

Director of admissions

Janet L. Hein

Application deadline

05/01

Full-time program application fee

$50

Part-time program application fee

N/A

Besides the fall semester, can enter in

summer

Total number of full- and part-time applicants

2,230

Total number of full- and part-time acceptances

1,223

Overall acceptance rate

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

216

Number of full-time program applicants

2,230

Number of full-time program acceptances

1,223

Full-time acceptance rate

54.8%

Number of first-year full-time students enrolled

216

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

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

2.88-3.44

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

148-153

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

OH

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

86.8%

Statewide bar passage rate for first-time test takers

86.3%

Total graduates

184

Graduates employed at graduation

N/A

Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation

25th percentile private sector starting salary

$43,750

Median private sector starting salary

$51,500

75th percentile private sector starting salary

$75,000

Percent in the private sector who reported salary information

76%

Median public service starting salary

$42,338

Percent employed in academia

2.0%

Percent employed in business and industry

13.0%

Percent employed in government

15.0%

Percent employed in all judicial clerkships

4.0%

Percent employed in law firms

57.0%

Percent employed in public interest

9.0%

Percent employed in an unknown field

0.0%

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

0.0%

Graduates employed in-state

46%

Graduates employed in foreign countries

0%

Number of states where graduates are employed

22

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

1.2%

Middle Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA)

8.0%

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

62.0%

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

2.5%

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

10.4%

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

9.2%

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

2.5%

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

3.1%

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

1.2%

Employment location unknown

0.0%

Career services operations: The Career Services Offices (CSO) is committed to assisting students in identifying and securing positions that match their interests. The CSO furnishes information about employers, employment opportunities, offers consultations for resume/cover-letter writing, sponsors on-campus interviews and resume collections, and facilitates off-campus interviews through participation in job fairs.

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)

11.0%

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)

5.0%

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)

1.0%