University of Detroit Mercy

Director of admissions

Kathleen H. Caprio

Application deadline

04/15

Full-time program application fee

$50

Part-time program application fee

$50

Besides the fall semester, can enter in

N/A

Total number of full- and part-time applicants

1,852

Total number of full- and part-time acceptances

843

Overall acceptance rate

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

264

Number of full-time program applicants

1,644

Number of full-time program acceptances

744

Full-time acceptance rate

45.3%

Number of first-year full-time students enrolled

214

Number of part-time program applicants

208

Number of part-time program acceptances

99

Part-time acceptance rate

47.6%

Number of first-year part-time students enrolled

50

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

2.94-3.39

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

146-154

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

2.65-3.2

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

144-151

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

MI

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

90.9%

Statewide bar passage rate for first-time test takers

86.1%

Total graduates

200

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

$65,000

75th percentile private sector starting salary

$107,000

Percent in the private sector who reported salary information

70%

Median public service starting salary

N/A

Percent employed in academia

1.7%

Percent employed in business and industry

15.2%

Percent employed in government

6.7%

Percent employed in all judicial clerkships

1.1%

Percent employed in law firms

69.7%

Percent employed in public interest

5.6%

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

70%

Graduates employed in foreign countries

15%

Number of states where graduates are employed

16

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

0.6%

Middle Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA)

3.9%

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

72.4%

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

0.0%

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

2.8%

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

0.6%

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

1.1%

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

1.7%

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

1.7%

Employment location unknown

0.0%

Career services operations: Full-time Career Services Assistant Dean; Full-time National Employment Counselor; Mock Interviews; Fall and Spring On-Campus Interview Programs; Alumni Mentor Program; Career Counseling; Resume and Cover Letter Review; Career Seminars; Job Postings; Preparing to Practice Series and other special events.

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)

7.0%

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)

8.0%

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%