University of Maryland

Director of admissions

Connie Beals

Application deadline

03/01

Full-time program application fee

$65

Part-time program application fee

$65

Besides the fall semester, can enter in

N/A

Total number of full- and part-time applicants

3,735

Total number of full- and part-time acceptances

577

Overall acceptance rate

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

306

Number of full-time program applicants

3,225

Number of full-time program acceptances

469

Full-time acceptance rate

14.5%

Number of first-year full-time students enrolled

232

Number of part-time program applicants

510

Number of part-time program acceptances

108

Part-time acceptance rate

21.2%

Number of first-year part-time students enrolled

74

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

3.43-3.77

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

161-166

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

3.12-3.61

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

156-161

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

MD

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

84.2%

Statewide bar passage rate for first-time test takers

76.4%

Total graduates

267

Graduates employed at graduation

84.8%

Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation

25th percentile private sector starting salary

$62,500

Median private sector starting salary

$82,500

75th percentile private sector starting salary

$135,000

Percent in the private sector who reported salary information

100%

Median public service starting salary

$45,000

Percent employed in academia

8.0%

Percent employed in business and industry

15.0%

Percent employed in government

13.0%

Percent employed in all judicial clerkships

18.0%

Percent employed in law firms

40.0%

Percent employed in public interest

6.0%

Percent employed in an unknown field

0.0%

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

4.3%

Graduates employed in-state

67%

Graduates employed in foreign countries

0%

Number of states where graduates are employed

21

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

1.0%

Middle Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA)

5.0%

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

1.0%

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

1.0%

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

88.0%

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

0.0%

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

1.0%

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

2.0%

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

1.0%

Employment location unknown

0.0%

Career services operations: Personalized attention to students’ career goals is the hallmark of the law school’s Career Development Office (CDO). Capitalizing on the law school’s proximity and access to Washington, CDO excels in helping students find legal employment in the private sector and launch careers in public service. The fall recruitment program allows students to interview with leading firms from across the U.S.

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

84.0%

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)

0.0%