University of Miami

Director of admissions

Michael Goodnight

Application deadline

07/31

Full-time program application fee

$60

Part-time program application fee

$60

Besides the fall semester, can enter in

N/A

Total number of full- and part-time applicants

4,240

Total number of full- and part-time acceptances

2,190

Overall acceptance rate

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

377

Number of full-time program applicants

4,240

Number of full-time program acceptances

2,190

Full-time acceptance rate

51.7%

Number of first-year full-time students enrolled

377

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

N/A

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

3.17-3.68

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

155-160

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

FL

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

86.4%

Statewide bar passage rate for first-time test takers

77.6%

Total graduates

384

Graduates employed at graduation

76.7%

Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation

25th percentile private sector starting salary

$75,000

Median private sector starting salary

$100,000

75th percentile private sector starting salary

$130,000

Percent in the private sector who reported salary information

41%

Median public service starting salary

$41,500

Percent employed in academia

0.6%

Percent employed in business and industry

8.0%

Percent employed in government

10.8%

Percent employed in all judicial clerkships

3.7%

Percent employed in law firms

67.0%

Percent employed in public interest

8.2%

Percent employed in an unknown field

1.7%

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

1.0%

Graduates employed in-state

62%

Graduates employed in foreign countries

0%

Number of states where graduates are employed

26

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

1.1%

Middle Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA)

5.7%

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

2.0%

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

1.1%

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

71.3%

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

1.1%

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

3.1%

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

2.3%

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

1.7%

Employment location unknown

10.5%

Career services operations: Career Services offers: seasoned career planning counselors to help develop strategies for placement around the country, in private and public sectors, in-house, and public interest; fall, spring on-campus interview; job fairs; judicial clerkship program; mock job interviews, resume writing workshops, and mentor programs; library of placement resources. For more information visit www.law.miami.edu

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

98.0%

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

1.0%

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)

1.0%

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%