University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

Director of admissions

Sarah C. Zearfoss

Application deadline

02/15

Full-time program application fee

$60

Part-time program application fee

N/A

Besides the fall semester, can enter in

summer

Total number of full- and part-time applicants

5,577

Total number of full- and part-time acceptances

1,181

Overall acceptance rate

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

361

Number of full-time program applicants

5,577

Number of full-time program acceptances

1,181

Full-time acceptance rate

21.2%

Number of first-year full-time students enrolled

361

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

3.54-3.82

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

166-170

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

NY

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

95.7%

Statewide bar passage rate for first-time test takers

76.7%

Total graduates

385

Graduates employed at graduation

97.4%

Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation

25th percentile private sector starting salary

$145,000

Median private sector starting salary

$160,000

75th percentile private sector starting salary

$160,000

Percent in the private sector who reported salary information

85%

Median public service starting salary

$55,706

Percent employed in academia

1.1%

Percent employed in business and industry

3.2%

Percent employed in government

1.3%

Percent employed in all judicial clerkships

14.2%

Percent employed in law firms

74.4%

Percent employed in public interest

5.8%

Percent employed in an unknown field

0.0%

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

14.0%

Graduates employed in-state

11%

Graduates employed in foreign countries

1%

Number of states where graduates are employed

35

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

3.2%

Middle Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA)

23.7%

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

28.8%

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

3.4%

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

15.9%

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

0.7%

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

3.4%

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

16.4%

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

3.2%

Employment location unknown

0.0%

Career services operations: Our Offices of Career Services and Public Service, with staffs of 6 attorney-counselors, help students sustain an outstanding placement record in top 100 US and global law firms, public interest (aided by a generous Loan Forgiveness Program), government, the corporate sector, judicial clerkships, and law teaching. Over 750 employers interview yearly; over 1,700 post openings and request resumes.

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

97.0%

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)

2.0%

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%