University of Pennsylvania

Director of admissions

Renee Post

Application deadline

02/15

Full-time program application fee

$70

Part-time program application fee

N/A

Besides the fall semester, can enter in

N/A

Total number of full- and part-time applicants

5,811

Total number of full- and part-time acceptances

957

Overall acceptance rate

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

250

Number of full-time program applicants

5,811

Number of full-time program acceptances

957

Full-time acceptance rate

16.5%

Number of first-year full-time students enrolled

250

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

3.46-3.88

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

166-171

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

94.4%

Statewide bar passage rate for first-time test takers

76.7%

Total graduates

254

Graduates employed at graduation

97.2%

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

96%

Median public service starting salary

$54,000

Percent employed in academia

1.0%

Percent employed in business and industry

3.0%

Percent employed in government

1.0%

Percent employed in all judicial clerkships

15.0%

Percent employed in law firms

78.0%

Percent employed in public interest

2.0%

Percent employed in an unknown field

0.0%

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

10.9%

Graduates employed in-state

22%

Graduates employed in foreign countries

2%

Number of states where graduates are employed

18

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

3.6%

Middle Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA)

62.8%

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

2.8%

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

0.4%

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

20.2%

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

0.0%

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

0.8%

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

7.3%

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

0.4%

Employment location unknown

0.0%

Career services operations: Career Planning and Professionalism counseling: career planning, job search, judicial clerkships, fellowships, alumni career services. Four full-time career counselors (all J.D.s) and two part-time. Robust recruiting program (300+ employers from around the nation and globe), access to over 5,000 job opportunities. Educational programming built into 1L program. Online alumni networking.

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)

2.0%

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%