University of Tennessee–Knoxville

Director of admissions

Karen Britton

Application deadline

03/01

Full-time program application fee

$15

Part-time program application fee

N/A

Besides the fall semester, can enter in

N/A

Total number of full- and part-time applicants

1,411

Total number of full- and part-time acceptances

412

Overall acceptance rate

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

153

Number of full-time program applicants

1,411

Number of full-time program acceptances

412

Full-time acceptance rate

29.2%

Number of first-year full-time students enrolled

153

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

3.34-3.78

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

154-161

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

TN

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

89.1%

Statewide bar passage rate for first-time test takers

80.1%

Total graduates

151

Graduates employed at graduation

68.9%

Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation

25th percentile private sector starting salary

$50,600

Median private sector starting salary

$69,550

75th percentile private sector starting salary

$95,500

Percent in the private sector who reported salary information

65%

Median public service starting salary

$45,000

Percent employed in academia

1.0%

Percent employed in business and industry

10.0%

Percent employed in government

13.0%

Percent employed in all judicial clerkships

9.0%

Percent employed in law firms

61.0%

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

2.0%

Graduates employed in-state

63%

Graduates employed in foreign countries

1%

Number of states where graduates are employed

19

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

0.0%

Middle Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA)

2.0%

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

2.0%

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

1.0%

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

24.0%

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

65.0%

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

3.0%

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

1.0%

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

1.0%

Employment location unknown

0.0%

Career services operations: Employers across the region and nation recruit UT students and graduates through on-campus programs, job fairs, and direct contact from UT students. Our 1L Career Integration program is a hallmark of the Career Center. Over fifty programs are offered to help students learn about jobs and careers and develop job search skills.

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)

11.0%

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)

4.0%

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)

2.0%