Villanova University

Director of admissions

Noe Bernal

Application deadline

03/01

Full-time program application fee

$75

Part-time program application fee

N/A

Besides the fall semester, can enter in

N/A

Total number of full- and part-time applicants

3,110

Total number of full- and part-time acceptances

1,196

Overall acceptance rate

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

256

Number of full-time program applicants

3,110

Number of full-time program acceptances

1,196

Full-time acceptance rate

38.5%

Number of first-year full-time students enrolled

256

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

3.19-3.64

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

160-163

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

PA

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

86.4%

Statewide bar passage rate for first-time test takers

83.0%

Total graduates

246

Graduates employed at graduation

69.5%

Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation

25th percentile private sector starting salary

$65,000

Median private sector starting salary

$105,000

75th percentile private sector starting salary

$137,500

Percent in the private sector who reported salary information

82%

Median public service starting salary

$49,500

Percent employed in academia

1.0%

Percent employed in business and industry

13.0%

Percent employed in government

7.0%

Percent employed in all judicial clerkships

16.0%

Percent employed in law firms

59.0%

Percent employed in public interest

4.0%

Percent employed in an unknown field

0.0%

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

3.0%

Graduates employed in-state

62%

Graduates employed in foreign countries

0%

Number of states where graduates are employed

17

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

4.0%

Middle Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA)

80.0%

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

1.0%

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

N/A

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

9.5%

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

N/A

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

N/A

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

4.0%

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

1.0%

Employment location unknown

0.0%

Career services operations: Career Strategy is dedicated to coaching students to legal career success. Three attorneys, including a full time professional devoted to public service and pro bono and a skilled assistant, provide counseling, workshops, recruitment and networking opportunities for students. Career Strategy uses state-of-the-art technology to manage programs and student profile information.

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

87.0%

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)

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%