Washburn University

Director of admissions

Karla Whitaker

Application deadline

04/01

Full-time program application fee

$40

Part-time program application fee

N/A

Besides the fall semester, can enter in

winter/spring

Total number of full- and part-time applicants

722

Total number of full- and part-time acceptances

436

Overall acceptance rate

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

153

Number of full-time program applicants

722

Number of full-time program acceptances

436

Full-time acceptance rate

60.4%

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

3.01-3.6

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

150-155

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

KS

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

89.5%

Statewide bar passage rate for first-time test takers

91.3%

Total graduates

148

Graduates employed at graduation

N/A

Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation

25th percentile private sector starting salary

$42,500

Median private sector starting salary

$50,000

75th percentile private sector starting salary

$95,000

Percent in the private sector who reported salary information

59%

Median public service starting salary

$44,000

Percent employed in academia

4.0%

Percent employed in business and industry

18.4%

Percent employed in government

15.2%

Percent employed in all judicial clerkships

6.4%

Percent employed in law firms

40.0%

Percent employed in public interest

15.2%

Percent employed in an unknown field

0.8%

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

2.0%

Graduates employed in-state

62%

Graduates employed in foreign countries

1%

Number of states where graduates are employed

17

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

0.8%

Middle Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA)

0.8%

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

1.6%

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

75.2%

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

3.2%

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

0.8%

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

4.8%

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

3.2%

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

8.8%

Employment location unknown

0.0%

Career services operations: The Professional Development Office makes available extensive resources regarding local, regional, national, and international employment in the public and private sectors, graduate and foreign study, and judicial clerkships. A Student Resource Center is available for students. Washburn Law alumni reside in every state in the nation, in the District of Columbia, and in several foreign countries.

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

88.0%

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

7.2%

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)

3.2%

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)

1.6%