Wayne State University

Director of admissions

Ericka Matthews-Jackson

Application deadline

03/15

Full-time program application fee

$50

Part-time program application fee

$50

Besides the fall semester, can enter in

N/A

Total number of full- and part-time applicants

1,738

Total number of full- and part-time acceptances

777

Overall acceptance rate

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

226

Number of full-time program applicants

1,599

Number of full-time program acceptances

721

Full-time acceptance rate

45.1%

Number of first-year full-time students enrolled

194

Number of part-time program applicants

139

Number of part-time program acceptances

56

Part-time acceptance rate

40.3%

Number of first-year part-time students enrolled

32

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

3.19-3.7

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

149-157

25th-75th percentile undergraduate GPA for part-time students

3.1-3.63

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

147-154

State where the greatest number of first-time test takers took the bar

MI

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

93.4%

Statewide bar passage rate for first-time test takers

86.1%

Total graduates

189

Graduates employed at graduation

N/A

Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation

25th percentile private sector starting salary

$52,000

Median private sector starting salary

$70,000

75th percentile private sector starting salary

$105,000

Percent in the private sector who reported salary information

52%

Median public service starting salary

$43,300

Percent employed in academia

2.0%

Percent employed in business and industry

13.0%

Percent employed in government

7.0%

Percent employed in all judicial clerkships

5.0%

Percent employed in law firms

67.0%

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

1.0%

Graduates employed in-state

89%

Graduates employed in foreign countries

0%

Number of states where graduates are employed

12

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

0.0%

Middle Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA)

0.6%

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

91.0%

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

0.6%

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

4.8%

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

0.6%

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

0.0%

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

1.2%

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

1.2%

Employment location unknown

0.0%

Career services operations: The Career Services Office offers comprehensive career planning and professional development assistance to students and alumni. Each of our counselors has a J.D. and has practiced law. The CSO conducts on-campus recruitment programs, hosts workshops, and offers individualized career counseling, mock interviews, and cover letter and resume review.

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)

5.0%

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)

7.0%

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%