Willamette University

Director of admissions

Carolyn Dennis

Application deadline

03/01

Full-time program application fee

$50

Part-time program application fee

N/A

Besides the fall semester, can enter in

N/A

Total number of full- and part-time applicants

1,094

Total number of full- and part-time acceptances

520

Overall acceptance rate

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

153

Number of full-time program applicants

1,094

Number of full-time program acceptances

520

Full-time acceptance rate

47.5%

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

3-3.43

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

152-157

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

OR

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

86.5%

Statewide bar passage rate for first-time test takers

80.9%

Total graduates

149

Graduates employed at graduation

N/A

Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation

25th percentile private sector starting salary

$48,000

Median private sector starting salary

$52,350

75th percentile private sector starting salary

$72,500

Percent in the private sector who reported salary information

55%

Median public service starting salary

$45,050

Percent employed in academia

0.0%

Percent employed in business and industry

13.0%

Percent employed in government

13.0%

Percent employed in all judicial clerkships

8.0%

Percent employed in law firms

60.0%

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

0.0%

Graduates employed in-state

60%

Graduates employed in foreign countries

2%

Number of states where graduates are employed

12

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

0.0%

Middle Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA)

0.0%

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

1.0%

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

1.0%

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

1.0%

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

0.0%

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

2.0%

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

79.0%

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

12.0%

Employment location unknown

2.0%

Career services operations: Career Services partners with students to develop and achieve career goals. This includes individual counseling, attorney mentoring programs, specialty law information panels, law firm visits, networking events, online job applications, pro bono work, plus workshops on identifying skills, interviewing, networking, resumes, cover letters, job search strategies, life balance, and more.

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)

8.0%

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)

3.0%