College of Law Statistics



 

Admissions Numbers

Beginning in the fall of 2012, admissions numbers are based on the first-year class composition as of October 1.  The statistics for the class entering in the fall of 2012 have been certified by the Law School Admissions Council.

  2012
reported as of
10/01/2012
 		 2011
reported as of
08/15/2011		 2010
reported as of
08/16/2010
Entering Class Size 155 180 203
Percentage of Men/Women 53/47 60/40 58/42
Percentage of Students of Color 16 18 18
Percentage of Residents/Non-Residents 55/45 51/49 48/52

GPA
25th Percentile
Median
75th Percentile

 

3.46
3.64
3.79

 

3.51
3.64
3.81

 

3.41
3.59
3.77

LSAT

25th Percentile
Median
75th Percentile


158
162
164


158
161
164

 


158
161
164

Age Range

Average Age

21 to 43

25

21 to 43

24

21 to 49

24
States and Foreign Countries Represented 31 32 35
Undergraduate Institutions Represented 90 91 93
Undergraduate Majors 44 43 50
Percentage of Students with Advanced Degrees 10 12 10

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Enrollment Data
As of Ocober 2012, the College of Law has an enrollment of 522 JD candidates and four LLM students. Forty-three percent are women, 19% are minorities, and 53% are Iowa residents.

Bar Passage Data

Each November the College of Law reports bar passage data to the American Bar Association (ABA). The ABA requires the College to report first-time bar exam results for 70 percent of each graduating class. N/A indicates that the College did not report results from that jurisdiction.

Jurisdiction 2012
based on 184
first-time takers in 2011		 2011
based on 194
first-time takers in 2010 		2010
based on 193
first-time takers in 2009

Iowa

Number of Takers
Number of Passers
Pass Percentage


72
65
90.28


70
65
92.86

 
53
50
94.34

Illinois

Number of Takers
Number of Passers
Pass Percentage
 


22
21
95.45


32
30
93.75
 


32
31
96.88

Minnesota

Number of Takers
Number of Passers
Pass Percentage
 


13
13
100


15
15
100


18
18
100
 

California

Number of Takers
Number of Passers
Pass Percentage
 


10
5
50.00


12
10
83.333


14
11
78.57

Missouri

Number of Takers
Number of Passers
Pass Percentage


5
5
100


11
10
90.90

 


12
12
100
 

New York

Number of Takers
Number of Passers
Pass Percentage
 


14
11
78.57


12
9
75.00

 


13
10
76.92

Wisconsin

Number of Takers
Number of Passers
Pass Percentage


5
5
100


4
4
100


7
7
100

 

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Average Debt

For the class of 2012, the average law school student loan debt was $95,574.

Employment and Salary Data

Employment and salary data are collected as of nine months after graduation.

Employment Statistics Nine Months after Graduation

  CLASS OF 2012 Class of 2011 Class of 2010 Class of 2009
Total Graduates 185 183 212 206
Employed 174 168 192 189
Bar Required 141 138 152 151
JD Advantage 19 17 15 23
Other Professional 5 10 11 10
Non-Professional 9 2 13 2
Unknown 0 1 1 3
Employed - Long-Term n/a n/a 159 n/a
Employed - Short-Term n/a n/a 31 n/a
Employed - Long-Term, Full-Time 152 143 n/a n/a
Employed - Long-Term, Part-Time 14 11 n/a n/a
Employed - Short-Term, Full-Time 6 10 n/a n/a
Employed - Short-Term, Part-Time 2 3 n/a n/a
Employed -  Law-School Funded 1 1 0 n/a
Pursuing Graduate Degree 2 2 12 11
Unemployed - seeking 2 10 5 3
Unemployed - not seeking 7 3 3 3
Employment Status Unknown 0 0 0 0

 

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Employment Types of Employed Graduates

  CLASS OF 20121 Class of 20112 Class of 20103 Class of 20094
Law Firms 75 82 103 101
Solo 1 1 2 1
2-10 30 40 38 22
11-25 13 8 10 6
26-50 7 8 6 3
51-100 5 6 5 8
101-250 7 3 12 11
251-500 3 6 8 16
501+ 7 7 15 32
Unknown 2 3 7 2
Business & Industry 36 26 40 25
Government 29 31 26 19
Public Interest 8 12 6 15
Judicial Clerkship 21 13 14 14
Federal 9 7 6 10
State & Local 12 6 8 4
Other 0 0 0 0
Academia 5 3 1 10
Other/Unknown 0 1 2 5

1ABA Employment Summary Class of 2012 [pdf]
2ABA Employment Summary Class of 2011 [pdf]
3ABA Employment Summary Class of 2010 [pdf]
4ABA Employment Summary Class of 2009 [pdf]

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Salaries by Firm Size


Class of 20121

Size of Firm Number
reported
 		 Percent
Reported		 Number
with Salary		 25th
Percentile		 Median 75th
Percentile		 Mean
2-10 30 40.00 19 $40,000 $48,000 $53,000 $49,855
11-25 13 17.33 11 $50,000 $58,000 $67,000 $60,545
26-50 7 9.33 6 $73,750 $76,000 $100,750 $88,000
51-100 5 6.67 5 $80,000 $90,000 $117,500 $97,000
101-250 7 9.33 7 $90,000 $110,000 $145,000 $117,571
251-500 3 4.00 3 - $105,000 - $123,333
501+ 7 9.33 7 $100,000 $135,000 $160,000 $132,143
Unknown Size 2 2.67 0 - - - -
Solo 1 1.33 0 - - - -
Subtotal 75 100.00          

1Final numbers pending approval by NALP.

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Class of 2011

Size of Firm Number
reported
 		 Percent
Reported		 Number
with Salary		 25th
Percentile		 Median 75th
Percentile		 Mean
2-10 41 50.0 31 38,000 50,000 55,000 49,117
11-25 8 9.8 8 50,000 58,000 67,000 57,688
26-50 8 9.8 8 62,250 68,750 77,500 69,375
51-100 5 6.1 5 85,000 85,000 90,000 93,500
101-250 4 4.9          
251-500 6 7.3 5 110,000 110,000 115,000 116,000
501+ 6 7.3 5 124,800 130,000 160,000 138,960
Unknown Size 3 3.7          
Solo 1 1.2          
Subtotal 82 100.0          

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Class of 2010

Size of Firm Number
reported
 		 Percent
Reported		 Number
with Salary		 25th
Percentile		 Median 75th
Percentile		 Mean
2-10 38 37.3 32 44,500 50,000 59,000 52,531
11-25 10 9.8 9 52,000 55,000 60,000 63,278
26-50 6 5.9 6 60,000 75,000 80,000 78,333
51-100 5 4.9 5 90,000 100,000 145,000 110,000
101-250 12 11.8 12 104,000 110,000 112,500 111,917
251-500 8 7.8 8 103,500 110,000 135,000 117,750
501+ 15 14.7 15 144,000 160,000 160,000 149,133
Unknown Size 6 5.9          
Solo 2 2.0          
Subtotal 102 100.0          

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Class of 2009

Size of Firm Number
reported
 		 Percent
Reported		 Number
with Salary		 25th
Percentile		 Median 75th
Percentile		 Mean
2-10 22 21.8 19 42,000 50,000 58,000 50,853
11-25 6 5.9 6 51,000 55,000 55,000 53,792
26-50 3 3.0          
51-100 8 7.9 8 80,000 85,500 130,000 100,125
101-250 11 10.9 11 80,000 100,000 120,000 104,455
251-500 16 15.8 16 120,000 125,000 152,500 131,250
501+ 32 31.7 32 135,000 160,000 160,000 147,656
Unknown Size 2 2.0          
Solo 1 1.0          
Subtotal 101 100.0          

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Full-time Salaries of Employed Graduates

 

 

Class of 20121

Class of 2011

Class of 2010

Class of 2009
Total Employed Graduates 174 168 192 189
Number of Salaries Reported 105 135 147 160

Total Employed Graduates

25th Percentile
Median
75th Percentile
Mean

 

$49,250
$57,408
$85,000
$69,934

 

$45,000
$52,000
$70,000
$62,028

 

$50,000
$58,000
$100,000
$75,708

 

$50,000
$65,000
$125,000
$86,065

Business Employed Grad.
Number Reporting Salaries

25th Percentile
Median
75th Percentile
Mean

36 (20.69%)
8
$40,520
$66,250
$92,500
$67,143

26 (15.5%)
14
$45,820
$55,000
$74,500
$57,974

40 (20.8%)
17
$46,800
$60,000
$75,000
$61,544

25 (13.2%)
12
$54,750
$66,000
$70,000
$63,962
Judicial Clerkship Employed Grad.
Number Reporting Salaries

25th Percentile
Median
75th Percentile
Mean

21 (12.07%)
20
$44,720
$51,000
$58,602
$52,318

13 (7.7%)
12
$44,334
$50,287
$58,494
$51,132

14 (7.3%)
14
$45,000
$53,000
$55,000
$51,165

14 (7.4%)
14
$51,000
$54,000
$58,734
$53,873

Pvt. Practice Employed Grad.
Number Reporting Salaries

25th Percentile
Median
75th Percentile
Mean

75 (43.10%)
58
$50,000
$75,000
$105,000
$81,797

82 (48.8%)
66
$48,250
$60,000
$85,000
$71,842

102 (53.1%)
89
$52,500
$75,000
$110,000
$88,961

101 (53.4%)
97

$65,000
$120,000
$145,000
$107,654

Government Employed Grad.
Number Reporting Salaries

25th Percentile
Median
75th Percentile
Mean

25 (14.37%)
12
$50,000
$52,100
$59,000
$55,182

31 (18.5%)
27
$45,000
$50,000
$57,000
$51,989

25 (13.0%)
22
$50,000
$57,000
$60,989
$56,318

19 (10.1%)
17
$43,000
$52,000
$57,362
$50,720

Public Interest Employed Grad.
Number Reporting Salaries

25th Percentile
Median
75th Percentile
Mean

8 (4.60%)
2
-
-
-
$43,750

12 (7.1%)
6
$39,000
$40,800
$45,000
$39,669

6 (3.1%)
5
$39,000
$39,000
$45,000
$42,000

15 (7.9%)
15
$35,000
$39,250
$44,000
$45,960

1Pending official NALP Report.


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Geographic Destinations of Graduates 9 Months after Graduation*

  CLASS OF 2012 Class of 2011 Class of 2010 Class of 2009
New England (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT) 2 1 2 0
Connecticut   0 0 0
Maine   0 0 0
Massachusetts   0 1 0
New Hampshire   0 0 0
Rhode Island   0 0 0
Vermont   1 1 0
 
Mid-Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA) 6 8 6 11
New Jersey   1 0 2
New York   5 6 8
Pennsylvania   2 0 1
 
East North Central (IL, IN, MI, OH, WI) 28 26 34 34
Illinois   20 24 25
Indiana   1 3 2
Michigan   0 1 2
Ohio   1 1 0
Wisconsin   4 5 5
 
West North Central (IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD) 90 81 91 80
Iowa   57 60 52
Kansas   4 1 0
Minnesota   8 12 14
Missouri   4 10 11
Nebraska   5 3 2
North Dakota   1 0 0
South Dakota   2 5 1
 
South Atlantic (DE, DC, FL, GA, MD, NC, SC, VA, WV) 14 23 18 24
Delaware   1 1 2
Washington, DC   9 11 12
Florida   7 0 1
Georgia   1 0 3
Maryland   0 2 1
North Carolina   2 2 3
South Carolina   0 0 0
Virginia   3 2 2
West Virginia   0 0 0
 
East South Central (AL, KY, MS, TN) 3 0 1 1
Alabama   0 0 0
Kentucky   0 0 0
Mississippi   0 0 1
Tennessee   0 1 0
 
West South Central (AR, LA, OK, TX) 6 5 5 4
Arkansas   0 0 0
Louisiana   2 0 0
Oklahoma   0 1 1
Texas   3 4 3
 
Mountain (AZ, CO, ID, MT, NV, NM, UT, WY) 2 6 10 14
Arizona   2 1 3
Colorado   3 3 5
Idaho   0 0 2
Montana   0 1 0
Nevada   1 4 3
New Mexico   0 0 1
Utah   0 1 0
Wyoming   0 0 0
 
Pacific (AK, CA, HI, OR, WA) 13 11 14 15
Alaska   3 0 2
California   5 11 11
Hawaii   0 0 0
Oregon   1 1 0
Washington   2 2 2
 
Non-US locations 10 6 5 1
Unknown 0 0 0 0

*Prepared by the National Association for Law Placement.  Pending the NALP breakdown, the Class of 2012 only includes regional data.

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Most Popular States Of Employment

  Class of 2012 Class of 2011 Class of 2010 Class of 2009
Largest Employment IA-66 IA - 57 IA - 59 n/a
Second Largest Employment IL-22 IL - 20 IL - 24 n/a
Third Largest Employment CA-9 DC - 9 DC - 12 n/a

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On-Campus Employers

2011-12 OCI Participating Employers [pdf]
2010-11 OCI Participating Employers [pdf]
2009-10 OCI Participating Employers [pdf]

 

Graduation Rate

Of the students commencing their JD program at Iowa in 2009, 88.66% (172/194) graduated from this law school in 2012.  When adjusted by (i) including students who transferred to Iowa as if they started here in 2009, and (ii) excluding those who transferred to other law schools, enrolled in joint degree programs requiring more than three years to graduate, or requested and were granted a leave of absence or permission to study part-time temporarily, the graduation rate in 2012 was 94.62% (176/186).

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Attrition (from 2011-2012 academic year)

  Academic
(Number)		 Transfer
(Number)		 Other
(Number)		 total
(PERCENT)
First Year 0 0 1 .6 %
Second Year 0 9 4 6.7%
Third Year 0 0 0 0

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