College of Law Statistics

Admissions Numbers

Admissions numbers are based on the first-year class composition as of the start of our first-year Orientation program.

	2011 reported as of 08/15/2011	2010 reported as of 08/16/2010	2009 reported as of 08/17/2009
Entering Class Size	180	203	195
Percentage of Men/Women	60/40	58/42	55/45
Percentage of Students of Color	18	18	14
Percentage of Residents/Non-Residents	51/49	48/52	47/53
GPA 25th Percentile Median 75th Percentile	3.51 3.64 3.81	3.41 3.59 3.77	3.43 3.61 3.81
LSAT 25th Percentile Median 75th Percentile	158 161 164	158 161 164	158 161 164
Age Range Average Age	21 to 43 24	21 to 49 24	21 to 41 24
States and Foreign Countries Represented	32	35	35
Undergraduate Institutions Represented	91	93	93
Undergraduate Majors	43	50	48
Percentage of Students with Advanced Degrees	12	10	5

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	2011 based on 194 first-time takers in 2010	2010 based on 193 first-time takers in 2009	2009 based on 205 first-time takers in 2008
Iowa Number of Takers Number of Passers Pass Percentage	70 65 92.86	53 50 94.34	66 62 93.94
Illinois Number of Takers Number of Passers Pass Percentage	32 30 93.75	32 31 96.88	37 37 100
Minnesota Number of Takers Number of Passers Pass Percentage	15 15 100	18 18 100	13 12 92.31
California Number of Takers Number of Passers Pass Percentage	12 10 83.33	14 11 78.57	10 6 60.00
Missouri Number of Takers Number of Passers Pass Percentage	11 10 90.90	12 12 100	10 9 90.00
New York Number of Takers Number of Passers Pass Percentage	12 9 75.00	13 10 76.92	8 8 100
Wisconsin Number of Takers Number of Passers Pass Percentage	4 4 100	7 7 100	N/A

Average Debt

For the class of 2011, the average law school student loan debt was $93,196.

Employment and Salary Data

Employment and salary data are collected as of nine months after graduation. A printable report is available below in PDF format.

Printable Report [pdf]
Employment Statistics Nine Months after Graduation
Employment Types of Employed Graduates
Full-time Salaries of Employed Graduates
Geographic Destinations of Graduates Nine Months after Graduation
Most Popular States of Employment

Employment Statistics Nine Months after Graduation

	Class of 2011	Class of 2010	Class of 2009
Total Graduates	183	212	206
Employed	168	192	200
Bar Required	138	152	151
JD Advantage	17	15	23
Other Professional	10	11	10
Non-Professional	2	13	2
Unknown	1	1	3
Employed - Long-Term	n/a	159	n/a
Employed - Short-Term	n/a	31	n/a
Employed - Long-Term, Full-Time	143	n/a	n/a
Employed - Long-Term, Part-Time	11	n/a	n/a
Employed - Short-Term, Full-Time	10	n/a	n/a
Employed - Short-Term, Part-Time	3	n/a	n/a
Employed - Law-School Funded	1	0	n/a
Pursuing Graduate Degree	2	12	11
Unemployed - seeking	10	5	3
Unemployed - not seeking	3	3	3
Employment Status Unknown	0	0	0

Employment Types of Employed Graduates

	Class of 2011	Class of 2010	Class of 2009
Law Firms	82	103	101
Solo	1	2	1
2-10	40	38	22
11-25	8	10	6
26-50	8	6	3
51-100	6	5	8
101-250	3	12	11
251-500	6	8	16
500+	7	15	32
Unknown	3	7	2
Business & Industry	26	40	25
Government	31	26	19
Public Interest	12	6	15
Judicial Clerkship	13	14	14
Federal	7	6	10
State & Local	6	8	4
Other	0	0	0
Academia	3	1	10
Other/Unknown	1	2	5

Full-time Salaries of Employed Graduates

Class of 2011

Class of 2010

Class of 2009

Total Employed Graduates

168

192

189

Number of Salaries Reported

135

147

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