Albany Law School of Union University

80 New Scotland Avenue
Albany, NY 12208-3494
(518) 445-2326

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National Comparison: Overview of Facts

#27 in Library Size

Albany Law ranks #27 in terms of library size with 749,251 volumes or equivalents.

#53 in Public Sector Salary

Albany Law is tied for #53 in terms of median starting salary among graduates working in government jobs or judicial clerkships at the federal or state level ($59,000).

#61 in Presence of Female Faculty

Albany Law is tied for #61 in terms of the highest percentage of faculty who are female (43.2%).

#64 in Employment Rate at Graduation

#71 in Employment Rate at 10 Months
Albany Law ranks #64 in terms of graduates employed at the time of graduation (53.6%) and #71 in terms of graduates employed ten months after graduation (80.0%).

#83 in Highest Tuition

Albany Law ranks #83 in terms of highest tuition among full-time law students ($47,450). We rank from a total of 283 tuition rates from 194 law schools, ranking twice those law schools that have different in-state and out-of-state tuition rates.

#90 in Private Sector Salary

Albany Law is tied for #90 in terms of the median starting salary among graduates working in private practice as law firm associates ($73,000).

#115 in Median LSAT

Albany Law is tied for #115 in terms of the median LSAT score (153) among those applicants granted admission who enrolled as full-time students. The LSAT measures reading comprehension, analytical reasoning, and logical reasoning.

#127 in Presence of Minority Faculty

Albany Law ranks #127 in terms of the highest percentage of faculty who are racial or ethnic minority (10.8%).

#130 in Median Undergraduate GPA

Albany Law ranks #130 in terms of highest median undergraduate GPA (3.32) among those applicants granted admission who enrolled as full-time students.

#131 in Acceptance Rate

Albany Law ranks #131 in terms of student selectivity with an acceptance rate of 54.6% among those who applied for admission.

#143 in Student to Faculty Ratio

Albany Law is tied for #143 in terms of lowest student to faculty ratio (8.1:1).

#146 in Bar Passage Rate

Albany Law ranks #146 in terms of bar passage rate among first-time test takers (70.6%), and it underperforms by -5.1% the state of New York’s overall bar passage rate of 75.7%. (A national comparison on this metric should be taken in a qualified sense and with caution, because every state has a different bar passage rate.)

#152 in Presence of Minority Students

Albany Law ranks #152 in terms of the highest percentage of students who are racial or ethnic minority (23.2%).

Fall 2020 Application Information

Application Deadline: June 1
Application Fee: $0

Admissions Statistics

2020 2017
Acceptance Rate 54.6% 61.7%
LSAT Score (Median) 153 152
LSAT Score (25th-75th percentile) 151-156 149-154
GPA (Median) 3.32 3.26
GPA Range (25th-75th percentile) 3.06-3.62 2.98-3.54

Bar Exam Statistics

2020 2017
State in which most graduates took bar exam: NY NY
School's bar passage rate: 70.6% 74.5%
State overall bar passage rate: 75.7% 72.7%
School bar pass rate vs. state bar pass rate: -5.1% +1.8%

Employment Statistics

2020 2017
Graduates employed at graduation: 53.6% 41.7%
Graduates employed 10 months after graduation: 80.0% 72.5%

Tuition and Expenses

2020 2017
Tuition: $47,450 $43,398
Room and Board: $10,750 $9,950
Proportion of full-time students receiving grants: 91.7% 89.8%
Median grant amount among full-time students: $26,000 $19,000
Average indebtedness of those who incurred debt: $100,386 $125,157
Proportion of graduates who incurred debt: 83.2% 88.0%
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Students & Faculty

2020 2017
Total Students: 465 364
Men: 47.7% 49.7%
Women: 52.3% 50.3%
Student Racial Demographics:

White: 76.8% N/A
Black: 4.9% N/A
Hispanic: 7.7% N/A
Asian: 3.7% N/A
Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 8.1 : 1 N/A
Total Faculty: 74 N/A
Male: 56.8% N/A
Female: 43.2% N/A
Minority: 10.8% N/A

Full-Time Starting Salaries

2020 2017
Private Sector (Median): $73,000 $60,000
Public Sector (Median): $59,000 $55,146
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Library Resources

2020 2017
Volumes and equivalents: 749,251 740,594