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National Comparison: Overview of Facts

#1 in Private Sector Salary

UChicago Law is tied for #1 in terms of the median starting salary among graduates working in private practice as law firm associates ($180,000).

#2 in Bar Passage Rate

UChicago Law ranks #2 in terms of bar passage rate among first-time test takers (98.9%), and it outperforms by +19.9% the state of Illinois’s overall bar passage rate of 79.0%. (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.)

#2 in Employment Rate at Graduation

#3 in Employment Rate at 10 Months
UChicago Law ranks #2 in terms of graduates employed at the time of graduation (93.0%) and #3 in terms of graduates employed ten months after graduation (93.9%).

#4 in Median LSAT

UChicago Law is tied for #4 in terms of the median LSAT score (171) among those applicants granted admission who enrolled as full-time students. The LSAT measures reading comprehension, analytical reasoning, and logical reasoning.

#4 in Median Undergraduate GPA

UChicago Law ranks #4 in terms of highest median undergraduate GPA (3.89) among those applicants granted admission who enrolled as full-time students.

#7 in Acceptance Rate

UChicago Law ranks #7 in terms of student selectivity with an acceptance rate of 17.5% among those who applied for admission.

#10 in Highest Tuition

UChicago Law ranks #10 in terms of highest tuition among full-time law students ($64,089). 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.

#14 in Public Sector Salary

UChicago Law is tied for #14 in terms of median starting salary among graduates working in government jobs or judicial clerkships at the federal or state level ($63,000).

#22 in Student to Faculty Ratio

UChicago Law is tied for #22 in terms of lowest student to faculty ratio (5.1:1).

#32 in Library Size

UChicago Law ranks #32 in terms of library size with 707,136 volumes or equivalents.

#70 in Presence of Minority Students

UChicago Law ranks #70 in terms of the highest percentage of students who are racial or ethnic minority (37.2%).

#110 in Presence of Minority Faculty

UChicago Law ranks #110 in terms of the highest percentage of faculty who are racial or ethnic minority (11.8%).

#175 in Presence of Female Faculty

UChicago Law is tied for #175 in terms of the highest percentage of faculty who are female (31.2%).

Fall 2020 Application Information

Application Deadline: March 1
Application Fee: $75

Admissions Statistics

2020 2017
Acceptance Rate 17.5% 21.9%
LSAT Score (Median) 171 169
LSAT Score (25th-75th percentile) 167-173 166-172
GPA (Median) 3.89 3.83
GPA Range (25th-75th percentile) 3.73-3.96 3.69-3.97

Bar Exam Statistics

2020 2017
State in which most graduates took bar exam: IL IL
School's bar passage rate: 98.9% 97.3%
State overall bar passage rate: 79.0% 85.0%
School bar pass rate vs. state bar pass rate: +19.9% +12.3%

Employment Statistics

2020 2017
Graduates employed at graduation: 93.0% 94.8%
Graduates employed 10 months after graduation: 93.9% 96.2%

Tuition and Expenses

2020 2017
Tuition: $64,089 $56,916
Room and Board: $17,100 $14,130
Proportion of full-time students receiving grants: 84.1% 75.9%
Median grant amount among full-time students: $20,000 $15,000
Average indebtedness of those who incurred debt: $160,099 $129,636
Proportion of graduates who incurred debt: 63.1% 67.8%
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Students & Faculty

2020 2017
Total Students: 600 617
Men: 53.0% 55.9%
Women: 47.0% 44.1%
Student Racial Demographics:

White: 62.8% N/A
Black: 5.3% N/A
Hispanic: 12.7% N/A
Asian: 9.5% N/A
Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 5.1 : 1 N/A
Total Faculty: 186 N/A
Male: 68.8% N/A
Female: 31.2% N/A
Minority: 11.8% N/A

Full-Time Starting Salaries

2020 2017
Private Sector (Median): $180,000 $160,000
Public Sector (Median): $63,000 $62,000
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Library Resources

2020 2017
Volumes and equivalents: 707,136 699,631