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National Comparison: Overview of Facts

#16 in Employment Rate at 10 Months

#24 in Employment Rate at Graduation
UGA Law ranks #16 in terms of graduates employed ten months after graduation (90.1%) and #24 in terms of graduates employed at the time of graduation (70.7%) .

#26 in Acceptance Rate

UGA Law ranks #26 in terms of student selectivity with an acceptance rate of 26.8% among those who applied for admission.

#29 in Median LSAT

UGA Law is tied for #29 in terms of the median LSAT score (163) among those applicants granted admission who enrolled as full-time students. The LSAT measures reading comprehension, analytical reasoning, and logical reasoning.

#37 in Median Undergraduate GPA

UGA Law ranks #37 in terms of highest median undergraduate GPA (3.67) among those applicants granted admission who enrolled as full-time students.

#39 in Bar Passage Rate

UGA Law ranks #39 in terms of bar passage rate among first-time test takers (89.4%), and it outperforms by +17.6% the state of Georgia’s overall bar passage rate of 71.8%. (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.)

#50 in Private Sector Salary

UGA Law is tied for #50 in terms of the median starting salary among graduates working in private practice as law firm associates ($90,000).

#57 in Presence of Minority Faculty

UGA Law ranks #57 in terms of the highest percentage of faculty who are racial or ethnic minority (15.8%).

#58 in Library Size

UGA Law ranks #58 in terms of library size with 551,145 volumes or equivalents.

#65 in Presence of Female Faculty

UGA Law is tied for #65 in terms of the highest percentage of faculty who are female (42.6%).

#131 in Public Sector Salary

UGA Law is tied for #131 in terms of median starting salary among graduates working in government jobs or judicial clerkships at the federal or state level ($50,000).

#132 in Student to Faculty Ratio

UGA Law is tied for #132 in terms of lowest student to faculty ratio (8.0:1).

#152 in Highest Tuition (out-of-state)

#258 in Highest Tuition (in-state)
UGA Law ranks #152 in terms of highest tuition among full-time law students for its out-of state tuition of $38,146, and it ranks #258 in terms of highest tuition among full-time law students for its in-state tuition of $19,708. 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. Room and board expenses average $11,876 per year.

#165 in Presence of Minority Students

UGA Law ranks #165 in terms of the highest percentage of students who are racial or ethnic minority (21.8%).

Fall 2020 Application Information

Application Deadline: June 1
Application Fee: $50

Admissions Statistics

2020 2017
Acceptance Rate 26.8% 33.0%
LSAT Score (Median) 163 160
LSAT Score (25th-75th percentile) 159-164 156-164
GPA (Median) 3.67 3.60
GPA Range (25th-75th percentile) 3.39-3.85 3.36-3.83

Bar Exam Statistics

2020 2017
State in which most graduates took bar exam: GA GA
School's bar passage rate: 89.4% 92.8%
State overall bar passage rate: 71.8% 80.2%
School bar pass rate vs. state bar pass rate: +17.6% +12.6%

Employment Statistics

2020 2017
Graduates employed at graduation: 70.7% 47.7%
Graduates employed 10 months after graduation: 90.1% 77.9%

Tuition and Expenses

2020 2017
Tuition (In-State): $19,708 N/A
Tuition (Out-of-State): $38,146 N/A
Room and Board: $11,876 $11,416
Proportion of full-time students receiving grants: 66.9% 57.1%
Median grant amount among full-time students: $7,500 $5,000
Average indebtedness of those who incurred debt: $77,269 $86,515
Proportion of graduates who incurred debt: 76.9% 81.7%
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Students & Faculty

2020 2017
Total Students: 582 576
Men: 51.7% 53.5%
Women: 48.3% 46.5%
Student Racial Demographics:

White: 78.2% N/A
Black: 6.7% N/A
Hispanic: 5.2% N/A
Asian: 5.2% N/A
Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 8.0 : 1 N/A
Total Faculty: 101 N/A
Male: 57.4% N/A
Female: 42.6% N/A
Minority: 15.8% N/A

Full-Time Starting Salaries

2020 2017
Private Sector (Median): $90,000 $81,500
Public Sector (Median): $50,000 $50,700
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Library Resources

2020 2017
Volumes and equivalents: 551,145 556,314