IIT Chicago-Kent

565 W. Adams Street
Chicago, IL 60661-3691
(312) 906-5020

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National Comparison: Overview of Facts

#31 in Public Sector Salary

Chicago-Kent Law is tied for #31 in terms of median starting salary among graduates working in government jobs or judicial clerkships at the federal or state level ($60,210).

#65 in Library Size

Chicago-Kent Law ranks #65 in terms of library size with 500,761 volumes or equivalents.

#66 in Presence of Minority Students

Chicago-Kent Law ranks #66 in terms of the highest percentage of students who are racial or ethnic minority (39.1%).

#77 in Median LSAT

Chicago-Kent Law is tied for #77 in terms of the median LSAT score (157) among those applicants granted admission who enrolled as full-time students. The LSAT measures reading comprehension, analytical reasoning, and logical reasoning.

#79 in Private Sector Salary

Chicago-Kent Law is tied for #79 in terms of the median starting salary among graduates working in private practice as law firm associates ($75,750).

#81 in Highest Tuition

Chicago-Kent Law ranks #81 in terms of highest tuition among full-time law students ($47,644). 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.

#88 in Presence of Minority Faculty

Chicago-Kent Law ranks #88 in terms of the highest percentage of faculty who are racial or ethnic minority (13.0%).

#95 in Median Undergraduate GPA

Chicago-Kent Law ranks #95 in terms of highest median undergraduate GPA (3.44) among those applicants granted admission who enrolled as full-time students.

#98 in Bar Passage Rate

Chicago-Kent Law ranks #98 in terms of bar passage rate among first-time test takers (79.1%), and it outperforms by +0.1% 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.)

#98 in Employment Rate at Graduation

#109 in Employment Rate at 10 Months
Chicago-Kent Law ranks #98 in terms of graduates employed at the time of graduation (43.5%) and #109 in terms of graduates employed ten months after graduation (75.8%).

#100 in Student to Faculty Ratio

Chicago-Kent Law is tied for #100 in terms of lowest student to faculty ratio (7.0:1).

#108 in Acceptance Rate

Chicago-Kent Law ranks #108 in terms of student selectivity with an acceptance rate of 49.3% among those who applied for admission.

#188 in Presence of Female Faculty

Chicago-Kent Law is tied for #188 in terms of the highest percentage of faculty who are female (26.1%).

Fall 2020 Application Information

Application Deadline: March 15
Application Fee: $0

Admissions Statistics

2020 2017
Acceptance Rate 49.3% 62.0%
LSAT Score (Median) 157 155
LSAT Score (25th-75th percentile) 151-160 152-158
GPA (Median) 3.44 3.34
GPA Range (25th-75th percentile) 3.09-3.64 3.09-3.58

Bar Exam Statistics

2020 2017
State in which most graduates took bar exam: IL IL
School's bar passage rate: 79.1% 88.5%
State overall bar passage rate: 79.0% 85.0%
School bar pass rate vs. state bar pass rate: +0.1% +3.5%

Employment Statistics

2020 2017
Graduates employed at graduation: 43.5% 32.1%
Graduates employed 10 months after graduation: 75.8% 67.6%

Tuition and Expenses

2020 2017
Tuition: $47,644 $46,822
Room and Board: $14,967 $14,445
Proportion of full-time students receiving grants: 91.0% 90.9%
Median grant amount among full-time students: $30,000 $20,000
Average indebtedness of those who incurred debt: $105,042 $115,040
Proportion of graduates who incurred debt: 75.1% 79.7%
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Students & Faculty

2020 2017
Total Students: 732 635
Men: 48.7% 51.3%
Women: 51.3% 48.7%
Student Racial Demographics:

White: 60.9% N/A
Black: 5.7% N/A
Hispanic: 13.8% N/A
Asian: 6.8% N/A
Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 7.0 : 1 N/A
Total Faculty: 184 N/A
Male: 73.9% N/A
Female: 26.1% N/A
Minority: 13.0% N/A

Full-Time Starting Salaries

2020 2017
Private Sector (Median): $75,750 $65,000
Public Sector (Median): $60,210 $41,000
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Library Resources

2020 2017
Volumes and equivalents: 500,761 559,174