St. Thomas University School of Law

16401 N.W. 37th Avenue
Miami Gardens, FL 33054
(305) 623-2310

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National Comparison: Overview of Facts

#3 in Presence of Minority Students

St. Thomas Law ranks #3 in terms of the highest percentage of students who are racial or ethnic minority (83.3%).

#14 in Presence of Minority Faculty

St. Thomas Law ranks #14 in terms of the highest percentage of faculty who are racial or ethnic minority (27.2%).

#86 in Library Size

St. Thomas Law ranks #86 in terms of library size with 439,683 volumes or equivalents.

#121 in Highest Tuition

St. Thomas Law ranks #121 in terms of highest tuition among full-time law students ($42,190). 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.

#130 in Acceptance Rate

St. Thomas Law ranks #130 in terms of student selectivity with an acceptance rate of 53.8% among those who applied for admission.

#132 in Student to Faculty Ratio

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

#136 in Presence of Female Faculty

St. Thomas Law is tied for #136 in terms of the highest percentage of faculty who are female (35.1%).

#153 in Employment Rate at Graduation

#194 in Employment Rate at 10 Months
St. Thomas Law ranks #153 in terms of graduates employed at the time of graduation (27.6%) and #194 in terms of graduates employed ten months after graduation (27.6%).

#170 in Bar Passage Rate

St. Thomas Law ranks #170 in terms of bar passage rate among first-time test takers (59.6%), and it underperforms by -8.3% the state of Florida’s overall bar passage rate of 67.9%. (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.)

#173 in Median LSAT

St. Thomas Law is tied for #173 in terms of the median LSAT score (148) among those applicants granted admission who enrolled as full-time students. The LSAT measures reading comprehension, analytical reasoning, and logical reasoning.

#173 in Private Sector Salary

St. Thomas Law is tied for #173 in terms of the median starting salary among graduates working in private practice as law firm associates ($52,000).

#176 in Median Undergraduate GPA

St. Thomas Law ranks #176 in terms of highest median undergraduate GPA (3.10) among those applicants granted admission who enrolled as full-time students.

#177 in Public Sector Salary

St. Thomas Law is tied for #177 in terms of median starting salary among graduates working in government jobs or judicial clerkships at the federal or state level ($42,500).

Fall 2020 Application Information

Application Deadline: N/A
Application Fee: $40

Admissions Statistics

2020 2017
Acceptance Rate 53.8% 59.4%
LSAT Score (Median) 148 148
LSAT Score (25th-75th percentile) 146-151 145-151
GPA (Median) 3.10 3.01
GPA Range (25th-75th percentile) 2.77-3.41 2.71-3.30

Bar Exam Statistics

2020 2017
State in which most graduates took bar exam: FL FL
School's bar passage rate: 59.6% 67.4%
State overall bar passage rate: 67.9% 72.1%
School bar pass rate vs. state bar pass rate: -8.3% -4.7%

Employment Statistics

2020 2017
Graduates employed at graduation: 27.6% N/A
Graduates employed 10 months after graduation: 27.6% 50.9%

Tuition and Expenses

2020 2017
Tuition: $42,190 N/A
Room and Board: $18,500 N/A
Proportion of full-time students receiving grants: 66.0% N/A
Median grant amount among full-time students: $15,000 N/A
Average indebtedness of those who incurred debt: $155,836 N/A
Proportion of graduates who incurred debt: 89.6% N/A
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Students & Faculty

2020 2017
Total Students: 533 630
Men: 38.8% 44.4%
Women: 61.2% 55.6%
Student Racial Demographics:

White: 16.7% N/A
Black: 8.3% N/A
Hispanic: 64.9% N/A
Asian: 2.8% N/A
Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 8.0 : 1 N/A
Total Faculty: 114 N/A
Male: 64.9% N/A
Female: 35.1% N/A
Minority: 27.2% N/A

Full-Time Starting Salaries

2020 2017
Private Sector (Median): $52,000 N/A
Public Sector (Median): $42,500 N/A
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Library Resources

2020 2017
Volumes and equivalents: 439,683 N/A