Brigham Young University (Clark)

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Provo, UT 84602
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National Comparison: Overview of Facts

#11 in Median Undergraduate GPA

BYU Law ranks #11 in terms of highest median undergraduate GPA (3.80) among those applicants granted admission who enrolled as full-time students.

#24 in Median LSAT

BYU Law is tied for #24 in terms of the median LSAT score (164) among those applicants granted admission who enrolled as full-time students. The LSAT measures reading comprehension, analytical reasoning, and logical reasoning.

#36 in Private Sector Salary

BYU Law is tied for #36 in terms of the median starting salary among graduates working in private practice as law firm associates ($104,000).

#53 in Student to Faculty Ratio

BYU Law is tied for #53 in terms of lowest student to faculty ratio (6.1:1).

#64 in Acceptance Rate

BYU Law ranks #64 in terms of student selectivity with an acceptance rate of 38.1% among those who applied for admission.

#71 in Library Size

BYU Law ranks #71 in terms of library size with 488,438 volumes or equivalents.

#76 in Bar Passage Rate

BYU Law ranks #76 in terms of bar passage rate among first-time test takers (83.3%), and it outperforms by +0.7% the state of Utah’s overall bar passage rate of 82.6%. (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.)

#97 in Employment Rate at Graduation

#119 in Employment Rate at 10 Months
BYU Law ranks #97 in terms of graduates employed at the time of graduation (43.8%) and #119 in terms of graduates employed ten months after graduation (73.1%).

#156 in Presence of Minority Students

BYU Law ranks #156 in terms of the highest percentage of students who are racial or ethnic minority (22.5%).

#183 in Public Sector Salary

BYU Law is tied for #183 in terms of median starting salary among graduates working in government jobs or judicial clerkships at the federal or state level ($40,000).

#185 in Presence of Female Faculty

BYU Law is tied for #185 in terms of the highest percentage of faculty who are female (27.8%).

#187 in Presence of Minority Faculty

BYU Law ranks #187 in terms of the highest percentage of faculty who are racial or ethnic minority (5.2%).

#275 in Highest Tuition

BYU Law ranks #275 in terms of highest tuition among full-time law students ($13,060). 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.

Fall 2020 Application Information

Application Deadline: N/A
Application Fee: $50

Admissions Statistics

2020 2017
Acceptance Rate 38.1% 40.3%
LSAT Score (Median) 164 160
LSAT Score (25th-75th percentile) 160-166 156-164
GPA (Median) 3.80 3.66
GPA Range (25th-75th percentile) 3.51-3.91 3.45-3.86

Bar Exam Statistics

2020 2017
State in which most graduates took bar exam: UT UT
School's bar passage rate: 83.3% 84.9%
State overall bar passage rate: 82.6% 86.8%
School bar pass rate vs. state bar pass rate: +0.7% -1.9%

Employment Statistics

2020 2017
Graduates employed at graduation: 43.8% 56.5%
Graduates employed 10 months after graduation: 73.1% 88.4%

Tuition and Expenses

2020 2017
Tuition: $13,060 $11,970
Room and Board: $12,720 $12,088
Proportion of full-time students receiving grants: 68.8% 61.0%
Median grant amount among full-time students: $6,340 $5,000
Average indebtedness of those who incurred debt: $56,903 $62,423
Proportion of graduates who incurred debt: 78.5% 68.4%
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Students & Faculty

2020 2017
Total Students: 356 392
Men: 59.6% 62.2%
Women: 40.4% 37.8%
Student Racial Demographics:

White: 77.5% N/A
Black: 0.8% N/A
Hispanic: 7.3% N/A
Asian: 1.4% N/A
Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 6.1 : 1 N/A
Total Faculty: 97 N/A
Male: 72.2% N/A
Female: 27.8% N/A
Minority: 5.2% N/A

Full-Time Starting Salaries

2020 2017
Private Sector (Median): $104,000 $79,813
Public Sector (Median): $40,000 $46,000
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Library Resources

2020 2017
Volumes and equivalents: 488,438 484,197