New York Law School

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New York, NY 10013-2960
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National Comparison: Overview of Facts

#25 in Public Sector Salary

NYLS Law is tied for #25 in terms of median starting salary among graduates working in government jobs or judicial clerkships at the federal or state level ($61,000).

#37 in Private Sector Salary

NYLS Law is tied for #37 in terms of the median starting salary among graduates working in private practice as law firm associates ($100,000).

#50 in Highest Tuition

NYLS Law ranks #50 in terms of highest tuition among full-time law students ($51,732). 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.

#52 in Library Size

NYLS Law ranks #52 in terms of library size with 574,810 volumes or equivalents.

#56 in Presence of Minority Students

NYLS Law ranks #56 in terms of the highest percentage of students who are racial or ethnic minority (40.2%).

#64 in Presence of Female Faculty

NYLS Law is tied for #64 in terms of the highest percentage of faculty who are female (42.8%).

#84 in Employment Rate at Graduation

#117 in Employment Rate at 10 Months
NYLS Law ranks #84 in terms of graduates employed at the time of graduation (48.1%) and #117 in terms of graduates employed ten months after graduation (74.3%).

#111 in Presence of Minority Faculty

NYLS Law ranks #111 in terms of the highest percentage of faculty who are racial or ethnic minority (11.7%).

#115 in Median LSAT

NYLS Law is tied for #115 in terms of the median LSAT score (153) among those applicants granted admission who enrolled as full-time students. The LSAT measures reading comprehension, analytical reasoning, and logical reasoning.

#121 in Acceptance Rate

NYLS Law ranks #121 in terms of student selectivity with an acceptance rate of 52.4% among those who applied for admission.

#124 in Median Undergraduate GPA

NYLS Law ranks #124 in terms of highest median undergraduate GPA (3.36) among those applicants granted admission who enrolled as full-time students.

#170 in Student to Faculty Ratio

NYLS Law is tied for #170 in terms of lowest student to faculty ratio (9.3:1).

#171 in Bar Passage Rate

NYLS Law ranks #171 in terms of bar passage rate among first-time test takers (59.5%), and it underperforms by -16.2% the state of New York’s overall bar passage rate of 75.7%. (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.)

Fall 2020 Application Information

Application Deadline: July 1
Application Fee: $0

Admissions Statistics

2020 2017
Acceptance Rate 52.4% 54.7%
LSAT Score (Median) 153 152
LSAT Score (25th-75th percentile) 150-155 149-154
GPA (Median) 3.36 3.18
GPA Range (25th-75th percentile) 3.13-3.58 2.88-3.48

Bar Exam Statistics

2020 2017
State in which most graduates took bar exam: NY NY
School's bar passage rate: 59.5% 69.0%
State overall bar passage rate: 75.7% 72.7%
School bar pass rate vs. state bar pass rate: -16.2% -3.7%

Employment Statistics

2020 2017
Graduates employed at graduation: 48.1% 33.7%
Graduates employed 10 months after graduation: 74.3% 64.3%

Tuition and Expenses

2020 2017
Tuition: $51,732 $49,240
Room and Board: $23,759 $17,550
Proportion of full-time students receiving grants: 78.6% 71.6%
Median grant amount among full-time students: $26,000 $17,500
Average indebtedness of those who incurred debt: $142,715 $161,910
Proportion of graduates who incurred debt: 75.5% 80.4%
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Students & Faculty

2020 2017
Total Students: 1016 578
Men: 40.9% 44.3%
Women: 59.1% 55.7%
Student Racial Demographics:

White: 59.8% N/A
Black: 5.7% N/A
Hispanic: 16.6% N/A
Asian: 6.8% N/A
Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 9.3 : 1 N/A
Total Faculty: 180 N/A
Male: 57.2% N/A
Female: 42.8% N/A
Minority: 11.7% N/A

Full-Time Starting Salaries

2020 2017
Private Sector (Median): $100,000 $82,000
Public Sector (Median): $61,000 $56,200
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Library Resources

2020 2017
Volumes and equivalents: 574,810 563,486