University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill

Van Hecke-Wettach Hall, CB No. 3380
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3380
(919) 962-5109

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National Comparison: Overview of Facts

#26 in Private Sector Salary

Carolina Law is tied for #26 in terms of the median starting salary among graduates working in private practice as law firm associates ($130,000).

#29 in Employment Rate at Graduation

#42 in Employment Rate at 10 Months
Carolina Law ranks #29 in terms of graduates employed at the time of graduation (62.6%) and #42 in terms of graduates employed ten months after graduation (83.6%).

#34 in Presence of Female Faculty

Carolina Law is tied for #34 in terms of the highest percentage of faculty who are female (45.9%).

#43 in Median LSAT

Carolina Law is tied for #43 in terms of the median LSAT score (161) among those applicants granted admission who enrolled as full-time students. The LSAT measures reading comprehension, analytical reasoning, and logical reasoning.

#50 in Library Size

Carolina Law ranks #50 in terms of library size with 583,453 volumes or equivalents.

#55 in Median Undergraduate GPA

Carolina Law ranks #55 in terms of highest median undergraduate GPA (3.59) among those applicants granted admission who enrolled as full-time students.

#71 in Presence of Minority Faculty

Carolina Law ranks #71 in terms of the highest percentage of faculty who are racial or ethnic minority (14.8%).

#72 in Bar Passage Rate

Carolina Law ranks #72 in terms of bar passage rate among first-time test takers (83.8%), and it outperforms by +18.5% the state of North Carolina’s overall bar passage rate of 65.3%. (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.)

#86 in Acceptance Rate

Carolina Law ranks #86 in terms of student selectivity with an acceptance rate of 46.9% among those who applied for admission.

#105 in Presence of Minority Students

Carolina Law ranks #105 in terms of the highest percentage of students who are racial or ethnic minority (31.2%).

#118 in Public Sector Salary

Carolina Law is tied for #118 in terms of median starting salary among graduates working in government jobs or judicial clerkships at the federal or state level ($51,500).

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

#235 in Highest Tuition (in-state)
Carolina Law ranks #134 in terms of highest tuition among full-time law students for its out-of state tuition of $40,802, and it ranks #235 in terms of highest tuition among full-time law students for its in-state tuition of $24,172. 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 $17,800 per year.

#153 in Student to Faculty Ratio

Carolina Law is tied for #153 in terms of lowest student to faculty ratio (8.5:1).

Fall 2020 Application Information

Application Deadline: May 1
Application Fee: $75

Admissions Statistics

2020 2017
Acceptance Rate 46.9% 44.6%
LSAT Score (Median) 161 162
LSAT Score (25th-75th percentile) 158-163 160-164
GPA (Median) 3.59 3.50
GPA Range (25th-75th percentile) 3.36-3.75 3.31-3.68

Bar Exam Statistics

2020 2017
State in which most graduates took bar exam: NC NC
School's bar passage rate: 83.8% 88.2%
State overall bar passage rate: 65.3% 69.1%
School bar pass rate vs. state bar pass rate: +18.5% +19.1%

Employment Statistics

2020 2017
Graduates employed at graduation: 62.6% 47.3%
Graduates employed 10 months after graduation: 83.6% 77.0%

Tuition and Expenses

2020 2017
Tuition (In-State): $24,172 N/A
Tuition (Out-of-State): $40,802 N/A
Room and Board: $17,800 $17,008
Proportion of full-time students receiving grants: 67.8% 53.1%
Median grant amount among full-time students: $15,000 $10,000
Average indebtedness of those who incurred debt: $86,019 $102,828
Proportion of graduates who incurred debt: 79.5% 72.0%
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Students & Faculty

2020 2017
Total Students: 621 657
Men: 50.4% 48.9%
Women: 49.6% 51.1%
Student Racial Demographics:

White: 68.8% N/A
Black: 5.3% N/A
Hispanic: 8.4% N/A
Asian: 5.2% N/A
Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 8.5 : 1 N/A
Total Faculty: 122 N/A
Male: 54.1% N/A
Female: 45.9% N/A
Minority: 14.8% N/A

Full-Time Starting Salaries

2020 2017
Private Sector (Median): $130,000 $100,000
Public Sector (Median): $51,500 $52,000
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Library Resources

2020 2017
Volumes and equivalents: 583,453 570,168