University of Notre Dame
1100 Eck Hall of Law, P.O. Box 780
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#20 in Acceptance Rate
Notre Dame Law ranks #20 in terms of student selectivity with an acceptance rate of 25.1% among those who applied for admission.
#21 in Median LSAT
Notre Dame Law is tied for #21 in terms of the median LSAT score (165) among those applicants granted admission who enrolled as full-time students. The LSAT measures reading comprehension, analytical reasoning, and logical reasoning.
#23 in Employment Rate at Graduation
#33 in Employment Rate at 10 MonthsNotre Dame Law ranks #23 in terms of graduates employed at the time of graduation (71.0%) and #33 in terms of graduates employed ten months after graduation (86.0%).
#24 in Highest Tuition
Notre Dame Law ranks #24 in terms of highest tuition among full-time law students ($58,358). 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.
#26 in Private Sector Salary
Notre Dame Law is tied for #26 in terms of the median starting salary among graduates working in private practice as law firm associates ($130,000).
#28 in Library Size
Notre Dame Law ranks #28 in terms of library size with 746,789 volumes or equivalents.
#31 in Median Undergraduate GPA
Notre Dame Law ranks #31 in terms of highest median undergraduate GPA (3.71) among those applicants granted admission who enrolled as full-time students.
#61 in Student to Faculty Ratio
Notre Dame Law is tied for #61 in terms of lowest student to faculty ratio (6.3:1).
#69 in Public Sector Salary
Notre Dame Law is tied for #69 in terms of median starting salary among graduates working in government jobs or judicial clerkships at the federal or state level ($56,275).
#71 in Bar Passage Rate
Notre Dame Law ranks #71 in terms of bar passage rate among first-time test takers (84.1%), and it outperforms by +5.1% 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.)
#103 in Presence of Minority Students
Notre Dame Law ranks #103 in terms of the highest percentage of students who are racial or ethnic minority (31.3%).
#155 in Presence of Female Faculty
Notre Dame Law is tied for #155 in terms of the highest percentage of faculty who are female (33.1%).
#165 in Presence of Minority Faculty
Notre Dame Law ranks #165 in terms of the highest percentage of faculty who are racial or ethnic minority (8.3%).
Fall 2020 Application Information |
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Application Deadline: | March 15 | |
Application Fee: | $75 |
Admissions Statistics |
2020 | 2017 |
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Acceptance Rate | 25.1% | 35.0% |
LSAT Score (Median) | 165 | 163 |
LSAT Score (25th-75th percentile) | 159-166 | 161-165 |
GPA (Median) | 3.71 | 3.63 |
GPA Range (25th-75th percentile) | 3.49-3.89 | 3.46-3.79 |
Bar Exam Statistics |
2020 | 2017 |
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State in which most graduates took bar exam: | IL | IL |
School's bar passage rate: | 84.1% | 93.9% |
State overall bar passage rate: | 79.0% | 85.0% |
School bar pass rate vs. state bar pass rate: | +5.1% | +8.9% |
Employment Statistics |
2020 | 2017 |
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Graduates employed at graduation: | 71.0% | 62.6% |
Graduates employed 10 months after graduation: | 86.0% | 85.5% |
Tuition and Expenses |
2020 | 2017 |
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Tuition: | $58,358 | $52,372 |
Room and Board: | $10,100 | $9,700 |
Proportion of full-time students receiving grants: | 88.2% | 68.2% |
Median grant amount among full-time students: | $25,000 | $20,000 |
Average indebtedness of those who incurred debt: | $122,814 | $122,822 |
Proportion of graduates who incurred debt: | 75.7% | 72.1% |
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Students & Faculty |
2020 | 2017 |
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Total Students: | 587 | 581 |
Men: | 50.8% | 58.7% |
Women: | 49.2% | 41.3% |
Student Racial Demographics: |
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White: | 68.7% | N/A |
Black: | 5.8% | N/A |
Hispanic: | 8.7% | N/A |
Asian: | 7.3% | N/A |
Student-to-Faculty Ratio: | 6.3 : 1 | N/A |
Total Faculty: | 157 | N/A |
Male: | 66.9% | N/A |
Female: | 33.1% | N/A |
Minority: | 8.3% | N/A |
Full-Time Starting Salaries |
2020 | 2017 |
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Private Sector (Median): | $130,000 | $112,500 |
Public Sector (Median): | $56,275 | $44,000 |
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Library Resources |
2020 | 2017 |
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Volumes and equivalents: | 746,789 | 742,878 |