University of Richmond

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Richmond, VA 23173
(804) 289-8189

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National Comparison: Overview of Facts

#22 in Student to Faculty Ratio

Richmond Law is tied for #22 in terms of lowest student to faculty ratio (5.1:1).

#38 in Acceptance Rate

Richmond Law ranks #38 in terms of student selectivity with an acceptance rate of 31.9% among those who applied for admission.

#43 in Median LSAT

Richmond 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.

#53 in Private Sector Salary

Richmond Law is tied for #53 in terms of the median starting salary among graduates working in private practice as law firm associates ($85,000).

#55 in Median Undergraduate GPA

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

#56 in Employment Rate at 10 Months

#79 in Employment Rate at Graduation
Richmond Law ranks #56 in terms of graduates employed ten months after graduation (81.9%) and #79 in terms of graduates employed at the time of graduation (51.0%) .

#58 in Presence of Female Faculty

Richmond Law is tied for #58 in terms of the highest percentage of faculty who are female (43.3%).

#74 in Library Size

Richmond Law ranks #74 in terms of library size with 473,746 volumes or equivalents.

#95 in Public Sector Salary

Richmond Law is tied for #95 in terms of median starting salary among graduates working in government jobs or judicial clerkships at the federal or state level ($54,000).

#102 in Highest Tuition

Richmond Law ranks #102 in terms of highest tuition among full-time law students ($44,700). 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.

#129 in Presence of Minority Students

Richmond Law ranks #129 in terms of the highest percentage of students who are racial or ethnic minority (26.5%).

#133 in Bar Passage Rate

Richmond Law ranks #133 in terms of bar passage rate among first-time test takers (73.1%), and it underperforms by -2.4% the state of Virginia’s overall bar passage rate of 75.5%. (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.)

#174 in Presence of Minority Faculty

Richmond Law ranks #174 in terms of the highest percentage of faculty who are racial or ethnic minority (7.8%).

Fall 2020 Application Information

Application Deadline: March 1
Application Fee: $50

Admissions Statistics

2020 2017
Acceptance Rate 31.9% 41.7%
LSAT Score (Median) 161 158
LSAT Score (25th-75th percentile) 156-162 155-161
GPA (Median) 3.59 3.45
GPA Range (25th-75th percentile) 3.24-3.69 3.23-3.66

Bar Exam Statistics

2020 2017
State in which most graduates took bar exam: VA VA
School's bar passage rate: 73.1% 86.2%
State overall bar passage rate: 75.5% 72.3%
School bar pass rate vs. state bar pass rate: -2.4% +13.9%

Employment Statistics

2020 2017
Graduates employed at graduation: 51.0% 31.5%
Graduates employed 10 months after graduation: 81.9% 81.9%

Tuition and Expenses

2020 2017
Tuition: $44,700 $39,950
Room and Board: $12,330 $11,250
Proportion of full-time students receiving grants: 69.0% 55.9%
Median grant amount among full-time students: $30,000 $20,000
Average indebtedness of those who incurred debt: $85,487 $110,665
Proportion of graduates who incurred debt: 68.5% 62.8%
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Students & Faculty

2020 2017
Total Students: 378 469
Men: 45.2% 52.9%
Women: 54.8% 47.1%
Student Racial Demographics:

White: 73.5% N/A
Black: 6.6% N/A
Hispanic: 1.3% N/A
Asian: 3.2% N/A
Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 5.1 : 1 N/A
Total Faculty: 141 N/A
Male: 56.7% N/A
Female: 43.3% N/A
Minority: 7.8% N/A

Full-Time Starting Salaries

2020 2017
Private Sector (Median): $85,000 $61,800
Public Sector (Median): $54,000 $49,000
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Library Resources

2020 2017
Volumes and equivalents: 473,746 470,389