John Marshall Law School

315 S. Plymouth Court
Chicago, IL 60604
(800) 537-4280

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National Comparison: Overview of Facts

#31 in Presence of Minority Faculty

JMLS ranks #31 in terms of the highest percentage of faculty who are racial or ethnic minority (19.5%).

#46 in Presence of Minority Students

JMLS ranks #46 in terms of the highest percentage of students who are racial or ethnic minority (42.7%).

#70 in Public Sector Salary

JMLS is tied for #70 in terms of median starting salary among graduates working in government jobs or judicial clerkships at the federal or state level ($56,000).

#82 in Highest Tuition

JMLS ranks #82 in terms of highest tuition among full-time law students ($47,500). 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.

#98 in Employment Rate at Graduation

#128 in Employment Rate at 10 Months
JMLS ranks #98 in terms of graduates employed at the time of graduation (43.5%) and #128 in terms of graduates employed ten months after graduation (71.6%).

#105 in Presence of Female Faculty

JMLS is tied for #105 in terms of the highest percentage of faculty who are female (39.0%).

#132 in Student to Faculty Ratio

JMLS is tied for #132 in terms of lowest student to faculty ratio (8.0:1).

#142 in Private Sector Salary

JMLS is tied for #142 in terms of the median starting salary among graduates working in private practice as law firm associates ($60,000).

#142 in Bar Passage Rate

JMLS ranks #142 in terms of bar passage rate among first-time test takers (71.2%), and it underperforms by -7.8% 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.)

#158 in Median Undergraduate GPA

JMLS ranks #158 in terms of highest median undergraduate GPA (3.20) among those applicants granted admission who enrolled as full-time students.

#161 in Library Size

JMLS ranks #161 in terms of library size with 255,725 volumes or equivalents.

#166 in Median LSAT

JMLS is tied for #166 in terms of the median LSAT score (149) among those applicants granted admission who enrolled as full-time students. The LSAT measures reading comprehension, analytical reasoning, and logical reasoning.

#183 in Acceptance Rate

JMLS ranks #183 in terms of student selectivity with an acceptance rate of 65.0% among those who applied for admission.

Fall 2020 Application Information

Application Deadline: N/A
Application Fee: $0

Admissions Statistics

2020 2017
Acceptance Rate 65.0% 73.2%
LSAT Score (Median) 149 148
LSAT Score (25th-75th percentile) 146-152 145-151
GPA (Median) 3.20 3.06
GPA Range (25th-75th percentile) 2.80-3.50 2.75-3.36

Bar Exam Statistics

2020 2017
State in which most graduates took bar exam: IL IL
School's bar passage rate: 71.2% 84.5%
State overall bar passage rate: 79.0% 85.0%
School bar pass rate vs. state bar pass rate: -7.8% -0.5%

Employment Statistics

2020 2017
Graduates employed at graduation: 43.5% 37.0%
Graduates employed 10 months after graduation: 71.6% 69.7%

Tuition and Expenses

2020 2017
Tuition: $47,500 $45,780
Room and Board: $14,904 $16,800
Proportion of full-time students receiving grants: 69.0% 81.6%
Median grant amount among full-time students: $20,000 $12,000
Average indebtedness of those who incurred debt: $165,131 $162,264
Proportion of graduates who incurred debt: 83.3% 82.2%
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Students & Faculty

2020 2017
Total Students: 906 744
Men: 43.3% 50.8%
Women: 56.7% 49.2%
Student Racial Demographics:

White: 57.3% N/A
Black: 13.0% N/A
Hispanic: 13.7% N/A
Asian: 6.8% N/A
Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 8.0 : 1 N/A
Total Faculty: 195 N/A
Male: 61.0% N/A
Female: 39.0% N/A
Minority: 19.5% N/A

Full-Time Starting Salaries

2020 2017
Private Sector (Median): $60,000 N/A
Public Sector (Median): $56,000 N/A
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Library Resources

2020 2017
Volumes and equivalents: 255,725 264,174