Roger Williams University

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National Comparison: Overview of Facts

#44 in Presence of Female Faculty

RWU Law is tied for #44 in terms of the highest percentage of faculty who are female (44.7%).

#81 in Public Sector Salary

RWU Law is tied for #81 in terms of median starting salary among graduates working in government jobs or judicial clerkships at the federal or state level ($55,040).

#81 in Presence of Minority Students

RWU Law ranks #81 in terms of the highest percentage of students who are racial or ethnic minority (34.4%).

#104 in Bar Passage Rate

RWU Law ranks #104 in terms of bar passage rate among first-time test takers (78.0%), and it outperforms by +0.7% the state of Massachusetts’s overall bar passage rate of 77.3%. (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.)

#126 in Student to Faculty Ratio

RWU Law is tied for #126 in terms of lowest student to faculty ratio (7.8:1).

#142 in Private Sector Salary

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

#145 in Median Undergraduate GPA

RWU Law ranks #145 in terms of highest median undergraduate GPA (3.28) among those applicants granted admission who enrolled as full-time students.

#148 in Library Size

RWU Law ranks #148 in terms of library size with 290,798 volumes or equivalents.

#160 in Presence of Minority Faculty

RWU Law ranks #160 in terms of the highest percentage of faculty who are racial or ethnic minority (8.5%).

#164 in Highest Tuition

RWU Law ranks #164 in terms of highest tuition among full-time law students ($36,815). 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.

#173 in Median LSAT

RWU Law is tied for #173 in terms of the median LSAT score (148) among those applicants granted admission who enrolled as full-time students. The LSAT measures reading comprehension, analytical reasoning, and logical reasoning.

#190 in Acceptance Rate

RWU Law ranks #190 in terms of student selectivity with an acceptance rate of 69.3% among those who applied for admission.

Fall 2020 Application Information

Application Deadline: April 1
Application Fee: $60

Admissions Statistics

2020 2017
Acceptance Rate 69.3% 80.1%
LSAT Score (Median) 148 149
LSAT Score (25th-75th percentile) 145-151 145-152
GPA (Median) 3.28 3.16
GPA Range (25th-75th percentile) 3.00-3.51 2.83-3.48

Bar Exam Statistics

2020 2017
State in which most graduates took bar exam: MA MA
School's bar passage rate: 78.0% 80.2%
State overall bar passage rate: 77.3% 80.7%
School bar pass rate vs. state bar pass rate: +0.7% -0.5%

Employment Statistics

2020 2017
Graduates employed at graduation: N/A N/A
Graduates employed 10 months after graduation: 63.9% 54.9%

Tuition and Expenses

2020 2017
Tuition: $36,815 $34,596
Room and Board: $7,650 $10,332
Proportion of full-time students receiving grants: 64.7% 55.4%
Median grant amount among full-time students: $16,896 $18,313
Average indebtedness of those who incurred debt: $122,636 $123,332
Proportion of graduates who incurred debt: 86.4% 84.5%
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Students & Faculty

2020 2017
Total Students: 454 370
Men: 46.7% 48.9%
Women: 52.6% 51.1%
Student Racial Demographics:

White: 65.6% N/A
Black: 7.5% N/A
Hispanic: 11.5% N/A
Asian: 3.5% N/A
Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 7.8 : 1 N/A
Total Faculty: 94 N/A
Male: 55.3% N/A
Female: 44.7% N/A
Minority: 8.5% N/A

Full-Time Starting Salaries

2020 2017
Private Sector (Median): $60,000 $50,000
Public Sector (Median): $55,040 $49,500
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Library Resources

2020 2017
Volumes and equivalents: 290,798 298,688