| Fall 2019 Admissions and Enrollment Statistics |
|
| Total number of full- and
part-time applicants
|
8,505 |
| Total number of full- and
part-time acceptances
|
1,235 |
| Overall acceptance rate
|
14.5% |
| Total number of full- and
part-time first-year students enrolled
|
400 |
| Number of full-time program
applicants
|
8,505 |
| Number of full-time program
acceptances
|
1,235 |
| Full-time acceptance rate
|
14.5% |
| Number of first-year full-time
students enrolled
|
400 |
| Number of part-time program
applicants
|
N/A |
| Number of part-time program
acceptances
|
N/A |
| Part-time acceptance rate
|
N/A |
| Number of first-year part-time
students enrolled
|
N/A |
| Fall 2019 GPA and
LSAT Scores |
|
| 25th-75th percentile GPA scores
for all students
|
3.6-3.81 |
| 25th-75th percentile LSAT scores
for all students
|
170-175 |
| 25th-75th percentile undergraduate
GPA for full-time students
|
3.6-3.81 |
| 25th-75th percentile LSAT scores
for full-time students
|
170-175 |
| 25th-75th percentile undergraduate
GPA for part-time students
|
N/A |
| 25th-75th percentile LSAT scores
for part-time students
|
N/A |
| Bar Statistics (Winter and Summer 2018
administrations) |
|
| State where the greatest number of
first-time test takers took the bar
|
NY |
| School's bar passage rate for
first-time test takers
|
96.7% |
| Statewide bar passage rate for
first-time test takers
|
80.7% |
| Class of 2018 Graduates |
|
| Total graduates
|
408 |
| Graduates employed at graduation
|
98.8% |
| Graduates known to be employed
nine months after graduation
|
99.5% |
| Starting Salaries of 2018 Graduates Employed
Full-time |
|
| 25th percentile private sector
starting salary
|
$95,000
|
| Median private sector starting
salary
|
$160,000
|
| 75th percentile private sector
starting salary
|
$168,000
|
| Percent in the private sector who
reported salary information
|
98% |
| Median public service starting
salary
|
$54,000
|
| Areas of Legal Practice (Class of 2018) |
|
| Percent employed in academia
|
1.0% |
| Percent employed in business and
industry
|
2.0% |
| Percent employed in government
|
2.0% |
| Percent employed in all judicial
clerkships
|
11.0% |
| Percent employed in law firms
|
81.0% |
| Percent employed in public
interest
|
3.0% |
| Percent employed in an unknown
field
|
0.0% |
| Percent employed in a judicial
clerkship by an Article III federal judge
|
11.0% |
| 2018 Graduates Employment Location |
|
| Graduates employed in-state
|
66% |
| Graduates employed in foreign
countries
|
3% |
| Number of states where graduates
are employed
|
23 |
| New England (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI,
VT)
|
2.7% |
| Middle Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA)
|
67.0% |
| East North Central (IL, IN, MI,
OH, WI)
|
1.2% |
| West North Central (IA, KS, MN,
MO, NE, ND, SD)
|
0.5% |
| South Atlantic (DE, DC, FL, GA,
MD, NC, SC, VA, WV)
|
10.2% |
| East South Central (AL, KY, MS,
TN)
|
1.0% |
| West South Central (AR, LA, OK,
TX)
|
3.0% |
| Pacific (AK, CA, HI, OR, WA)
|
10.3% |
| Mountain (AZ, CO, ID, MT, NV, NM,
UT, WY)
|
0.7% |
| Employment location unknown
|
0.2% |
| Career Services |
|
| (Data
appear as originally submitted by this school) |
| Career services operations
|
The Career Services Office offers
many educational and recruitment-based programs each
of which is designed to meet the specific needs of
each of the three J.D. classes and the international
LL.M. students. For more info:
http://www.law.columbia.edu/ careers. |
| Job Type |
|
| Bar admission required or
anticipated (e.g., attorney and corporate counsel
positions, law clerks, judicial clerks)
|
98.0% |
| J.D. preferred, law degree
enhances position (e.g., corporate contracts
administrator, alternative dispute resolution
specialist, government regulatory analyst, FBI
special agent)
|
2.0% |
| Professional/other (jobs that
require professional skills or training but for
which a J.D. is neither preferred nor particularly
applicable; e.g., accountant, teacher, business
manager, nurse)
|
0.0% |
| Nonprofessional/other (job that
does not require any professional skills or training
or is taken on a temporary basis and not viewed as
part of a career path)
|
0.0% |
|
Address |
435 W 116th St, New York, NY 10025
(212) 854-2640 |
