Admissions: Chapman University
| Fall 2009 Admissions and Enrollment Statistics | |
|---|---|
| Total number of full- and part-time applicants | 2,883 |
| Total number of full- and part-time acceptances | 891 |
| Overall acceptance rate | 30.9% |
| Total number of full- and part-time first-year students enrolled | 181 |
| Number of full-time program applicants | 2,615 |
| Number of full-time program acceptances | 839 |
| Full-time acceptance rate | 32.1% |
| Number of first-year full-time students enrolled | 178 |
| Number of part-time program applicants | 268 |
| Number of part-time program acceptances | 52 |
| Part-time acceptance rate | 19.4% |
| Number of first-year part-time students enrolled | 3 |
| Fall 2009 GPA and LSAT Scores | |
| 25th-75th percentile GPA scores for all students | 3.11-3.56 |
| 25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for all students | 156-159 |
| 25th-75th percentile undergraduate GPA for full-time students | 3.11-3.56 |
| 25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for full-time students | 156-159 |
| 25th-75th percentile undergraduate GPA for part-time students | 2.85-3.82 |
| 25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for part-time students | 151-160 |
Careers: Chapman University
| Bar Statistics (Winter and Summer 2008 administrations) | |
|---|---|
| State where the greatest number of first-time test takers took the bar | CA |
| School’s bar passage rate for first-time test takers | 75.4% |
| Statewide bar passage rate for first-time test takers | 70.7% |
| Class of 2008 Graduates | |
| Total graduates | 184 |
| Graduates employed at graduation | 91.1% |
| Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation | 96.5% |
| Starting Salaries of 2008 Graduates Employed Full-time | |
| 25th percentile private sector starting salary | $60,000 |
| Median private sector starting salary | $75,000 |
| 75th percentile private sector starting salary | $85,000 |
| Percent in the private sector who reported salary information | 54% |
| Median public service starting salary | $66,500 |
| Areas of Legal Practice (Class of 2008) | |
| Percent employed in academia | 19.6% |
| Percent employed in business and industry | 9.2% |
| Percent employed in government | 10.5% |
| Percent employed in all judicial clerkships | 2.6% |
| Percent employed in law firms | 56.9% |
| Percent employed in public interest | 0.7% |
| Percent employed in an unknown field | 0.7% |
| Percent employed in a judicial clerkship by an Article III federal judge | 2.0% |
| 2008 Graduates Employment Location | |
| Graduates employed in-state | 90% |
| Graduates employed in foreign countries | 0% |
| Number of states where graduates are employed | 12 |
| New England (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT) | 0.0% |
| Middle Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA) | 0.0% |
| East North Central (IL, IN, MI, OH, WI) | 0.0% |
| West North Central (IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD) | 0.0% |
| South Atlantic (DE, DC, FL, GA, MD, NC, SC, VA, WV) | 3.9% |
| East South Central (AL, KY, MS, TN) | 0.7% |
| West South Central (AR, LA, OK, TX) | 0.7% |
| Pacific (AK, CA, HI, OR, WA) | 92.1% |
| Mountain (AZ, CO, ID, MT, NV, NM, UT, WY) | 2.6% |
| Employment location unknown | 0.0% |
| Career Services | |
| (Data appear as originally submitted by this school) | |
| Career services operations | The Career Services Office provides comprehensive job search skills training and informational sessions as well as on-campus recruitment and job-posting services. Students and graduates have found employment with a wide range of employers, including top-tier law firms and state and federal courts. |
| Job Type | |
| Bar admission required or anticipated (e.g., attorney and corporate counsel positions, law clerks, judicial clerks) | 77.0% |
| J.D. preferred, law degree enhances position (e.g., corporate contracts administrator, alternative dispute resolution specialist, government regulatory analyst, FBI special agent) | 16.0% |
| 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) | 3.0% |
| 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) | 3.0% |
