Columbia University Law School is located in the state of New York. As one of the leading law programs, Columbia University Law School has a high average LSAT score of 170-175 when recruiting new students. As a return, the median starting salary for law graduates reaches $160,000 per year. See the following table for detailed admissions information and career profiles of Columbia University Law School.
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
Careers: Columbia University
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)
