Marquette University Law School is located in the state of Wisconsin. As one of the leading law programs, Marquette University Law School has a high average LSAT score of 155-159 when recruiting new students. As a return, the median starting salary for law graduates reaches $56,325 per year. See the following table for detailed admissions information and career profiles of Marquette University Law School.
Total number of full- and part-time first-year students enrolled
219
Number of full-time program applicants
1,905
Number of full-time program acceptances
868
Full-time acceptance rate
45.6%
Number of first-year full-time students enrolled
185
Number of part-time program applicants
179
Number of part-time program acceptances
59
Part-time acceptance rate
33.0%
Number of first-year part-time students enrolled
34
Fall 2019 GPA and LSAT Scores
25th-75th percentile GPA scores for all students
3.07-3.61
25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for all students
154-159
25th-75th percentile undergraduate GPA for full-time students
3.09-3.61
25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for full-time students
155-159
25th-75th percentile undergraduate GPA for part-time students
2.88-3.6
25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for part-time students
151-158
Careers: Marquette University
Bar Statistics (Winter and Summer 2018 administrations)
State where the greatest number of first-time test takers took the bar
WI
School’s bar passage rate for first-time test takers
100.0%
Statewide bar passage rate for first-time test takers
91.9%
Class of 2018 Graduates
Total graduates
195
Graduates employed at graduation
61.0%
Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation
92.8%
Starting Salaries of 2018 Graduates Employed Full-time
25th percentile private sector starting salary
$48,000
Median private sector starting salary
$56,325
75th percentile private sector starting salary
$107,000
Percent in the private sector who reported salary information
76%
Median public service starting salary
$49,000
Areas of Legal Practice (Class of 2018)
Percent employed in academia
3.0%
Percent employed in business and industry
14.0%
Percent employed in government
10.0%
Percent employed in all judicial clerkships
4.0%
Percent employed in law firms
64.0%
Percent employed in public interest
5.0%
Percent employed in an unknown field
0.0%
Percent employed in a judicial clerkship by an Article III federal judge
1.0%
2018 Graduates Employment Location
Graduates employed in-state
74%
Graduates employed in foreign countries
1%
Number of states where graduates are employed
16
New England (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT)
0.0%
Middle Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA)
0.6%
East North Central (IL, IN, MI, OH, WI)
80.2%
West North Central (IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD)
2.3%
South Atlantic (DE, DC, FL, GA, MD, NC, SC, VA, WV)
11.3%
East South Central (AL, KY, MS, TN)
0.0%
West South Central (AR, LA, OK, TX)
2.3%
Pacific (AK, CA, HI, OR, WA)
1.7%
Mountain (AZ, CO, ID, MT, NV, NM, UT, WY)
1.1%
Employment location unknown
0.0%
Career Services
(Data appear as originally submitted by this school)
Career services operations
The Career Planning Center offers students and alumni the following: individual career planning and advising, fall and spring on-campus interview programs, a comprehensive resource library, interactive skills workshops, a monthly newsletter, career and job search-related speakers and panel discussions, mock interviews, online jobs bulletins, and an alumni network of career advisers.
Job Type
Bar admission required or anticipated (e.g., attorney and corporate counsel positions, law clerks, judicial clerks)
80.0%
J.D. preferred, law degree enhances position (e.g., corporate contracts administrator, alternative dispute resolution specialist, government regulatory analyst, FBI special agent)
12.0%
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)
7.0%
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)
