Admissions: University of South Carolina
| Fall 2009 Admissions and Enrollment Statistics | |
|---|---|
| Total number of full- and part-time applicants | 1,973 |
| Total number of full- and part-time acceptances | 730 |
| Overall acceptance rate | 37.0% |
| Total number of full- and part-time first-year students enrolled | 240 |
| Number of full-time program applicants | 1,973 |
| Number of full-time program acceptances | 730 |
| Full-time acceptance rate | 37.0% |
| Number of first-year full-time students enrolled | 240 |
| 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 2009 GPA and LSAT Scores | |
| 25th-75th percentile GPA scores for all students | 3.14-3.7 |
| 25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for all students | 156-160 |
| 25th-75th percentile undergraduate GPA for full-time students | 3.14-3.7 |
| 25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for full-time students | 156-160 |
| 25th-75th percentile undergraduate GPA for part-time students | N/A |
| 25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for part-time students | N/A |
Careers: University of South Carolina
| Bar Statistics (Winter and Summer 2008 administrations) | |
|---|---|
| State where the greatest number of first-time test takers took the bar | SC |
| School’s bar passage rate for first-time test takers | 91.0% |
| Statewide bar passage rate for first-time test takers | 81.8% |
| Class of 2008 Graduates | |
| Total graduates | 214 |
| Graduates employed at graduation | 56.1% |
| Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation | 91.2% |
| Starting Salaries of 2008 Graduates Employed Full-time | |
| 25th percentile private sector starting salary | $51,000 |
| Median private sector starting salary | $75,000 |
| 75th percentile private sector starting salary | $107,500 |
| Percent in the private sector who reported salary information | 61% |
| Median public service starting salary | $39,000 |
| Areas of Legal Practice (Class of 2008) | |
| Percent employed in academia | 1.0% |
| Percent employed in business and industry | 9.3% |
| Percent employed in government | 14.8% |
| Percent employed in all judicial clerkships | 19.1% |
| Percent employed in law firms | 51.4% |
| Percent employed in public interest | 4.4% |
| Percent employed in an unknown field | 0.0% |
| Percent employed in a judicial clerkship by an Article III federal judge | 4.4% |
| 2008 Graduates Employment Location | |
| Graduates employed in-state | 73% |
| Graduates employed in foreign countries | 0.5% |
| Number of states where graduates are employed | 13 |
| New England (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT) | 0.0% |
| Middle Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA) | 3.3% |
| East North Central (IL, IN, MI, OH, WI) | 0.5% |
| West North Central (IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD) | 0.5% |
| South Atlantic (DE, DC, FL, GA, MD, NC, SC, VA, WV) | 94.5% |
| East South Central (AL, KY, MS, TN) | 0.0% |
| West South Central (AR, LA, OK, TX) | 0.5% |
| Pacific (AK, CA, HI, OR, WA) | 0.0% |
| Mountain (AZ, CO, ID, MT, NV, NM, UT, WY) | 0.0% |
| Employment location unknown | 0.0% |
| Career Services | |
| (Data appear as originally submitted by this school) | |
| Career services operations | The Office of Career Services serves as liaison between students and legal employers and offers services to equip students with the skills and information necessary for a successful employment search. Services available include individual counseling, resume writing and interviewing seminars, on-campus interviews, and participation in job fairs. The Office uses the Symplicity web based system. |
| Job Type | |
| Bar admission required or anticipated (e.g., attorney and corporate counsel positions, law clerks, judicial clerks) | 92.0% |
| J.D. preferred, law degree enhances position (e.g., corporate contracts administrator, alternative dispute resolution specialist, government regulatory analyst, FBI special agent) | 3.0% |
| 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) | 1.0% |