Admissions: Whittier College
| Fall 2009 Admissions and Enrollment Statistics | |
|---|---|
| Total number of full- and part-time applicants | 2,284 |
| Total number of full- and part-time acceptances | 941 |
| Overall acceptance rate | 41.2% |
| Total number of full- and part-time first-year students enrolled | 296 |
| Number of full-time program applicants | 1,914 |
| Number of full-time program acceptances | 906 |
| Full-time acceptance rate | 47.3% |
| Number of first-year full-time students enrolled | 235 |
| Number of part-time program applicants | 370 |
| Number of part-time program acceptances | 134 |
| Part-time acceptance rate | 36.2% |
| Number of first-year part-time students enrolled | 61 |
| Fall 2009 GPA and LSAT Scores | |
| 25th-75th percentile GPA scores for all students | 2.83-3.35 |
| 25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for all students | 149-153 |
| 25th-75th percentile undergraduate GPA for full-time students | 2.82-3.35 |
| 25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for full-time students | 149-153 |
| 25th-75th percentile undergraduate GPA for part-time students | 2.85-3.4 |
| 25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for part-time students | 149-153 |
Careers: Whittier College
| 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 | 82.6% |
| Statewide bar passage rate for first-time test takers | 70.7% |
| Class of 2008 Graduates | |
| Total graduates | 161 |
| Graduates employed at graduation | 51.3% |
| Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation | 96.4% |
| Starting Salaries of 2008 Graduates Employed Full-time | |
| 25th percentile private sector starting salary | $60,000 |
| Median private sector starting salary | $70,000 |
| 75th percentile private sector starting salary | $80,000 |
| Percent in the private sector who reported salary information | 48% |
| Median public service starting salary | $65,000 |
| Areas of Legal Practice (Class of 2008) | |
| Percent employed in academia | 3.0% |
| Percent employed in business and industry | 22.0% |
| Percent employed in government | 8.0% |
| Percent employed in all judicial clerkships | 2.0% |
| Percent employed in law firms | 62.0% |
| 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 | 0.7% |
| 2008 Graduates Employment Location | |
| Graduates employed in-state | 86% |
| Graduates employed in foreign countries | 4% |
| Number of states where graduates are employed | 17 |
| New England (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT) | 0.0% |
| Middle Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA) | 0.7% |
| East North Central (IL, IN, MI, OH, WI) | 2.9% |
| West North Central (IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD) | 0.0% |
| South Atlantic (DE, DC, FL, GA, MD, NC, SC, VA, WV) | 2.9% |
| East South Central (AL, KY, MS, TN) | 0.7% |
| West South Central (AR, LA, OK, TX) | 0.0% |
| Pacific (AK, CA, HI, OR, WA) | 83.0% |
| Mountain (AZ, CO, ID, MT, NV, NM, UT, WY) | 5.8% |
| Employment location unknown | 0.0% |
| Career Services | |
| (Data appear as originally submitted by this school) | |
| Career services operations | In the first semester, students are invited to alumni practice area roundtable discussions, panel presentations, and networking events. Counseling is available November 1 of the first year, students prepare for on/off-campus interviews, career days, job applications, and participation in an externship program in the courts, government agencies, public interest organizations and private law firms. |
| Job Type | |
| Bar admission required or anticipated (e.g., attorney and corporate counsel positions, law clerks, judicial clerks) | 67.0% |
| 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) | 14.0% |
| 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) | 7.0% |