Marquette University Law School - Statistics

Statistics

For the fall 2011 entering J.D. class, there were 213 enrolled students (188 full-time and 25 part-time). The age range was 19-53, with the average age being 25. The median undergraduate GPA of incoming students was 3.35 (with the 25th percentile being 3.03 and the 75th percentile at 3.55) and the median LSAT score was 157 (with the 25th percentile being 154 and the 75th percentile at 159). Some 56 percent of students were Wisconsin residents. In total, 35 states were represented, plus Canada. There were 95 undergraduate institutions and 51 undergraduate majors represented. Five percent of the class has an advanced degree. The Law School's websites lists some 40 student organizations.

In its 2011 report to the ABA, Marquette stated that nine months after graduation, 88.0 percent of students were employed, 2.9 were pursuing graduate degrees, and 7.7 percent were unemployed. Of those employed, 76.6 percent were employed in Wisconsin, and the remainder were employed in 16 other states. One graduate (0.5 percent) was employed outside the United States. Of those employed, 62.5 percent worked in law firms, 13.6 percent in business and industry, 7.6 in government, 6.0 percent in public interest, 6.0 percent as judicial clerks, and 4.3 percent in academic.

In 2011, U.S. News and World Report ranked the law school 95th in the nation.

Tuition for the law school is $37,570 for full-time J.D. students and $21,750 for part-time J.D. students; in a typical year some one-third of students receive merit-based scholarships.