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Law School Admissions Statistics
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2004 - 2005
2003 - 2004
2002 - 2003
2004 - 2005 Law School Statistics for Penn Graduates
|
Number of Applicants |
Rate of Acceptance* |
Average GPA |
Average LSAT |
Seniors |
189 |
88% |
3.5 |
163.5 |
Alumni |
445 |
76% |
3.32 |
160.8 |
Total |
634 |
80% |
3.38 |
161.6 |
* National Rate of Acceptance is 56%
Most Competitive Schools (US News Top 20)
| Law School |
Accepted |
Applied |
Matriculated |
| Yale |
7 |
91 |
5 |
| Stanford |
12 |
98 |
5 |
| Harvard |
32 |
174 |
24 |
| Columbia |
50 |
246 |
14 |
| NYU |
55 |
226 |
15 |
| University of Chicago |
23 |
106 |
5 |
| University of Pennsylvania |
56 |
330 |
19 |
| University of California, Berkeley |
19 |
142 |
3 |
| University of Michigan |
25 |
121 |
9 |
| University of Virginia |
27 |
125 |
6 |
| Duke |
33 |
101 |
5 |
| Northwestern |
25 |
100 |
6 |
| Cornell |
21 |
92 |
4 |
| Georgetown |
81 |
299 |
15 |
| University of California, Los Angeles |
28 |
111 |
7 |
| University of Texas, Austin |
12 |
54 |
2 |
| University of Southern California |
31 |
106 |
3 |
| Vanderbilt |
20 |
55 |
5 |
| George Washington University |
69 |
240 |
13 |
| University of Minnesota |
6 |
20 |
0 |
| Washington University, St. Louis |
19 |
53 |
4 |
| Total number of reported matriculants in this group |
|
|
169 |
| Percentage of all reported matriculants |
|
|
40% |
2003 - 2004 Law School Statistics for Penn Graduates
|
Number of Applicants |
Rate of Acceptance* |
Average GPA |
Average LSAT |
Seniors |
187 |
85% |
3.51 |
162.3 |
Alumni |
474 |
73% |
3.33 |
161.2 |
Total |
661 |
76% |
3.39 |
161.5 |
* National Rate of Acceptance is 56%
Most Competitive Schools (US News Top 20)
| Law School |
Accepted |
Matriculated |
| Yale |
4 |
0 |
| Harvard |
18 |
14 |
| Stanford |
10 |
3 |
| Columbia |
40 |
15 |
| NYU |
60 |
19 |
| University of Chicago |
21 |
4 |
| University of Michigan — Ann Arbor |
27 |
7 |
| University of Pennsylvania |
60 |
26 |
| University of Virginia |
33 |
9 |
| Duke |
22 |
5 |
| Northwestern |
25 |
5 |
| Cornell |
32 |
4 |
| University of California — Berkeley |
8 |
2 |
| Georgetown |
76 |
14 |
| University of Texas— Austin |
9 |
5 |
| University of California — Los Angeles |
27 |
9 |
| Vanderbilt |
29 |
7 |
| University of Southern California |
34 |
6 |
| University of Minnesota — Twin Cities |
0 |
0 |
| George Washington University |
64 |
15 |
| Total number of reported matriculants in this group |
|
169 |
| Percentage of all reported matriculants |
|
41% |
Very Competitive (U.S. News Ranked 20-50)
| Law School |
Accepted |
Matriculated |
| Notre Dame |
5 |
1 |
| Wahington University |
18 |
5 |
| Boston University |
43 |
8 |
| Emory |
36 |
8 |
| University of Iowa |
6 |
1 |
| Washington & Lee |
18 |
1 |
| University of Illinois — Urbana-Champaign |
10 |
4 |
| University of North Carolina — Chapel Hill |
5 |
2 |
| Boston College |
30 |
5 |
| William & Mary |
14 |
4 |
| University of Georgia |
2 |
1 |
| University of Wisconsin |
5 |
0 |
| University of California — Davis |
2 |
1 |
| Brigham Young |
0 |
0 |
| Fordham |
73 |
18 |
| University of Washington |
5 |
2 |
| Wake Forest |
4 |
1 |
| George Mason |
8 |
2 |
| University of California — Hastings |
23 |
5 |
| Indiana University — Bloomington |
8 |
1 |
| University of Alabama |
0 |
0 |
| Ohio State |
3 |
0 |
| University of Arizona |
3 |
1 |
| University of Connecticut |
7 |
2 |
| University of Florida |
6 |
0 |
| University of Maryland |
17 |
5 |
| Southern Methodist |
2 |
0 |
| University of Pittsburgh |
18 |
2 |
| University of Utah |
1 |
0 |
| Baylor |
1 |
0 |
| University of Colorado — Boulder |
7 |
2 |
| University of Kentucky |
0 |
0 |
| Total number of reported matriculants in this group |
|
82 |
| Percentage of reported matriculants |
|
20% |
Competitive (U.S. News Ranked 51- 99)
| Law School |
Accepted |
Matriculated |
| Arizona State |
5 |
1 |
| Cardozo |
56 |
17 |
| University of Tennessee — Knoxville |
2 |
0 |
| American |
56 |
10 |
| Case Western Reserve |
8 |
4 |
| Tulane |
14 |
2 |
| Loyola (Los Angeles) |
9 |
3 |
| Temple |
77 |
26 |
| University of Cincinnati |
0 |
0 |
| University of Houston |
5 |
1 |
| Illinois Institute of Technology |
0 |
0 |
| Indiana University — Indianopolis |
2 |
1 |
| University of Kansas |
0 |
0 |
| University of Missouri — Columbia |
0 |
0 |
| Brooklyn Law |
41 |
11 |
| Florida State |
4 |
1 |
| Loyola (Chicago) |
5 |
3 |
| University of Oklahoma |
0 |
0 |
| University of San Diego |
19 |
3 |
| Rutgers — Camden |
15 |
5 |
| Rutgers — Newark |
31 |
3 |
| University of Oregon |
2 |
0 |
| University of Richmond |
0 |
0 |
| Villanova |
41 |
7 |
| Lewis & Clark |
0 |
0 |
| Northeastern |
16 |
2 |
| St. John's |
19 |
5 |
| University of Denver |
3 |
1 |
| University of Miami |
28 |
6 |
| Catholic |
8 |
2 |
| St. Louis |
1 |
0 |
| University of Buffalo |
0 |
0 |
| University of Hawaii |
3 |
0 |
| University of Louisville |
0 |
0 |
| University of Nevada |
0 |
0 |
| University of South Carolina |
2 |
1 |
| Georgia State |
4 |
1 |
| Hofstra |
17 |
5 |
| Louisiana State |
0 |
0 |
| Seton Hall |
20 |
5 |
| University of Nebraska — Lincoln |
0 |
0 |
| Marquette |
3 |
1 |
| Santa Clara |
11 |
2 |
| University of Mississippi |
0 |
0 |
| University of San Francisco |
7 |
0 |
| University of Toledo |
1 |
0 |
| Mercer |
1 |
0 |
| Pepperdine |
11 |
2 |
| Seattle University |
2 |
0 |
| University of Arkansas |
0 |
0 |
| University of New Mexico |
0 |
0 |
| Total number of reported matriculants in this group |
|
131 |
| Percentage of reported matriculants |
|
31% |
Less Competitive (U.S. News 105-134)
| Law School |
Accepted |
Matriculated |
| Albany |
5 |
1 |
| Cleveland State |
0 |
0 |
| Creighton |
0 |
0 |
| DePaul |
4 |
1 |
| Drake |
1 |
0 |
| Duquesne |
0 |
0 |
| Franklin Pierce |
1 |
0 |
| Howard |
4 |
0 |
| Loyola (New Orleans) |
1 |
0 |
| New York Law School |
29 |
5 |
| Pace |
12 |
3 |
| Penn State |
7 |
0 |
| Samford (Alabama) |
0 |
0 |
| Southern Illinois — Carbondale |
1 |
0 |
| Southwestern |
4 |
0 |
| Stetson |
1 |
0 |
| Syracuse |
8 |
3 |
| Texas Tech |
0 |
0 |
| University of Idaho |
1 |
0 |
| University of Memphis |
0 |
0 |
| University of Montana |
0 |
0 |
| University of South Dakota |
1 |
0 |
| University of the Pacific |
0 |
0 |
| University of Vermont |
1 |
0 |
| Washburn |
0 |
0 |
| Wayne State |
1 |
1 |
| West Virginia |
0 |
0 |
| William Mitchell |
1 |
1 |
| Total number of reported matriculants in this group |
|
15 |
| Percentage of reported matriculants |
|
.04% |
Least Competitive (US News Fourth Tier)
| Law School |
Accepted |
Matriculated |
California Western
|
1 |
0 |
| Chapman |
2 |
0 |
| CUNY — Queens |
3 |
0 |
| Florida Coastal |
2 |
0 |
| Golden Gate |
2 |
0 |
| John Marshall (Chicago) |
2 |
0 |
| Michigan State |
1 |
0 |
| New England |
3 |
1 |
| North Carolina Central |
2 |
1 |
| Northern Illinois |
2 |
0 |
| Nova Southeastern |
2 |
1 |
| Quinnipiac |
1 |
0 |
| South Texas College of Law |
3 |
1 |
| Suffolk |
4 |
1 |
| Texas Wesleyan |
2 |
1 |
| Thomas Jefferson |
1 |
0 |
| Touro College |
3 |
0 |
| University of Akron |
10 |
1 |
| University of Dayton |
2 |
1 |
| University of Detroit Mercy |
2 |
1 |
| University of Maine |
1 |
0 |
| University of Tulsa |
1 |
0 |
| Valparaiso |
2 |
1 |
| Whittier |
1 |
0 |
| Widener |
18 |
4 |
| Total number of reported matriculants in this group |
|
13 |
| Percentage of reported matriculants |
|
.03% |
2002 - 2003 Law School Statistics for Penn Graduates
|
Number of Applicants |
Rate of Acceptance* |
Average GPA |
Average LSAT |
Seniors |
180 |
78% |
3.47 |
161.4 |
Alumni |
464 |
74% |
3.33 |
160.6 |
Total |
648 |
75.3% |
3.37 |
160.9 |
* National Rate of Acceptance is 57%
Most Competitive Schools (US News Top 20)
| Law School |
Accepted |
Matriculated |
| Yale |
2 |
0 |
| Stanford |
7 |
1 |
| harvard |
22 |
18 |
| Columbia |
36 |
8 |
| NYU |
46 |
12 |
| Chicago |
18 |
6 |
| Michigan |
16 |
4 |
| Penn |
54 |
24 |
| UVA |
18 |
4 |
| Cornell |
15 |
6 |
| Berkeley |
12 |
1 |
| Duke |
15 |
5 |
| Northwestern |
21 |
5 |
| Georgetown |
67 |
21 |
| UT— Austin |
12 |
6 |
| UCLA |
23 |
8 |
| Vanderbilt |
7 |
3 |
| USC |
31 |
5 |
| U Minnesota |
10 |
6 |
| Washington and Lee |
10 |
1 |
| Total number of reported matriculants in this group |
|
144 |
| Percentage of all reported matriculants |
|
36% |
Very Competitive (U.S. News Ranked 20-50)
| Law School |
Accepted |
Matriculated |
| U of Iowa |
2 |
0 |
| Boston College |
22 |
4 |
| George Washington |
74 |
14 |
| Notre Dame |
4 |
1 |
| U Illinois — Urbana-Champaign |
1 |
1 |
| Washington U |
14 |
2 |
| Emory |
29 |
10 |
| Boston University |
49 |
7 |
| William & Mary |
15 |
5 |
| UNC — Chapel Hill |
4 |
3 |
| Brigham Young |
1 |
0 |
| Fordham |
55 |
16 |
| UC — Davis |
5 |
2 |
| U Georgia |
2 |
1 |
| U Wisconsin — Madison |
8 |
1 |
| UC — Hastings |
16 |
3 |
| Wake Forest |
5 |
0 |
| Indiana — Bloomington |
9 |
1 |
| Ohio State |
4 |
0 |
| George Mason |
8 |
2 |
| U Colorado — Boulder |
2 |
0 |
| Connecticut |
18 |
10 |
| Utah |
4 |
1 |
| U Arizona |
2 |
0 |
| Tulane |
25 |
7 |
| Alabama |
1 |
1 |
| Florida |
6 |
1 |
| Maryland |
13 |
3 |
| U Washington |
6 |
2 |
| Southern methodist |
2 |
0 |
| Total number of reported matriculants in this group |
|
98 |
| Percentage of reported matriculants |
|
24% |
Competitive
| Law School |
Accepted |
Matriculated |
| Baylor |
1 |
0 |
| Cincinnati |
1 |
0 |
| Kentucky |
2 |
0 |
| Pittsburgh |
8 |
3 |
| American |
46 |
5 |
| U Tennessee — Knoxville |
1 |
1 |
| Cardozo |
54 |
10 |
| Case Western |
11 |
2 |
| Arizona |
3 |
1 |
| Brooklyn |
47 |
12 |
| Oklahoma |
1 |
0 |
| U San Diego |
11 |
3 |
| Florida State |
3 |
0 |
| Indiana U — Indianapolis |
9 |
1 |
| Temple |
61 |
19 |
| U of Kansas |
0 |
0 |
| U of Nebraska |
0 |
0 |
| Lewis & Clark |
4 |
1 |
| Loyola — Los Angeles |
5 |
1 |
| St. John's University |
15 |
2 |
| U of Houston |
2 |
2 |
| U of Louisville |
1 |
1 |
| U of New Mexico |
0 |
0 |
| Villanova |
48 |
15 |
| Rutgers — Camden |
16 |
7 |
| Rutgers — Newark |
28 |
5 |
| U Denver |
2 |
0 |
| U Oregon |
3 |
0 |
| U Richmond |
2 |
0 |
| U South Carolina |
0 |
0 |
| Catholic |
13 |
5 |
| Miami |
28 |
8 |
| Seton Hall |
20 |
3 |
| U Hawaii |
1 |
1 |
| Northeastern |
12 |
1 |
| Mississippi |
0 |
0 |
| Georgia State |
1 |
0 |
| Marquette |
1 |
0 |
| Santa Clara |
7 |
2 |
| Seattle U |
1 |
1 |
| U Arkansas — Fayetteville |
0 |
0 |
| Louisiana State — Baton Rouge |
1 |
0 |
| Syracuse |
2 |
2 |
| U San Francisco |
6 |
1 |
| Wayne State |
1 |
0 |
| Total number of reported matriculants in this group |
|
115 |
| Percentage of reported matriculants |
|
29% |
Less Competitive (U.S. News 101-137)
| Law School |
Accepted |
Matriculated |
| Albany |
3 |
1 |
| Campbell |
1 |
0 |
| Chapman |
1 |
1 |
| DePaul |
7 |
1 |
| Franklin Pierce |
1 |
0 |
| Hofstra |
12 |
1 |
| Howard |
5 |
2 |
| Loyola — New Orleans |
2 |
0 |
| New York Law School |
17 |
2 |
| Pace U |
7 |
1 |
| Penn State — Dickenson |
9 |
4 |
| Pepperdine |
7 |
3 |
| Southwestern |
4 |
1 |
| Stetson |
1 |
0 |
| St. Louis |
1 |
0 |
| Suffolk |
6 |
2 |
| U Arkansas — Little Rock |
0 |
0 |
| Idaho |
2 |
0 |
| Maine |
4 |
2 |
| Memphis |
0 |
0 |
| Toledo |
1 |
1 |
| Wyoming |
2 |
2 |
| Vermont |
1 |
0 |
| West Virginia |
1 |
0 |
| William Mitchell College |
4 |
3 |
| Total number of reported matriculants in this group |
|
27 |
| Percentage of reported matriculants |
|
7% |
Least Competitive (US News Fourth Tier)
| Law School |
Accepted |
Matriculated |
California Western
|
1 |
0 |
| CUNY — Queens |
1 |
0 |
| Florida Coastal |
0 |
0 |
| Golden Gate |
0 |
0 |
| Gonzaga (Washington) |
0 |
0 |
| Hamline (Minnesota) |
3 |
1 |
| Michigan State |
1 |
0 |
| New England |
3 |
0 |
| North Carolina Central |
1 |
0 |
| Nova Southeastern |
0 |
0 |
| Ohio Northern |
1 |
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