Founded: 1835 in New York City
Dean: Trevor Morrison
Academic Year Calendar: Semester
Degree Programs Offered: JD, LLM, JSD
Student to Faculty Ratio: 8.2 to 1
Centers and Institutes: 30+
Student-run Publications: 10
Student Organizations: 80+
JD Student Body
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1,380 full-time day students (no part-time or evening)
- 29 percent students of color
- 53 percent women
- 9 percent citizens of foreign countries
Fall 2018 Entering JD Class Profile*
- 425 full-time day students (no part-time or evening)
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LSAT Score:
- 75th percentile: 170
- 50th percentile: 169
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25th percentile: 166
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Undergraduate GPA:
- 75th percentile: 3.9
- 50th percentile: 3.8
- 25th percentile: 3.7
- 120 colleges represented
- 40 states represented
- 52 percent women
- 38 percent students of color
- 23 percent enrolled directly after college
- 62 percent out of college one to four years
- 15 percent out of college five or more years
- 10 percent hold advanced or professional degrees
*Fall 2018 entering class figures are accurate as of October 2018.
Public Interest Funding
The Law School's Loan Repayment Assistance Program, which eases the burden of debt repayment obligations for those choosing careers in public service, awarded $4.8 million to more than 530 JD alumni worldwide in 2016-17.
In summer 2019, more than 400 students received Public Interest summer funding grants to work in the US and 17 other countries.
Careers
Median overall salary of the Class of 2017: $180,000
For more information, see Employment Data for Recent Graduates.