JD Admissions

Entering Class Profile and Statistics

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Fall 2024 Entering JD Class Profile*

434 full-time day students (no part-time or evening)

LSAT Score:

  • 75th percentile: 173

  • 50th percentile: 172

  • 25th percentile: 169

Undergraduate GPA:

  • 75th percentile: 3.96
  • 50th percentile: 3.91
  • 25th percentile: 3.80

Who They Are:

  • 100+ colleges represented
  • 32 states including DC
  • 59 percent women
  • 44 percent students of color
  • 72 percent out of college one to four years
  • 8 percent out of college five or more years
  • 7 percent hold advanced or professional degrees

Beyond the Numbers

The admissions process is highly selective and seeks to enroll candidates of exceptional ability. The Committee on Admissions makes decisions after considering all the information in an application. There are no combination of grades and scores that assure admission or denial. Please see our Standards for Admission for a more complete understanding of the review process.

*NYU Law JD Admissions office complied with the requirements of the Supreme Court’s Students for Fair Admissions, Inc v. President and Fellows of Harvard College decision. Individual race and ethnicity data was suppressed from applicant materials reviewed by the Committee on Admissions during the application review and selection process. The statistical make-up of the enrolling class was tabulated after all admissions decisions were finalized and post JD Orientation.

NYU Law in Brief

Jennifer Arlen
  • 96 Full-Time Faculty
  • 1,370 full-time day students (no part-time or evening)
  • 375 Courses Offered
  • 40+ Clinics & Externships
  • 16 Areas of Study
  • 80+  Student Organizations

Class of 2024 Employment

  • 64.27% Law Firms
  • 33.97% Public Interest/Government/Judicial Clerkships
  • 1.36% Corporate/Academic 

About 20% of each graduating class eventually clerks. 

Median Salaries

Public Service

Our Loan Repayment Assistance Program, eases the burden of debt repayment obligations for those choosing careers in public service. More than 500 JD graduates in public service now have their debt burden paid in full or in part by NYU Law.

In 2024, 391 students received Public Interest summer funding grants to work in 12 countries.