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National Comparison: Overview of Facts

#97 in Presence of Minority Faculty

Samford Law ranks #97 in terms of the highest percentage of faculty who are racial or ethnic minority (12.5%).

#113 in Employment Rate at Graduation

#146 in Employment Rate at 10 Months
Samford Law ranks #113 in terms of graduates employed at the time of graduation (40.6%) and #146 in terms of graduates employed ten months after graduation (68.1%).

#120 in Bar Passage Rate

Samford Law ranks #120 in terms of bar passage rate among first-time test takers (76.3%), and it outperforms by +6.7% the state of Alabama’s overall bar passage rate of 69.6%. (A national comparison on this metric should be taken in a qualified sense and with caution, because every state has a different bar passage rate.)

#122 in Private Sector Salary

Samford Law is tied for #122 in terms of the median starting salary among graduates working in private practice as law firm associates ($65,000).

#132 in Library Size

Samford Law ranks #132 in terms of library size with 327,072 volumes or equivalents.

#136 in Median Undergraduate GPA

Samford Law ranks #136 in terms of highest median undergraduate GPA (3.31) among those applicants granted admission who enrolled as full-time students.

#140 in Highest Tuition

Samford Law ranks #140 in terms of highest tuition among full-time law students ($40,150). We rank from a total of 283 tuition rates from 194 law schools, ranking twice those law schools that have different in-state and out-of-state tuition rates.

#148 in Median LSAT

Samford Law is tied for #148 in terms of the median LSAT score (151) among those applicants granted admission who enrolled as full-time students. The LSAT measures reading comprehension, analytical reasoning, and logical reasoning.

#161 in Public Sector Salary

Samford Law is tied for #161 in terms of median starting salary among graduates working in government jobs or judicial clerkships at the federal or state level ($46,000).

#162 in Presence of Female Faculty

Samford Law is tied for #162 in terms of the highest percentage of faculty who are female (32.1%).

#175 in Student to Faculty Ratio

Samford Law is tied for #175 in terms of lowest student to faculty ratio (9.8:1).

#177 in Presence of Minority Students

Samford Law ranks #177 in terms of the highest percentage of students who are racial or ethnic minority (19.1%).

#191 in Acceptance Rate

Samford Law ranks #191 in terms of student selectivity with an acceptance rate of 74.1% among those who applied for admission.