National Comparison: Overview of Facts

#15 in Employment Rate at Graduation

#19 in Employment Rate at 10 Months
ASU Law ranks #15 in terms of graduates employed at the time of graduation (78.8%) and #19 in terms of graduates employed ten months after graduation (88.9%).

#21 in Median Undergraduate GPA

ASU Law ranks #21 in terms of highest median undergraduate GPA (3.76) among those applicants granted admission who enrolled as full-time students.

#29 in Median LSAT

ASU Law is tied for #29 in terms of the median LSAT score (163) among those applicants granted admission who enrolled as full-time students. The LSAT measures reading comprehension, analytical reasoning, and logical reasoning.

#34 in Presence of Minority Faculty

ASU Law ranks #34 in terms of the highest percentage of faculty who are racial or ethnic minority (19.2%).

#45 in Acceptance Rate

ASU Law ranks #45 in terms of student selectivity with an acceptance rate of 34.2% among those who applied for admission.

#58 in Public Sector Salary

ASU Law is tied for #58 in terms of median starting salary among graduates working in government jobs or judicial clerkships at the federal or state level ($58,500).

#63 in Private Sector Salary

ASU Law is tied for #63 in terms of the median starting salary among graduates working in private practice as law firm associates ($82,000).

#95 in Highest Tuition (out-of-state)

#220 in Highest Tuition (in-state)
ASU Law ranks #95 in terms of highest tuition among full-time law students for its out-of state tuition of $45,940, and it ranks #220 in terms of highest tuition among full-time law students for its in-state tuition of $27,584. 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. Room and board expenses average $12,688 per year.

#100 in Student to Faculty Ratio

ASU Law is tied for #100 in terms of lowest student to faculty ratio (7.0:1).

#100 in Presence of Minority Students

ASU Law ranks #100 in terms of the highest percentage of students who are racial or ethnic minority (31.5%).

#127 in Bar Passage Rate

ASU Law ranks #127 in terms of bar passage rate among first-time test takers (74.3%), and it outperforms by +10.5% the state of Arizona’s overall bar passage rate of 63.8%. (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.)

#170 in Presence of Female Faculty

ASU Law is tied for #170 in terms of the highest percentage of faculty who are female (31.7%).

#180 in Library Size

ASU Law ranks #180 in terms of library size with 95,735 volumes or equivalents.

Fall 2020 Application Information
Application Deadline:	March 1
Application Fee:	$65

Admissions Statistics	2020	2017
Acceptance Rate	34.2%	43.3%
LSAT Score (Median)	163	161
LSAT Score (25th-75th percentile)	158-164	158-163
GPA (Median)	3.76	3.60
GPA Range (25th-75th percentile)	3.37-3.90	3.39-3.80

Bar Exam Statistics	2020	2017
State in which most graduates took bar exam:	AZ	AZ
School’s bar passage rate:	74.3%	89.5%
State overall bar passage rate:	63.8%	73.5%
School bar pass rate vs. state bar pass rate:	+10.5%	+16.0%

Employment Statistics	2020	2017
Graduates employed at graduation:	78.8%	65.2%
Graduates employed 10 months after graduation:	88.9%	88.4%

Tuition and Expenses	2020	2017
Tuition (In-State):	$27,584	N/A
Tuition (Out-of-State):	$45,940	N/A
Room and Board:	$12,688	$12,366
Proportion of full-time students receiving grants:	65.3%	51.4%
Median grant amount among full-time students:	$20,000	$20,000
Average indebtedness of those who incurred debt:	$93,524	$106,426
Proportion of graduates who incurred debt:	75.4%	55.5%