Information + Statistics

Below you'll find a range of useful facts and figures about Quinnipiac University School of Law, including information contained in the American Bar Association (ABA) Consumer Information Standard 509 Report. 

About our students
Financial aid information
Enrollment figures and attrition rate
Faculty and administrators
Academic planning
Library resources
Facilities overview
Bar passage
Employment outcomes

About Our Students

Our relatively small size means a student community that is close, connected and, with more than 30 student organizations, constantly on the move. Our students bring a wide range of backgrounds to their law school experience. The Fall 2012 incoming class of first-year law students arrived on campus with more than 33 different undergraduate majors from 70 different colleges and universities. The class of 127 students also brought impressive academic credentials:

Fall 2012:

Median GPA - 3.39                    25th - 75th GPA - 3.13 / 3.66
Median LSAT – 156                   25th - 75th LSAT - 153 / 158

Students of color: 13%
Male/Female ratio: 40% / 60%
Average age: 25
States represented: 18

Find out more about the Fall 2012 incoming class on our Class Profile page.

Financial Aid Information

Law school prepares you to take on important and rewarding work, but financing your legal education can seem like a daunting task. Find out about QU Law’s generous scholarship awards, the full array of financial information you need to know, and how our financial aid office can help:

• Scholarships + Awards
• Financial Aid
• Tuition, fees and other costs
• Refund Policy

Enrollment Figures and Attrition Rates*

*Additional information about attrition rates is included in our ABA Consumer Information Standard 509 Report 

Faculty and Administrators

Our QU Law faculty are distinguished and accessible, and our student-to-faculty ratio is a notable 12:1. Our administrators pride themselves on being highly responsive to students, too--a spirit that extends throughout the law school community.

QU Law has 35 full-time and 42 part-time faculty members, and 25 administrative staff members. Meet some of them here:

• Law School Faculty
• Law School Administration

Academic Planning

With a student-centered focus and an environment that fosters rigor and collaboration, QU Law offers outstanding programs leading to the JD (juris doctor), JD/MBA (combined degree), and the LLM in Health Law. Get the information you need to start planning your program here:

• Curricular offerings
• Academic calendar
• Academic catalog / requirements  

School of Law Library

At the heart of QU Law is our library, an excellent resource for learning and research with an extensive catalog of more than 425,000 volumes, access to a vast collection of digital articles, and connection with libraries around the world.  Find out more here:

• Library resources

Facilities Overview

Our QU Law facilities are a point of pride. Our current School of Law Center is a wonderful setting for learning and scholarship, but excitement is building as we look forward to the transition in 2014 to our new, state-of-the-art facility on Quinnipiac's nearby North Haven Campus. This innovative complex will be home to most of the University's graduate programs, including the schools of law and medicine. Find out more about our current School of Law Center

Bar Passage

Quinnipiac School of Law graduates have once again achieved outstanding results on the Connecticut Bar Exam.
In 2012, Quinnipiac had a combined bar passage rate of 89 percent for first-time takers of the February and July Connecticut Bar Exams.  Quinnipiac's bar passage rate (90%) for first-time test-takers on the July 2012 Connecticut exam was the highest among all law schools nationally that had 15 or more persons taking it. Additional information about our graduates' bar passage rates is included in our ABA Consumer Information Standard 509 Report.

QU Law also prepares you to take almost any bar exam in the country. In addition to our in-depth curriculum, we offer a supplemental bar prep course (free to our students) which boasts an average bar pass rate of 98 percent over the past five years on the Connecticut Bar Exam.

Employment Outcomes

QU Law's excellent location along the Northeast corridor means easy access to New York, Boston, Hartford and New Haven, and one of the highest concentrations of private law firms, corporate headquarters, and financial institutions in the United States. QU Law offers an extensive range of 15 clinic and externship programs that immerse students in real-world experience, and a focused and dedicated Career Development Office with a range of career development and job search programs and resources.

Statistics and outcomes
For the class of 2012, 127 of our 151 graduates were employed nine months after their graduation date. Our accrediting agency, the American Bar Association, maintains detailed information about the types of jobs in which those 127 graduates were employed on Feb. 15, 2013. We encourage you to review the 2012 ABA report (as well as the 2011 ABA report) (Adobe PDF) detailing that information. Below, we include a chart and a graph summarizing the status and distribution of jobs held by the 127 class of 2012 graduates employed as of Feb. 15, 2013.

(Statistics were compiled in February 2013, nine months after graduation. 99 percent survey response rate – 150 of 151 graduates.  All numbers are rounded to the nearest whole percent.)

*Rounded to the nearest whole percent

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