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Depaul Law School

Rank 134 (USNWR 2024)
157
Median LSAT
3.59
Median GPA
43.6%
Acceptance rate

Also known as

  • Depaul Law School
  • DePaul University
  • DEPAUL UNIVERSITY
  • DePaul

Depaul Law School is a law school located in Chicago, Illinois. The school was ranked 134 in 2024 by USNWR. Annual enrollment for Depaul Law School is approximately 162.

Admissions website: https://law.depaul.edu/admission/Pages/apply.aspx

Admissions email: lawinfo@depaul.edu

Admissions phone: (312) 362-6831

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Depaul Law School Key Statistics

Previous year ABA 509 data
Percentiles 25 50 75
LSAT 153 157 159
GPA 3.27 3.59 3.79
Miscellaneous Count Percentile
# Applications 1771 59
# Admissions offers 772 -
Class size 162 47
% Accepted 43.6% 49
% Yield 20.3% 11

During the 2024 application cycle, 1,771 people applied and 772 were offered admission.

DePaul University has a 1L class size of 162, and yield of 20.34%. 157 out of 772 applicants who were offered admission accepted, meaning that 20.34% of the people who were offered admission ended up attending the school.

The 1L class at DePaul University has a median LSAT of 157. The 25th percentile LSAT is 153 and the 75th percentile LSAT is 159.

The median GPA is 3.59. The 25th percentile GPA is 3.27 and the 75th percentile GPA is 3.79.

Depaul Law School LSAT & GPA graph for 2023-2024

LSD has stats for 190 applicants for the 2023-2024 application cycle.

The graphs show applicant results plotted against GPA and LSAT. The dotted lines on the graphs represent the 25/50/75th percentiles reported by the school in their ABA 509 report from the previous year.

Each data point represents an LSD user that shared their application results for the benefit of future applicants.

Click on a data point to see that user's profile.

25th, 50th, 75th refer to percentiles from last year's admitted class

How much does Depaul Law School cost per year?

$52,145.00
Tuition
52nd percentile
$78,825.00
CoA
51st percentile
68.40%
Bar pass rate
26th percentile

*The following data belongs to previous years.

$65,000.00
Salary, 25th %
32nd percentile
$82,500.00
Salary
44th percentile
$63,000.00
PI Salary
52nd percentile
%
Employment rate
29th percentile
%
Grads with debt
67th percentile
$109,120.00
Average debt
67th percentile

Cost of attending Depaul Law School

In 2024, tuition was $52,145 and the annual cost of attending was $78,825 (tuition plus living expenses).

Cost of Attendance (CoA) is the estimated total amount you will have to spend every year to go to school. Unlike tuition, CoA includes expenses like rent, food, and insurance.

Depaul Law School employment outcomes

JD graduates from DePaul University make $82,500 (median) upon graduation if they work in the private sector. If they go into the public sector, a grad can expect to make $63,000.

53.0% of law graduates from DePaul University go directly to work for law firms, while 4.8% clerk for a judge. 11.3% of graduates go into public interest.

68.4% of DePaul University graduates pass the bar on their first try.

Some interesting facts about Depaul Law School

DePaul University College of Law is centered in the heart of downtown Chicago, providing its students with a rich and dynamic urban setting. DePaul University is the nation's largest Catholic university and among the largest private universities in the nation, as well as one of the largest private universities in Illinois. The College of Law is fully accredited by the ABA, is a member of AALS and Order of the Coif, and offers full-time, part-time, and summer programs. Its location—centered within the city's business and legal communities—provides students with extensive contact with Chicago's legal community, and students gain access to a national law alumni network that is more than 15,000 strong. The law school is within walking distance of the state and federal courts, a variety of government offices, and numerous corporations and law firms. DePaul law graduates reside in all 50 states and in more than 20 countries, and among them are three former mayors of Chicago, more than 350 state and federal judges, and numerous CEOs, CFOs, executives, and partners at corporations and law firms worldwide.

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did everyone get waitlisted
basically
^ facts
I just want to get off
meow
patiently waiting for seat deposits lol
Did anyone get a confirmation email or application status update after filling out waitlist confirmation form?
I did not
you think WL movement will happen today or tomorrow
23:52
I got accepted fairly quickly what was everyones' stats?
@LolahLaw: did you get accepted off the WL? If so, did the decision get updated on the status checker or did they just email you?
anyone have WL update?
nothing yet
waiting game..
0:38
No, but my friend was on the WL and got accepted through email a couple weeks ago. She applied in January.
congrats! is she attending?
17:15
I don't think so. She unfortunately didn't get a scholarship and Depaul says in their acceptance packet that they do not negotiate scholarships.
17:30
If you guys had to choose between depaul and kent which would you choose?
wherever you got more scholly
FastHelplessPig
22:22
Anyone hear any waitlist movement?
CertainAbortiveCheese
23:54
Anyone get off the waitlist for DePaul yet?
FastHelplessPig
21:08
Has anyone heard anything yet or asked the school what the chances of getting off the WL is?
someone take one for the team and call lol
someone on reddit said they got a feeler call if they were interested to remain on waitlist? did anyone else get that bc I didnt lol
Anyone else waitin on a response lol
Seen some people getting accepted on Reddit
D13Volvo
16:16
Got accepted today
Attended their fall open house on a Saturday and got accepted on the following Monday
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