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Depaul Law School

Rank 133 (USNWR 2025)
158
Median LSAT
3.65
Median GPA
45.4%
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 133 in 2025 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

Can I get into Depaul Law School with aGPA andLSAT?

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 2025 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 158. The 25th percentile LSAT is 153 and the 75th percentile LSAT is 159.

The median GPA is 3.65. The 25th percentile GPA is 3.16 and the 75th percentile GPA is 3.82.

Depaul Law School LSAT & GPA graph for 2023-2024

LSD has stats for 185 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.

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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
75.00%
Bar pass rate
35th percentile

*The following data belongs to previous years.

$70,000.00
Salary, 25th %
32nd percentile
$90,000.00
Salary
47th percentile
$66,000.00
PI Salary
41st percentile
%
Employment rate
29th percentile
67.40%
Grads with debt
43rd percentile
$116,537.00
Average debt
66th percentile
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Cost of attending Depaul Law School

In 2025, 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 $90,000 (median) upon graduation if they work in the private sector. If they go into the public sector, a grad can expect to make $66,000.

62.4% of law graduates from DePaul University go directly to work for law firms, while 5.3% clerk for a judge. 14.3% of graduates go into public interest.

75.0% 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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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
anyone think they will send out responses this week
has anyone attempted to renegotiate scholarship?
DePaul is killing the PT evening program after the Fall 2025 cohort graduates. Just received the email
how/when do you find about $ after acceptance?
CoolOpenMilk
15:54
I’m guessing they will email you
CoolOpenMilk
15:54
Anyone think killing the pt program increases chances of getting into it? Not too familiar with it.
given there were only 18 PT admits last year, i would say it's more difficult just based on declining numbers
was closer to 25-28 in prior years
24, 26, 27, 23, then 18. guessing 2025 also below 20
CoolOpenMilk
19:43
Any WL movement?
MrThickRopes
16:41
my bad i'll tell her
MrThickRopes
16:41
bruh why am i in da de paul chat
no way i got rejected from depaul with an lsat above the 75th
applying late is not it chat
damn I applied in march. Ur saying im cooked>
u might not be!!!!!
they could've just hated my ass
i think first deposits are due april 15th for them though, which could be a bad sign because it's april 25th < / 3
15:58
I’m on the WL
15:58
:(
15:45
Has anyone been moved off the waitlist?
CoolOpenMilk
0:27
Nope
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