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Chicago Kent Law School

Rank 108 (USNWR 2024)
159
Median LSAT
3.67
Median GPA
50.4%
Acceptance rate

Also known as

  • Chicago Kent Law School
  • Illinois Institute of Technology (Kent)
  • CHICAGO-KENT COLLEGE OF LAW-IIT
  • IIT-Kent

Chicago Kent Law School is a law school located in Chicago, Illinois. The school was ranked 108 in 2024 by USNWR. Annual enrollment for Chicago Kent Law School is approximately 220.

Admissions website: https://www.kentlaw.iit.edu/admissions

Admissions email: admissions@kentlaw.iit.edu

Admissions phone: 312.906.5020

Can I get into Chicago Kent Law School with aGPA andLSAT?

Chicago Kent Law School Key Statistics

Previous year ABA 509 data
Percentiles 25 50 75
LSAT 154 159 162
GPA 3.39 3.67 3.8
Miscellaneous Count Percentile
# Applications 1679 56
# Admissions offers 847 -
Class size 220 73
% Accepted 50.5% 35
% Yield 25.1% 30

During the 2024 application cycle, 1,679 people applied and 847 were offered admission.

Illinois Institute of Technology (Kent) has a 1L class size of 220, and yield of 25.15%. 213 out of 847 applicants who were offered admission accepted, meaning that 25.15% of the people who were offered admission ended up attending the school.

The 1L class at Illinois Institute of Technology (Kent) has a median LSAT of 159. The 25th percentile LSAT is 154 and the 75th percentile LSAT is 162.

The median GPA is 3.67. The 25th percentile GPA is 3.39 and the 75th percentile GPA is 3.8.

Chicago Kent Law School LSAT & GPA graph for 2023-2024

LSD has stats for 265 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 Chicago Kent Law School cost per year?

$53,270.00
Tuition
56th percentile
$80,904.00
CoA
57th percentile
78.10%
Bar pass rate
54th percentile

*The following data belongs to previous years.

$80,000.00
Salary, 25th %
75th percentile
$110,000.00
Salary
77th percentile
$68,000.00
PI Salary
84th percentile
%
Employment rate
43rd percentile
%
Grads with debt
35th percentile
$103,163.00
Average debt
60th percentile

Cost of attending Chicago Kent Law School

In 2024, tuition was $53,270 and the annual cost of attending was $80,904 (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.

Chicago Kent Law School employment outcomes

JD graduates from Illinois Institute of Technology (Kent) make $110,000 (median) upon graduation if they work in the private sector. If they go into the public sector, a grad can expect to make $68,000.

67.6% of law graduates from Illinois Institute of Technology (Kent) go directly to work for law firms, while 2.9% clerk for a judge. 8.8% of graduates go into public interest.

78.1% of Illinois Institute of Technology (Kent) graduates pass the bar on their first try.

Some interesting facts about Chicago Kent Law School

Chicago-Kent College of Law at Illinois Institute of Technology is a national leader in legal education, recognized for the strength of its faculty and for its innovative approaches to traditional legal education. The second oldest law school in Illinois, Chicago-Kent was founded in 1888 by two judges who believed that legal education should be available to working men and women. The law school’s first female student graduated in 1891, and the first African American woman admitted to the bar in Illinois (and among the first three admitted to practice law in the United States) was a graduate of the class of 1894. Today, Chicago-Kent students come from 39 states and are citizens of 20 countries. Fifty-six percent of the students are women, and 31 percent are students of color.

Drawing on its distinctive affiliation with Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago-Kent is at the vanguard of exploring new frontiers in the law raised by biotechnology, cybersecurity, legal innovation and technology, intellectual property, international business transactions and trade, and much more. Chicago-Kent is located in downtown Chicago, the heart of the city’s commercial and legal communities. The law school is accredited by the American Bar Association and is a member of the Association of American Law Schools and the Order of the Coif.

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Got an email confirming my interest to stay on the waitlist for the summer
Ugh I did too, Are you saying yes?
BullsFan1023
12:16
^^
i got it tooo ugh
i wonder if any R's or A off waitlist today
is anyone’s LSD not working for kent??
Yeah mine is not letting me see the graphs and other applicants
I said yes, not holding out much hope though :/
Was just about to post in chat... Kent doesn't load for me either
omg first time it works today in a few weeks
how many summer waitlisters are here?
i wish i knew- but I am one lol
bonelesscannoli
13:49
wonder what the odds of us getting off of it is
me too, I am sick of waiting
bonelesscannoli
16:13
when did u get put on the summer waitlist?
bonelesscannoli
16:13
and are u in-state?
i got put on may 24!
yes i am in state loll
bonelesscannoli
14:08
yeah may 24th too
bonelesscannoli
14:08
out of state for me
bonelesscannoli
14:08
wish u the best
you tooo xx
bonelesscannoli
18:34
thank you
bonelesscannoli
18:34
do you have any idea of when they would be reviewing the waitlisted apps?
no :( sadly they pretty broad about until the first day of classes
bonelesscannoli
15:26
such a bummer. one of my last opportunities too
Any Wl —-> A? I heard someone got released from the WL recently but no A’s
bonelesscannoli
14:09
still nothing
Any movement in the WL?
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