Warning

Info

LSD+ is ad-free, with DMs, discounts, case briefs & more.

Penn State Law School

Rank 64 (USNWR 2022)
162
Median LSAT
3.76
Median GPA
35.6%
Acceptance rate

Also known as

  • Penn State Law School
  • Pennsylvania State - Penn State Law
  • PENNSYLVANIA STATE - PENN STATE LAW
  • PSU

Penn State Law School is a law school located in State College, Pennsylvania. The school was ranked 64 in 2022 by USNWR. Annual enrollment for Penn State Law School is approximately 139.

Admissions website: https://pennstatelaw.psu.edu/admissions

Admissions email: admissions@pennstatelaw.psu.edu

Admissions phone: 814-867-1251

Can I get into Penn State Law School with aGPA andLSAT?

Penn State Law School Key Statistics

Previous year ABA 509 data
Percentiles 25 50 75
LSAT 155 162 163
GPA 3.4 3.76 3.9
Miscellaneous Count Percentile
# Applications 2329 68
# Admissions offers 830 -
Class size 139 25
% Accepted 35.6% 61
% Yield 16.4% 3

During the 2022 application cycle, 2,329 people applied and 830 were offered admission.

Pennsylvania State - Penn State Law has a 1L class size of 139, and yield of 16.39%. 136 out of 830 applicants who were offered admission accepted, meaning that 16.39% of the people who were offered admission ended up attending the school.

The 1L class at Pennsylvania State - Penn State Law has a median LSAT of 162. The 25th percentile LSAT is 155 and the 75th percentile LSAT is 163.

The median GPA is 3.76. The 25th percentile GPA is 3.4 and the 75th percentile GPA is 3.9.

Penn State Law School LSAT & GPA graph for 2021-2022

LSD has stats for 255 applicants for the 2021-2022 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.

LSD+ is ad-free, with DMs, discounts, case briefs & more.
25th, 50th, 75th refer to percentiles from last year's admitted class
LSD+ is ad-free, with DMs, discounts, case briefs & more.

How much does Penn State Law School cost per year?

$52,228.00
Tuition
64th percentile
$76,260.00
CoA
62nd percentile
68.40%
Grads with debt
$74,262.00
Average debt
$65,000.00
Salary, 25th %
$80,000.00
Salary
$55,000.00
PI Salary
53.30%
Employment rate
82.30%
Bar pass rate

Cost of attending Penn State Law School

In 2022, tuition was $52,228 and the annual cost of attending was $76,260 (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.

Penn State Law School employment outcomes

JD graduates from Pennsylvania State - Penn State Law make $80,000 (median) upon graduation if they work in the private sector. If they go into the public sector, a grad can expect to make $55,000.

44.9% of law graduates from Pennsylvania State - Penn State Law go directly to work for law firms, while 22.4% clerk for a judge. 6.1% of graduates go into public interest.

82.3% of Pennsylvania State - Penn State Law graduates pass the bar on their first try.

LSD+ is ad-free, with DMs, discounts, case briefs & more.

Some interesting facts about Penn State Law School

Penn State Law is situated on the largest campus (University Park) of Penn State University, one of the world’s top public research institutions. Penn State Law in University Park is one of two law schools operated by Penn State, the other being Dickinson Law in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. With entering classes of 120 to 140 students and first-year course sections of fewer than 50, our students enjoy the best of both worlds — an academic experience that can be customized using the resources of a world-class university, in a small and supportive law school community. Penn State Law provides a rigorous, classic legal education enhanced with boundless experiential learning opportunities to provide students with both the knowledge and skills they need to accomplish their professional goals. Through a comprehensive program of study encompassing classroom-based and experiential learning, Penn State Law students are prepared to engage in sophisticated legal analysis and practice in an increasingly demanding global marketplace. Because of its location in University Park which is home to more than 45,000 graduate and undergraduate students and dozens of top-tier graduate programs, Penn State Law provides innumerable opportunities for students to customize their legal education with interdisciplinary study in any graduate academic area on campus.

LSD+ is ad-free, with DMs, discounts, case briefs & more.

Pennsylvania State - Penn State Law

Chat for Pennsylvania State - Penn State Law
school-59
👍 Chat vibe: 0 👎
Help us make LSD better!
Tell us what's important to you
anyone on get that email?
I don't think its fully decided yet but thats what they are planning
ConspiracyLawyer
11:00
no waves as of late, i need an A wave please
for those of u who got in how did u obtain information regarding scholarship offers
12:07
^ I am curious about this, and I am also wondering how long it was between the status checker changing and receiving the acceptance email
@nannersplit: I just received my email
13:45
does penn state call for a's?
WaitlistedToEverywhere
13:55
I sent my application 5 months ago and I still haven't heard anything ;w;
just got my email of admission
12:23
Congrats @conspiracylawyer !! Looks like we have similar numbers and submitted apps on the same date.. fingers-crossed
SassyFrenchBulldog
16:37
Email on a Saturday?!
SassyFrenchBulldog
16:37
@ConspiracyLawyer: and congrats!!! 🎉🎉
12:05
i applied 2/8 and received a decision today w scholarship info in the email
applied 2/2 and just got an acceptance email today with scholarship
bringbooze
9:09
applied 12/22, got A today (2/21)
SqueamishBittenWolf
9:43
How did they notify you @bringbooze?
SqueamishBittenWolf
9:43
and congrats to you!
bringbooze
9:50
@SqueamishBittenWolf: i didnt get an email yet, just saw it on my status checker <3
bringbooze
9:50
thank you!!
i applied 12/1 and im really hoping i hear something today (2/21)
WaitlistedToEverywhere
12:13
Same, I've been waiting since early September ;w;
update: i also missed this wave, i'm going to start goin crazy
if you get into penn state law, are you most likely to get into dickinson as well? isn't it harder to get into penn state law?
SqueamishBittenWolf
8:44
How did everyone find out about scholarship $?
13:11
im in! got the offer through email along with the acceptance
Yeetakus
9:15
Anyone else just assuming they've been WL/R from here? I've been under review for 5 months
WaitlistedToEverywhere
16:56
Yeah, at this point I've lost hope. I've been waiting for 6 months+ lol
just got hit w a WL after applying in November
god I need a higher LSAT score lmao
LordIceCube
10:21
where is my decisionnnnnn
LSD+ is ad-free, with DMs, discounts, case briefs & more.