Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico School of Law is a law school located in Ponce, Puerto Rico. The school was ranked 180 in 2023 by USNWR. Annual enrollment for Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico School of Law is approximately 157.
Admissions website: http://www.pucpr.edu/derecho
Admissions email: derecho@email.pucpr.edu
Admissions phone: 787.841.2000
Previous year ABA 509 data | |||
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Percentiles | 25 | 50 | 75 |
LSAT | 132 | 135 | 139 |
GPA | 2.77 | 3.26 | 3.49 |
Miscellaneous | Count | Percentile |
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# Applications | 382 | 2 |
# Admissions offers | 215 | - |
Class size | 157 | 43 |
% Accepted | 56.3% | 20 |
% Yield | 73.0% | 100 |
During the 2023 application cycle, 382 people applied and 215 were offered admission.
Pontifical Catholic University has a 1L class size of 157, and yield of 73.02%. 157 out of 215 applicants who were offered admission accepted, meaning that 73.02% of the people who were offered admission ended up attending the school.
The 1L class at Pontifical Catholic University has a median LSAT of 135. The 25th percentile LSAT is 132 and the 75th percentile LSAT is 139.
The median GPA is 3.26. The 25th percentile GPA is 2.77 and the 75th percentile GPA is 3.49.
LSD has stats for 0 applicants for the 2022-2023 application cycle.
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In 2023, tuition was $17,108 and the annual cost of attending was $37,835 (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.
29.5% of Pontifical Catholic University graduates pass the bar on their first try.
The School of Law of the Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico was founded in 1961. It is located within the main campus of the Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico, on the southern part of the island in the historical city of Ponce, one of the most beautiful places in Puerto Rico.
The primary objective of the Pontifical Catholic University School of Law is the formation of lawyers imbued with a deep love and concern for their Catholic faith and imbedded in the redeeming truths of Christian philosophy and ethics. The law school of the Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico hopes to contribute to upholding the high ethical, cultural, and literary accomplishments of the Puerto Rican bar, which historically represents a tradition of moral austerity, intellectual achievement, and professional competence.