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Marquette University Law School
Also known as
- Marquette University Law School
- Marquette University
- MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY
Marquette University Law School is a law school located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The school was ranked 59 in 2025 by USNWR. Annual enrollment for Marquette University Law School is approximately 195.
Admissions website: https://law.marquette.edu/prospective-students/apply-online
Admissions email: law.admission@marquette.edu
Admissions phone: 414.288.6767
Marquette University Law School Key Statistics
| Previous year ABA 509 data | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Percentiles | 25 | 50 | 75 |
| LSAT | 152 | 155 | 158 |
| GPA | 3.39 | 3.61 | 3.75 |
| Miscellaneous | Count | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| # Applications | 1059 | 39 |
| # Admissions offers | 482 | - |
| Class size | 195 | 62 |
| % Accepted | 45.5% | 44 |
| % Yield | 40.5% | 89 |
During the 2025 application cycle, 1,059 people applied and 482 were offered admission.
Marquette University has a 1L class size of 195, and yield of 40.46%. 195 out of 482 applicants who were offered admission accepted, meaning that 40.46% of the people who were offered admission ended up attending the school.
The 1L class at Marquette University has a median LSAT of 156. The 25th percentile LSAT is 153 and the 75th percentile LSAT is 159.
The median GPA is 3.7. The 25th percentile GPA is 3.55 and the 75th percentile GPA is 3.85.
Marquette University Law School LSAT & GPA graph for 2023-2024
LSD has stats for 187 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.
How much does Marquette University Law School cost per year?
*The following data belongs to previous years.
Cost of attending Marquette University Law School
In 2025, tuition was $49,710 and the annual cost of attending was $71,378 (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.
Marquette University Law School employment outcomes
JD graduates from Marquette University 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 $65,500.
64.6% of law graduates from Marquette University go directly to work for law firms, while 2.8% clerk for a judge. 6.2% of graduates go into public interest.
0.0% of Marquette University graduates pass the bar on their first try.
Some interesting facts about Marquette University Law School
For more than a century, Marquette University Law School has been committed to training men and women to serve the public interest by becoming highly skilled and ethical attorneys. Traditionally, the curriculum has emphasized the practical aspects of legal education, including an impressive array of clinical, internship, and supervised fieldwork programs. This emphasis includes particular excellence in the areas of intellectual property, dispute resolution, sports law, labor and employment law, criminal law, family law, and litigation-related courses. The National Sports Law Institute, the premier sports law program in the United States, is a part of the Law School. Our more than 7,000 alumni serve in a broad range of legal, public, and corporate positions throughout the United States.
The Law School is located on the university campus—two blocks from the Milwaukee County Courthouse and a short walk from the federal courthouse and downtown Milwaukee. Marquette is the only law school in southeast Wisconsin. Marquette—a Catholic, Jesuit, and urban university—is the largest private university in the state. The Catholic and Jesuit nature of the school manifests itself in a specific concern for the well-being of each student, indeed each individual—the Marquette principle of cura personalis. Persons of all religious and cultural backgrounds attend Marquette, serve on our faculty, and are valued in our community. The Law School is committed to academic freedom, the broadest possible scope of inquiry, and the examination of any subject.