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JD Admissions & Requirements

Data from 2024 admissions cycle

150

LSAT

3.28

GPA

66.4%

Admit Rate

Widener Law School is a prestigious JD program located in Wilmington, Delaware. In the competitive 2025 law school rankings, Widener Law School was ranked 169 by US News & World Report, making it a strong option for prospective law students in the current application cycle. For the 2024 admissions cycle, Widener Law School has an entering 1L class size of approximately 253 with an acceptance rate of 66.4%, positioning it among the competitive law schools for JD applicants.

https://delawarelaw.widener.edu/prospective-students

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302.477.2703

Also known as

WIDENER UNIVERSITY-DELAWARE

Law School Applications

1130

JD application volume in 2024 cycle

JD Acceptance Rate

66.4%

7th percentile

JD Program Size

253

79th percentile

JD Tuition Cost

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Law School Admission Chances at Widener Law School

About Widener Law School

Widener University Delaware Law School is unique among American law schools. The only law school in Delaware, the nation’s corporate and business capital, Delaware Law School offers flexible schedules in day and evening divisions and extensive opportunities to gain practical experience in clinics, externships, and pro bono placements in Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey, and throughout the region.

The rich curriculum is taught by a faculty committed to personal attention, and all students have abundant opportunities to gain feedback on written and oral work. The full-time faculty is supplemented by a distinguished group of adjuncts, which includes federal bankruptcy judges and numerous state court judges, as well as practicing attorneys from Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware.

The school is a member of the AALS and is accredited by the ABA.

Widener Law School Law School Admissions Data & Statistics

2025-2026 Cycle Overview

18 applicants

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0 / 6

Waitlisted

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Withdrawn

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For law school applicants interested in the 2025 admissions cycle at Widener Law School, 1130 candidates submitted JD applications and 750 received acceptance letters. The law school application process here is moderately selective for prospective students with an acceptance rate of 66.4%.

The JD program at Widener Law School enrolls a first-year class of 253 law students each year, with an admissions yield rate of 33.33%. This means that of the 750 applicants who received law school acceptance letters, 250 chose to enroll. Understanding these law school admission statistics can help prospective JD applicants evaluate their chances and plan their application strategy.

For a competitive law school application to Widener Law School, students should aim to meet or exceed the median statistics shown below. Meeting these GPA and LSAT targets significantly improves your chances of admission.

LSAT & GPA Statistics
	25th	50th	75th
LSAT	148	150	154
	11th percentile
GPA	2.95	3.28	3.56
	6th percentile

	Value
Applications	1130
	36th percentile
Admission Offers	750
Class Size	253
	79th percentile
Acceptance Rate	66.4%
	7th percentile
Yield Rate	33.33%
	68th percentile

The above statistics show that Widener Law School typically admits students with LSAT scores ranging from 148 (25th percentile) to 154 (75th percentile), with a median of 150.

For GPA, admitted students typically have undergraduate GPAs ranging from 2.95 to 3.56, with a median of 3.28.

With an acceptance rate of 66.4%, Widener Law School is considered a moderately selective law school in terms of admissions.

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Applications: Total number of people who applied to this law school.
Acceptance Rate: Percentage of applicants who received offers (lower = more selective).
Yield Rate: Percentage of admitted students who enrolled (higher = more desirable).

* Indicates data is from a previous year when current year data is unavailable.

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