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UNIVERSITY OF AKRON SCHOOL OF LAW

FACTS AND FIGURES

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Statistical profile of the 2017 entering class

In 2017, 161 JD students began their legal studies at The University of Akron School of Law. We believe this is bolstered by solid career prospects, cutting-edge programs, innovative offerings, and increased focus on international programs. If you have any questions about any of the statistics in the chart below, please feel free to contact our Admissions Office at lawadmissions@uakron.edu.

	Full-Time	Part-Time	Overall
Applications	720	96	816
Admit Offers	414	44	458
Entering class stats
Total Enrollment	130	31	161
Female Enrollment	36%	61%	41%
Minority Enrollment	18%	26%	20%
75th Percentile LSAT	154	153	154
Median LSAT	152	150	151
25th Percentile LSAT	149	148	149
75th Percentile UGPA	3.51	3.52	3.51
Median UGPA	3.25	3.31	3.28
25th Percentile UGPA	2.95	2.90	2.94
Median Age	23	28	24
Average Age	25	32	27
Age Range	18 to 66	21 to 55	18 to 66
Non-Ohio Residents	31%	13%	27%

20 states represented: AZ, CA, CO, FL, ID,IN, MD, MI,MO,NJ, NV, NY, OH, PA, TN, TX, UT,VA, WI, WV
69 undergraduate schools represented.
46 undergraduate majors represented.

Statistics for previous classes

Ohio Bar Exam results, 2011-17

Akron Law's students have enjoyed an established history of excellence on the Ohio bar exam. Akron Law supports its graduates' bar exam preparation in Ohio and beyond. For example, our bar exam takers will receive up to a maximum of $2,250 of the final cost of their commercial bar exam preparation course. Akron Law offers a three-credit bar exam preparation elective course, and sends representatives to the bar exam to support our students each February and July. In addition, third-year students are given the opportunity to take the new MBE Prep course, giving students access to Adapatibar, which specically targets success on the MBE portion of the bar exam.

For more detailed analysis of recent bar examination statistics, please see the below graph. In addition, bar exam statistics may be found on the bar admissions webpage at The Supreme Court of Ohio, or the webpages of other state supreme courts.

Source: Ohio Bar Exam results from the Ohio Supreme Court website

Exam	First-time takers	All takers
July 2017	74% (56/76)	71% (67/94)
February 2017	63% (19/30)	58% (32/55)
July 2016	78.9 (60/76)	74.4% (64/86)
February 2016	54.2% (13/24)	61.4% (27/44)
July 2015	83.9% (73/87)	80.6% (79/98)
February 2015	83.3% (20/24)	70.0% (28/40)
July 2014	84.0% (63/75)	76.7% (66/86)
February 2014	85.3% (29/34)	77.1% (37/48)
July 2013	85.4% (82/96)	83.0% (83/100)
February 2013	91.4% (32/35)	85.4% (41/48)
July 2012	84.6% (77/91)	81.6% (80/98)
July 2011	89.3% (67/75)	86.4% (70/81)
Feb 2011	100% (16/16)	80.7% (21/26)