Syracuse University College of Law Stats

The College of Law is a private institution located in Syracuse, New York, and a graduate school of Syracuse University.

By the Numbers

Established: 1895
Number of Students: 640

Student Body Demographics:
Minority: 20.3%
African-American: 3.3%
American Indian: 0.6%
Asian-American: 12%
Mexican-American: 0.9%
Puerto-Rican: 0.3%
Hispanic: 3.1%
International: 2.7%

Men: 54%
Women: 46%

Number of Professors: 65
Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 10.9 to 1

Tuition: $43,500
Number of Applicants: 2,335
Number of Acceptances: 965
Yield: 26%

% graduates entering different occupations 2007: 2009: Government: 14% Public Interest: 8% Judicial Clerks: 10% Academia: 3% Law Firms: 44% Business/Industry: 21%
Government: 11.7%
Public Interest: 2.3%
Judicial Clerks: 7.6%
Academia: 2.3%
Law Firms: 48%
Business/Industry: 28.1%

Bar Passage Rate: 71.3%

Contact

Admissions Office
Suite 340
Syracuse, NY 13244-1030
Admissions phone: (315) 443-1962
Admissions e-mail: admissions@law.syr.edu

Academics

Specialized programs: Disability Law and Policy Program; Technology Commercialization Law Program

 

Special institutes or centers: Burton Blatt Institute: Centers of Innovation on Disability; Institute for the Study of the Judiciary, Politics, and the Media (IJPM); Property, Citizenship, and Social Entrepreneurism; Technology Commercialization Research Center; Disability Law and Policy; Global Law and Practice; Family Law & Social Policy; Institute on National Security and Counterterrorism; and Center for Indigenous Law, Governance and Citizenship.

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