Washington University School of Law Stats

By the Numbers

Established: 1867
Number of Students: 839

Student Body Demographics:
Minority: 21.2%
African-American: 9.2%
American Indian: 0.8%
Asian-American: 9.8%
Mexican-American: 0.5%
Puerto-Rican: 0.2%
Hispanic: 0.7%
International: 6.9%

Men: 55.9%
Women: 44.1%

Number of Professors: 63
Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 11.1 to 1

Tuition: $40,436
Number of Applicants: 3,700
Number of Acceptances: 996
Yield: 24%

% graduates entering different occupations 2007:
Government: 12.9%
Public Interest: 3.7%
Judicial Clerks: 7.1%
Academia: 2.1%
Law Firms: 61.8%
Business/Industry: 9.1%

Bar Passage Rate: 92%

Contact

Washington University School of Law
Admissions Office
Campus Box 1120
One Brookings Drive
St. Louis, MO 63130-4899
Admissions phone: (314) 935-4525.
Admissions e-mail: admiss@wulaw.wustl.edu

Academics

Specialized programs: Trial Advocacy Program

Special institutes or centers: Center for Empirical Research in the Law; Center for Interdisciplinary Studies; Center for Research on innovation and Entrepreneurship; Whitney R. Harris World Law Institute