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#1 in Private Sector Salary
BC Law is tied for #1 in terms of the median starting salary among graduates working in private practice as law firm associates ($180,000).
#24 in Median LSAT
BC Law is tied for #24 in terms of the median LSAT score (164) among those applicants granted admission who enrolled as full-time students. The LSAT measures reading comprehension, analytical reasoning, and logical reasoning.
#28 in Acceptance Rate
BC Law ranks #28 in terms of student selectivity with an acceptance rate of 28.6% among those who applied for admission.
#30 in Public Sector Salary
BC Law is tied for #30 in terms of median starting salary among graduates working in government jobs or judicial clerkships at the federal or state level ($60,223).
#36 in Highest Tuition
BC Law ranks #36 in terms of highest tuition among full-time law students ($54,750). We rank from a total of 283 tuition rates from 194 law schools, ranking twice those law schools that have different in-state and out-of-state tuition rates.
#37 in Employment Rate at 10 Months
#48 in Employment Rate at GraduationBC Law ranks #37 in terms of graduates employed ten months after graduation (84.9%) and #48 in terms of graduates employed at the time of graduation (59.2%) .
#40 in Presence of Female Faculty
BC Law is tied for #40 in terms of the highest percentage of faculty who are female (45.4%).
#42 in Bar Passage Rate
BC Law ranks #42 in terms of bar passage rate among first-time test takers (88.6%), and it outperforms by +11.3% the state of Massachusetts’s overall bar passage rate of 77.3%. (A national comparison on this metric should be taken in a qualified sense and with caution, because every state has a different bar passage rate.)
#45 in Median Undergraduate GPA
BC Law ranks #45 in terms of highest median undergraduate GPA (3.62) among those applicants granted admission who enrolled as full-time students.
#59 in Library Size
BC Law ranks #59 in terms of library size with 550,554 volumes or equivalents.
#60 in Presence of Minority Faculty
BC Law ranks #60 in terms of the highest percentage of faculty who are racial or ethnic minority (15.5%).
#89 in Student to Faculty Ratio
BC Law is tied for #89 in terms of lowest student to faculty ratio (6.9:1).
#98 in Presence of Minority Students
BC Law ranks #98 in terms of the highest percentage of students who are racial or ethnic minority (31.7%).
Fall 2020 Application Information |
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| Application Deadline: | March 31 | |
| Application Fee: | $75 | |
Admissions Statistics |
2020 | 2017 |
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| Acceptance Rate | 28.6% | 45.3% |
| LSAT Score (Median) | 164 | 161 |
| LSAT Score (25th-75th percentile) | 161-164 | 158-163 |
| GPA (Median) | 3.62 | 3.52 |
| GPA Range (25th-75th percentile) | 3.31-3.68 | 3.39-3.65 |
Bar Exam Statistics |
2020 | 2017 |
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| State in which most graduates took bar exam: | MA | MA |
| School's bar passage rate: | 88.6% | 90.9% |
| State overall bar passage rate: | 77.3% | 80.7% |
| School bar pass rate vs. state bar pass rate: | +11.3% | +10.2% |
Employment Statistics |
2020 | 2017 |
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| Graduates employed at graduation: | 59.2% | 57.1% |
| Graduates employed 10 months after graduation: | 84.9% | 83.9% |
Tuition and Expenses |
2020 | 2017 |
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| Tuition: | $54,750 | $48,670 |
| Room and Board: | $14,000 | $11,300 |
| Proportion of full-time students receiving grants: | 80.6% | 66.6% |
| Median grant amount among full-time students: | $20,000 | $20,000 |
| Average indebtedness of those who incurred debt: | $80,113 | $112,439 |
| Proportion of graduates who incurred debt: | 73.5% | 72.5% |
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Students & Faculty |
2020 | 2017 |
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| Total Students: | 738 | 694 |
| Men: | 51.7% | 53.9% |
| Women: | 48.3% | 46.1% |
| Student Racial Demographics: |
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| White: | 68.3% | N/A |
| Black: | 2.8% | N/A |
| Hispanic: | 4.7% | N/A |
| Asian: | 10.8% | N/A |
| Student-to-Faculty Ratio: | 6.9 : 1 | N/A |
| Total Faculty: | 174 | N/A |
| Male: | 54.6% | N/A |
| Female: | 45.4% | N/A |
| Minority: | 15.5% | N/A |
Full-Time Starting Salaries |
2020 | 2017 |
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| Private Sector (Median): | $180,000 | $145,000 |
| Public Sector (Median): | $60,223 | $51,000 |
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Library Resources |
2020 | 2017 |
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| Volumes and equivalents: | 550,554 | 525,306 |