Incoming Class Profile
Meet Seton Hall Law School’s incoming class.
Seton Hall Law is home to a close-knit community of professionals that represent global perspectives across the legal sector. Our ideal student offers a wealth of academic, professional and cultural diversity that contributes to a lasting impact in the field of law. We offer interested applicants broadened admissions criteria with additional paths to a law degree through merit-based scholarships, full-time weekday programs and part-time weekend programs.
Incoming Class Profile 2018-19
Total enrollment: 529 J.D. students. A total of 2224 applications were received with 250 J.D. student matriculants.
Age, Ethnicity, and Gender: Matriculant ages were between 20-24 (60%), 25-29 (26%), 30-39 (10%), and 40 and up (4%). Matriculant ethnicity includes white (69%), two or more ethnic groups (10%), asian (7%), hispanic or latino (4%), black (5%), and other (5%). Gender among matriculants was 48% women and 52% men.
31% of matriculants came to Seton Hall Law directly from college. 18% held advanced degrees prior to enrolling from 130 undergraduate colleges and universities from 24 states.
The median LSAT and GPA for all incoming J.D. students was 158/3.49. The 75th percentile LSAT and GPA for all incoming J.D. students was 160/3.70. The 25th percentile LSAT and GPA for all incoming J.D. students was 154/3.15. The median LSAT and GPA for Full-time incoming J.D. students was 158/3.51. The 75th percentile LSAT and GPA for Full-time incoming J.D. students was 160/3.70. The 25th percentile LSAT and GPA for Full-time incoming J.D. students was 155/3.19. The median LSAT and GPA for Part-time incoming J.D. students was 158/3.44. The 75th percentile LSAT and GPA for Part-time incoming J.D. students was 161/3.65. The 25th percentile LSAT and GPA for Part-time incoming J.D. students was 153/2.99.
Seton Hall Law class of 2017's overall bar passage rate for first-time applicants in July 2017 was 87.4%. The graduates again exceeded state averages in NY and NJ. In NJ, 85.6% (state average is 73.71%) and NY 95.8% (state average is 86%).
Annual tuition and fees for the Law School are $54,090 for incoming full-time students and $40,778 for incoming part-time students for the 2018-19 academic year.
86% of incoming students received scholarship funding. Scholarships range from 10K through full tuition.
Seton Hall Law offers merit-based scholarships ranging from $10,000 to full tuition through a variety of scholarship programs. 86% of the incoming students in 2018 received scholarship funding. More information regarding the retention of these scholarships is available on our website.