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 2019-20
Total enrollment: 644 J.D. students. A total of 2113 applications were received with 216 J.D. student matriculants (171 day and 45 weekend students).
Age, Ethnicity, and Gender: Matriculant ages were between 20-24 (51%), 25-29 (25%), 30-39 (12%), and 40 and up (3%). Matriculant ethnicity includes white (70%), two or more ethnic groups (1%), asian (8%), hispanic or latino (12%), black (3%), and other (5%). Gender among matriculants was 47% women and 52% men.
30% of matriculants came to Seton Hall Law directly from college. 12% held advanced degrees prior to enrolling from 109 undergraduate colleges and universities from 24 states.
The median LSAT and GPA for all incoming J.D. students was 158/3.51. The 75th percentile LSAT and GPA for all incoming J.D. students was 160/3.69. The 25th percentile LSAT and GPA for all incoming J.D. students was 153/3.21. The median LSAT and GPA for Full-time incoming J.D. students was 158/3.53. The 75th percentile LSAT and GPA for Full-time incoming J.D. students was 160/3.74. The 25th percentile LSAT and GPA for Full-time incoming J.D. students was 153/3.23. The median LSAT and GPA for Part-time incoming J.D. students was 157/3.36. The 75th percentile LSAT and GPA for Part-time incoming J.D. students was 161/3.66. The 25th percentile LSAT and GPA for Part-time incoming J.D. students was 153/3.07.
Seton Hall Law class of 2018's overall bar passage rate for first-time applicants in July 2018 was 82.28%.
Annual tuition and fees for the Law School are $55,788 for incoming full-time students and $42,076 for incoming part-time students for the 2019-20 academic year.
81% of incoming students received scholarship funding. Scholarships typically range from $10,000 to full tuition.
Seton Hall Law offers merit-based scholarships ranging from $10,000 to full tuition through a variety of scholarship programs. 81% of the incoming students in 2019 received scholarship funding. More information regarding the retention of these scholarships is available on our website.