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Cornell Entering 1L Profile – J.D. Class of 2026
4369
Applications
19%
Admit Rate
191
Enrolled Students
- Age range: 18 to 52
- Median age: 23
- Men: 51 percent
- Women: 49 percent
- Students of color: 30 percent
- International students: 18 percent
- Number of colleges/universities represented: 97
- Number of undergraduate majors represented: 44
- Number of Cornell undergraduate alumni: 26
Grade Point Averages of Entering Class
3.87
Median GPA
3.82
25th percentile GPA
3.94
75th percentile GPA
LSAT Scores of Entering Class
172
Median LSAT
170
25th Percentile LSAT
174
75th Percentile LSAT
Faculty
5:1
students-to-faculty ratio
66
full-time faculty
51
part-time faculty
With a low student-faculty ratio, you’ll have more opportunities to interact with and get to know your professors than at most top law schools.
Employment/Bar Passage
$
215K
median full-time employed salary for Class of 2023
98.3%
of 2023 graduates employed within 10 months of graduation
94.9%
of graduates from the Class of 2023 passed the bar exam
Upon graduation, Cornell Law students are fully prepared for the challenges of the legal landscape. Plus, they stand out in the employment marketplace.
General LL.M. & J.S.D Students
- Total General LL.M. Enrollment: 132
- LL.M. Applications Received: 1,209
- Number of countries represented: 29
- Entering J.S.D. Students: 2
- Total J.S.D. Enrollment: 9
Courses
255
+
law courses offered at Cornell Law School
70%
of upper division courses had fewer than 25 students
82%
of the Class of 2020 took at least one clinical course