Official ABA Data
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF LAW
500 West Baltimore Street
Baltimore, MD 21201-1786
Phone: 410.706.3492; Fax: 410.706.1793
E-mail: admissions@law.umaryland.edu; Website: www.law.umaryland.edu
The Basics
ABA
Approved
Since
1930
Curriculum
Full-Time Part-Time
Type of school
Public
Term
Semester
Typical first-year section size
Application deadline
4/1
Application fee
$70
Financial aid deadline
3/1
Can first year start other than fall?
No
Is there typically a “small section” of the
first-year class, other than Legal Writing,
taught by full-time faculty
If yes, typical size offered last year
Student to faculty ratio
11.2 to 1
# of housing spaces available
restricted to law students
graduate housing for which law students are eligible
425
Faculty and Administrators
Total
Women
Minorities
Fall
Spr
Fall
Spr
Fall
Spr
Fall
65
62
30
30
35
32
15
13
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
Full-time
Other
full-time
1
Deans,
librarians, &
others who
teach
13
Part-time
81
Total
Men
Spr
13
50
5
55
5
34
8
26
8
16
3
3
3
5
160 126
90
69
70
57
21
21
# of classroom course titles
beyond first-year curriculum
# of upper division
Under 25
courses, excluding
25–49
seminars, with
50–74
an enrollment:
75–99
100+
# of seminars
# of seminar positions available
# of seminar positions filled
# of positions available in simulation courses
# of simulation positions filled
# of positions available in faculty
supervised clinical courses
# of faculty supervised clinical positions filled
# involved in field placements
# involved in law journals
# involved in moot court or trial competitions
# of credit hours required to graduate
JD Enrollment and Ethnicity
Men
#
%
All Hispanics
Women
#
%
Full-Time Part-Time
#
%
#
%
1st-Year
#
%
Total
#
%
JD
Degs.
Awd.
7.2
45
9.7
70
9.5
11
4.7
32
10.8
81
8.4
22
2
0.4
1
0.2
1
0.1
2
0.9
0
0.0
3
0.3
2
Asian
46
9.1
44
9.5
63
8.6
27 11.6
27
9.1
90
9.3
36
Black/Af. Am.
38
7.6
65
14.0
71
9.7
32 13.7
27
9.1
103
10.7
36
Nat. HI/Pac. Isl.
0
0.0
1
0.2
0
0.0
1
0.4
0
0.0
1
0.1
0
2 or more races
7
1.4
9
1.9
13
1.8
3
1.3
6
2.0
16
1.7
0
25.6 165
35.6
218
29.7
76 32.6
92
31.1
294
30.4
102
Subtotal (minor.) 129
Nonres. Alien
White/Cauc.
Unknown
Total
6
357
11
503
1.2
2
0.4
6
71.0 286
61.6
491
2.2
11
2.4
19
52.0 464
48.0
734
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Yes
26
Yes
25
223
148
35
13
2
2
87
1,185
859
166
706
568
108
385
351
230
184
75
20
25
12
2
85
Transfers
36
Am. Ind./AK Nat.
78
0.9
3
1.0
8
0.8
0
66.9 152 65.2
0.8
185
62.5
643
66.5
170
2.3
2.6
2
1.3
16
5.4
22
75.9 233 24.1
3
296
30.6
967
3
281
Transfers in
Transfers out
24
16
Tuition and Fees
Resident
Nonresident
Full-time
$25,350
$36,629
Part-time
$19,385
$27,844
Tuition Guarantee Program
N
Living Expenses
Estimated living expenses for singles
Living on
Living off
Living
campus
campus
at home
$22,086
$27,756
$16,596
Official ABA Data
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF LAW
ABA
Approved
Since
1930
GPA and LSAT Scores
JD Attrition (from prior year)
Total
# of apps
Full-Time
Part-Time
3,853
3,338
515
# of offers
683
552
131
# of matrics
296
223
73
75% GPA
3.70
3.68
Median GPA
3.50
25% GPA
3.30
%
18
19
6.3
2nd year
0
2
2
0.6
3.62
3rd year
0
0
0
0.0
3.51
3.40
4th year
0
0
0
0.0
3.34
3.24
Employment (9 months after graduation)
163
163
160
161
161
157
25% LSAT
157
158
155
Total
Grants and Scholarships (from prior year)
953
Total
#
1
Median LSAT
Total # of students
Other
#
1st year
75% LSAT
Total
#
%
Academic
#
Full-Time
#
%
Part-Time
#
%
723
230
Percentage
Employment status known
240
98.4
Employment status unknown
Employed
4
230
1.6
95.8
Pursuing graduate degrees
1
0.4
Unemployed (seeking, not seeking,
or studying for the bar)
Type of Employment
1
0.4
Total # receiving grants 428
44.9
351
48.5
77 33.5
# employed in law firms
92
40.0
Less than 1/2 tuition
358
37.6
281
38.9
77 33.5
# employed in business and industry
43
18.7
69
7.2
69
9.5
0
0.0
# employed in government
32
13.9
0
0.0
0
0.0
0
0.0
# employed in public interest
10
4.3
0.0
# employed as judicial clerks
32
13.9
# employed in academia
Geographic Location
21
9.1
153
66.5
3
1.3
Half to full tuition
Full tuition
More than full tuition
1
0.1
Median grant amount
1
0.1
$4,000
0
$3,729
Informational and Library Resources
# employed in state
# employed outside the US
Total amount spent on library materials
Study seating capacity inside
the library
# of full-time equivalent professional librarians
Hours per week library is open
# of open, wired connections
available to students
# of networked computers available
for use by students
$1,496,298
509
12
107
# of states where employed
Bar Passage Rates
First-time takers
234
Average school %
85.08
Average pass difference
Jurisdiction
1,209
19
Maryland
Reporting %
77.35
Average state %
78.20
6.88
Takers Passers Pass % State % Diff %
181
154
85.08
78.20
6.88
193
Has wireless network?
Y
Requires computer?
Y
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