University of Wisconsin Law School
U.W. Law School by
the Numbers
Enrolled students, academic year 2000-01: 762
full-time, 19 part-time
Women: 47 percent
Men: 53 percent
Minorities: 25 percent
Student/faculty ratio: 15:1
U.S. News & World Report ranking: 36th (see
related sidebar "About Law School Rankings," p. 59)
Tuition: $7,436/year, full-time, resident;
$20,038/year, full-time, nonresident
Average indebtedness of 2000 graduates: $50,298
Average age of current students: 26
Percent of 2000 entering class from Wisconsin: 61
Percent of 2000 graduating class employed in Wisconsin:
56
Percent of 2000 graduates employed in legal positions at nine
months out: 91.5
Median starting salaries for class of 2000, legal,
full-time:
- All practice types: $50,000
- Private practice:$75,000
- Government: $39,000
- Judicial clerkship: $39,500
- Business: $59,000
- Public interest: $32,000
- Academic: $54,000
