| Top Law Schools of 2009 |
|
| Score
|
N/A |
| Peer assessment score (5.0
highest)
|
2.5 |
| Assessment score by lawyers/judges
(5.0 highest)
|
3.0 |
| 25th-75th percentile GPA scores
for all students
|
3.23-3.78 |
| 25th-75th percentile LSAT scores
for all students
|
155-160 |
| Overall acceptance rate
|
45.5% |
| Student/faculty ratio
|
13.6 |
| Graduates employed at graduation
|
77.3% |
| Graduates known to be employed
nine months after graduation
|
81.1% |
| School's bar passage rate for
first-time test takers
|
91.3% |
| State where the greatest number of
first-time test takers took the bar
|
NE |
| Statewide bar passage rate for
first-time test takers
|
88.7% |
| Financial Aid Office Information |
|
| Financial aid application deadline
|
05/01 |
| Financial aid director
|
Glenda J. Pierce |
| Financial aid telephone
|
(402) 472-2161 |
| 2008-2009 Expenses |
|
| Tuition
|
In-state, full-time: $11,208 per
year; Out-of-state, full-time: $25,101 per year |
| Room and board
|
$7,934
|
| Books
|
$1,340
|
| Miscellaneous expenses
|
$3,456
|
| Is the tuition the same for
first-, second-, and third-year students?
|
Yes
|
| Does the university offer housing
restricted to law students?
|
No
|
| Does the university offer graduate
student housing for which law students are eligible?
|
Yes
|
| Does the university offer a
public-interest scholarship program to current J.D.
students?
|
Yes
|
| 2008 Grants |
|
| Percentage of full-time students
receiving grants of less than one-half tuition
|
10.4% |
| Percentage of part-time students
receiving grants of less than one-half tuition
|
N/A |
| Percentage of full-time students
receiving grants of one-half tuition or more but
less than full
|
14.9% |
| Percentage of part-time students
receiving grants of one-half tuition or more but
less than full
|
N/A |
| Percentage of full-time students
receiving grants of full tuition
|
0.0% |
| Percentage of part-time students
receiving grants of full tuition
|
N/A |
| Percentage of full-time students
receiving grants of more than full tuition
|
14.4% |
| Percentage of part-time students
receiving grants of more than full tuition
|
N/A |
| 25th percentile grant amount of
aid per full-time recipient
|
$5,000
|
| Median grant amount of aid per
full-time recipient (50th percentile)
|
$8,000
|
| 75th percentile grant amount of
aid per full-time recipient
|
$11,000
|
| 25th percentile grant amount of
aid per part-time recipient
|
N/A
|
| Median grant amount of aid per
part-time recipient (50th percentile)
|
N/A
|
| 75th percentile grant amount of
aid per part-time recipient
|
N/A
|
| Indebtedness |
|
| Average indebtedness of 2008
graduates who incurred law school debt
|
$45,843
|
| Proportion who borrowed
|
85.2% |
| Does the school offer a loan
repayment assistance program for 2007 J.D.
graduates?
|
Yes |
