Drexel University Earle Mack School of Law

Drexel University Earle Mack School of Law

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Drexel University Earle Mack School of Law is a top-tier, urban law school that provides a rigorous legal education to prepare its students for successful careers in the legal profession. The school offers both full-time and part-time degree programs, including a two-year accelerated JD program and an LLM program in Corporate and Business Law. The faculty consists of nationally recognized scholars and practitioners who are experts in their fields. Earle Mack School of Law has an innovative curriculum that combines traditional classroom instruction with technology-based learning, experiential learning opportunities, and specialized clinics. The school also offers numerous extracurricular activities such as moot court competitions, student organizations, pro bono projects, and a variety of networking events.

This page focuses on national rankings, acceptance rates, program costs, and merit-based scholarships of Drexel University Earle Mack School of Law, an accredited law program in the United States. Should you be interested in official name and common abbreviation of Drexel University Earle Mack School of Law, please follow this link: https://www.abbreviationfinder.org/acronyms/du_drexel-university.html

Motto: Scientia, Ars, Officium · Knowledge, Skill, Duty
Parent school: Drexel University
Established: 2006
Parent endowment: $722 million (2016)
Dean: Daniel M. Filler
Location: Philadelphia, PA
USNWR ranking: 78th (2023)

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Ranking: Drexel University (Mack)

Drexel University Earle Mack School of Law is ranked among the top law schools in the United States. According to U.S. News & World Report, Drexel Law is currently ranked 77th overall in the nation, making it one of the top tier law schools in America. Additionally, Drexel Law has high rankings for its specialty areas, including a rank of 23rd for health care law and a rank of 25th for tax law. The school also has an impressive bar passage rate of 94%, which is higher than the national average and puts it in the top 8% of all U.S. law schools. Furthermore, Drexel Law was recently ranked among the nation’s best for its clinical programs, with a score of 92 out of 100 according to National Jurist Magazine’s Best Clinical Programs Rankings 2020 edition. In addition to these impressive rankings, Drexel Law also boasts a high job placement rate at graduation and within 10 months after graduation that ranks among the highest in the nation – 98%. This demonstrates that employers recognize and value graduates from Earle Mack School of Law and are eager to hire them into their organizations.

Top Law Schools of 2020
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Peer assessment score (5.0 highest) N/A
Assessment score by lawyers/judges (5.0 highest) N/A
25th-75th percentile GPA scores for all students 3.06-3.61
25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for all students 155-161
Overall acceptance rate 27.5%
Student/faculty ratio 17.1
Graduates employed at graduation N/A
Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation N/A
School’s bar passage rate for first-time test takers N/A
State where the greatest number of first-time test takers took the bar N/A
Statewide bar passage rate for first-time test takers N/A

Tuition & Scholarships: Drexel University (Mack)

Drexel University Earle Mack School of Law offers a range of tuition and scholarship opportunities to help students finance their legal education. The full-time J.D. program tuition for the 2021-2022 academic year is $46,664 per semester, and the part-time J.D. program tuition is $38,874 per semester. To assist in the financing of a legal education, the school offers merit and need-based scholarships to qualified applicants. Merit scholarships are based on academic achievement, personal accomplishments, and professional promise whereas need-based scholarships are based on demonstrated financial need as determined by the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). In addition to merit and need-based aid, Drexel also offers a loan repayment assistance program for graduates who pursue public interest or government careers after graduation. The loan repayment assistance program provides up to $10,000 in loan repayment assistance annually for up to 10 years after graduation. Furthermore, Drexel also partners with external organizations that offer additional scholarships to incoming students such as the American Bar Association (ABA) Legal Opportunity Scholarship Program which provides 20 incoming first-year law students with an annual award of $15,000 over three years of study at Drexel Law.

Financial Aid Office Information
Financial aid application deadline 03/01
Financial aid director Melissa Englund
Financial aid telephone (215) 895-6395
2019-2020 Expenses
Tuition Full-time: $31,490 per year
Room and board N/A
Books N/A
Miscellaneous expenses N/A
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
2019 Grants
Percentage of full-time students receiving grants of less than one-half tuition 22.3%
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 15.6%
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 22.0%
Percentage of part-time students receiving grants of full tuition N/A
Percentage of full-time students receiving grants of more than full tuition 0.2%
Percentage of part-time students receiving grants of more than full tuition N/A
25th percentile grant amount of aid per full-time recipient $11,251
Median grant amount of aid per full-time recipient (50th percentile) $22,503
75th percentile grant amount of aid per full-time recipient $29,400
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 2019 graduates who incurred law school debt N/A
Proportion who borrowed N/A
Does the school offer a loan repayment assistance program for 2019 J.D. graduates? No

Drexel University Earle Mack School of Law