Cardozo School of Law 2012 Entering Class Profile*
Total Applications 4,073
Total Enrollment 374
Fall 245
January 20
May part-time 109
All 1L Students LSAT/GPA
75th Percentile 165/3.67
Median 162/3.53
25th Percentile 158/3.30
Full-time Students LSAT/GPA
75th Percentile 166/3.68
Median 163/3.54
25th Percentile 160/3.35
Part-time Students LSAT/GPA
75th Percentile 160/3.61
Median 159/3.45
25th Percentile 157/3.19
Women 48.9%
Students of Color 25.9%
Asian/Pacific Islander 8.8%
Black/African American 5.9%
Hispanic/Latino 11.2%
Two or More Races 1.1%
Age range 20-55
Average age 24
Directly from College 36%
Advanced Degrees 5.0%
Geographic Distribution
Mid-Atlantic 64%
South 13%
West 7%
Midwest 6%
New England 4%
International 6%
Thirty-one states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and 11 countries outside the U.S. are represented in the entering class.
Top Undergraduate Feeder Schools
There are 149 colleges and universities represented in the entering class. Institutions represented by 5 or more entering students include:
- Brandeis University
- Brooklyn College
- Columbia University / Barnard College
- Cornell University
- Emory University
- New York University
- Queens College
- Rutgers University
- SUNY Binghamton
- SUNY Stony Brook
- Syracuse University
- University of Central Florida
- University of Florida
- University of Maryland
- University of Miami
- University of Michigan
- University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Yeshiva University
Undergraduate Majors
- Political Science/Government: 21%
- Humanities: 20%
- Finance/Accounting/Business: 14%
- Economics: 8%
- English/Literature: 8%
- Science/Engineering/Mathematics: 8%
- History: 6%
- International Relations: 4%
- Philosophy: 4%
- Social Sciences: 4%
- Psychology: 3%
* LSAT/UGPA percentiles were calculated by the Law School Admission Council based on matriculant lists provided by Cardozo Law to the ABA.