Southern Illinois University

Carbondale, IL [Public]

Admissions, Retention, and Bar Passage

2010
151 Modest LSAT 25th
153 Low LSAT 50th
GPA
 25th
 3.00
GPA
 50th
 3.30
GPA
 75th
 3.60
88.8% 1st Time Bar
Pass Rate ?
2013
2011
151 Modest LSAT 25th
153 Low LSAT 50th
GPA
 25th
 2.96
GPA
 50th
 3.30
GPA
 75th
 3.62
86.67% 1st Time Bar
Pass Rate ?
2014
2014
144 Extreme LSAT 25th
147 High LSAT 50th
GPA
 25th
 2.71
GPA
 50th
 3.09
GPA
 75th
 3.45
??? 1st Time Bar
Pass Rate ?
2017
2015
145 Very High LSAT 25th
149 High LSAT 50th
GPA
 25th
 2.66
GPA
 50th
 2.96
GPA
 75th
 3.32
??? 1st Time Bar
Pass Rate ?
2018
Entering Year Academic Attrition
Post-1L Post-2L Combined
2010
2.1%
0%
2.1%
2011
2.5%
0.8%
3.3%
2012
6.3%
0%
6.3%
2013
1.5%
1.5%
3%
2014
4.8%
??? ???
2015
1.7%
0%
1.7%
 
 
 
 
1L Enrollment -16%Since 2010
 
% Admitted +2.2%Since 2011
 

Job Outcomes + Tuition Paid

 

LT: Long Term FT: Full Time BPR: Bar Passage Req. JD Adv: JD Advantage Pro: Professional

Class Total Tuition Long Term, Full Time Jobs
Bar Req. JD Adv. or Prof.
2011 Resident: $41,921
Non-Res: $97,469
59.5% 11.7%
2012 Resident: $44,877
Non-Res: $102,291
52.3%
4.7%
2013 Resident: $47,735
Non-Res: $107,818
72.1%
10.1%
2014 Resident: $50,835
Non-Res: $115,217
64.8%
6.7%

Total tuition includes tuition for a full-time student who completed three years of law school on time. The total does not include cost of living, cost of borrowing, or accrued interest during school and before the first debt repayment. More details on debt-financing available here.

Tuition Change

Non-Resident Tuition+0.6%Since 2008
Resident Tuition+74.6%Since 2008
 

Total Federal Investment

 
Graduating Class Avg. Loan Disbursement % Borrowing Total Federal Investment
Class of 2010 135 graduates $63,517 91.1% $7,812,591
Class of 2011 111 graduates $66,160 85.6% $6,285,200
Class of 2012 128 graduates $67,072 82% $7,042,560
Class of 2013 129 graduates $67,966 82% $7,204,396

Southern Illinois University declined to make available important information about its J.D. graduates' debt, thus at least one year of data is missing from the TFI table and chart.

Total federal investment does not include money borrowed by J.D. students who left school through attrition, transfer, or otherwise. Neither does it include money borrowed for non-JD coursework at the law school. More info on total federal investment available here.