Law School Transparency
2015 State of Legal Education

Widener University - Delaware

Wilmington, DE [Private]

Admissions, Retention, and Bar Passage

2010
150 Modest LSAT 25th
152 Modest LSAT 50th
GPA
 25th
 2.86
GPA
 50th
 3.18
GPA
 75th
 3.47
81% 1st Time Bar
Pass Rate ? 2013
2011
149 High LSAT 25th
152 Modest LSAT 50th
GPA
 25th
 2.81
GPA
 50th
 3.12
GPA
 75th
 3.43
72.65% 1st Time Bar
Pass Rate ? 2014
2014
148 High LSAT 25th
149 High LSAT 50th
GPA
 25th
 2.81
GPA
 50th
 3.08
GPA
 75th
 3.31
??? 1st Time Bar
Pass Rate ? 2017
2015
147 High LSAT 25th
149 High LSAT 50th
GPA
 25th
 2.74
GPA
 50th
 3.09
GPA
 75th
 3.44
??? 1st Time Bar
Pass Rate ? 2018
Entering Year Academic Attrition
Post-1L Post-2L Combined
2010
8.7%
0.8%
9.5%
2011
11.2%
1.3%
12.5%
2012
10%
0.9%
10.9%
2013
12.6%
0.8%
13.4%
2014
15.6%		 ??? ???
2015
14.3%
0%
14.3%
 
 
 
 
1L Enrollment -60.4%Since 2010
 
% Admitted +10.5%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.
2014 $114,280 44.9% 20.8%

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

Tuition+52.7%Since 2008
 

Total Federal Investment

 
Graduating Class Avg. Loan Disbursement % Borrowing Total Federal Investment
Class of 2010 254 graduates $111,909 91.2% $25,962,888
Class of 2014 236 graduates $139,229 89% $29,238,090

Widener University - Delaware 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.