Law School Outcomes
Vassar students and alums are regularly accepted into some of the top law schools in the country.
Law School Application Demographics
On average, more than three-quarters of Vassar applicants are alums. While alums compose the greatest proportion of applicants from Vassar, they are not a homogenous group. Alums can include recent graduates or career changers who have significant life experiences or other advanced degrees, often making them strong candidates in the application process. About 45% of our applicants are alums 1–3 years out and 40% are alums more than 3 years out. Seniors going directly to law school comprise just 15% of Vassar applicants in a typical year.
Law School Acceptance Rates
Vassar applicants fare exceptionally well in the law school applications’ process. The acceptance rate for Vassar applicants is routinely above 90%, and about 20 percentage points higher than the national average.
Top Law School Destinations Amongst Vassar Applicants
In the past 5 years, Vassar applicants matriculated into each of the following top law schools:
- Yale University
- Stanford University
- Harvard University
- Columbia University
- University of Chicago
- New York University
- University of Pennsylvania
- University of Virginia
- Northwestern University (Pritzker)
- University of California, Berkeley
- University of Michigan
The most popular geographic locations for Vassar alums attending law school are New York City, Boston/Cambridge, Washington, DC, and California. The following are the most popular law schools (by frequency) where Vassar alums matriculated in the past 5 years:
- New York University School of Law
- Columbia University School of Law
- Fordham Law School
- Berkeley Law (UC Berkeley)
- Harvard Law School
- Boston University School of Law
- George Washington University Law School
- University of Michigan Law School
- UCLA School of Law (University of California at Los Angeles)
- Duke Law School
- University of Connecticut (UCONN) School of Law