Incoming Class Profile

Fact Sheet

Type

  • Private
  • The University of Tulsa College of Law is fully accredited by the American Bar Association Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar. Information about the Standards and Rules and Procedures for the Approval of Law Schools by the American Bar Association may be obtained from the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar, 750 North Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60611.  Phone: 312-988-6738, Fax: 312-988-5681, www.abanet.org/legaled
  • Member of the Association of American Law Schools.
  • Founded in mid 1920s by Tulsa attorneys. Became affiliated with University of Tulsa in mid forties. TU College of Law made the move to the University of Tulsa campus when John Rogers Hall was built in 1972.

Enrollment

  • 429 students
  • Typical enrollment for fall: 140-160

Location

  • Located on the 200 acre TU campus, four miles from downtown, bordered by residential areas on three sides and a commercial area on one side.
  • Four distinct seasons; average year round temp is 75 degrees.
  • Population of the city is 550,000.
  • Tulsa has a professional opera company, ballet company. Two outstanding art museums, professional community theatre, performing arts center, minor league baseball and professional football arena, parks, festivals, a zoo, an aquarium, a wide variety of restaurants, and shopping that ranges from the largest mall in Oklahoma to quaint boutiques.

Total Student Body Demographics

  • Overall percentage of minority students: 17%
  • Overall percentage of women: 39%
  • Average Age: 27

Classroom Instruction

  • Faculty student ratio: 12 to 1
  • Largest class size: 50
  • Smallest class size: 8-20

Student Life

  • Total number of clubs & organizations: 32

Entering Fall 2009 Class


LSAT ScoreUndergraduate GPA
Median LSAT score: 155 Median UGPA: 3.22
75th % = 157 75th % = 3.55
50th % = 155 50th % = 3.22
25th % = 152 25th % = 2.83

 

Demographics

  • Class Size: 140
  • Percentage from outside of Oklahoma: 55%
  • Percentage from Oklahoma: 45%
  • Number of states represented: 22
  • Number of schools represented: 72
  • Average Age: 25
  • Percentage of Students above age 25: 31%

Sampling of undergraduate institutions represented in the 2009 entering class:

  • Brigham Young University
  • Catholic University of America
  • Clemson University
  • Colgate University
  • Dartmouth College
  • Drury University
  • Florida International University
  • Hendrix College
  • Kansas State University
  • Loyola University
  • Missouri State University
  • Northeastern State University
  • Occidental College
  • Oklahoma State University
  • Pennsylvania State University
  • Saint John's College
  • Siena College
  • Southern Methodist University
  • Texas A & M University - College Station
  • Texas Christian University
  • Texas Tech University
  • University of Arkansas-Fayetteville
  • University of California - Davis
  • University of Colorado-Boulder
  • University of Illinois - Urbana
  • University of Kansas
  • University of Maine
  • University of Mississippi
  • University of Missouri
  • University of New Mexico
  • University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
  • University of Notre Dame
  • University of Oklahoma
  • University of Texas - Austin
  • University of Tulsa
  • University of Utah
  • University of Washington