- 158
- Median LSAT
- 3.70
- Median GPA
- 22.1%
- Acceptance rate
- $51,970
- Annual tuition
- 5.1%
- BigLaw
- 0.6%
- Federal clerkships
- No data
- First-time bar passage
- $158K
- Est. net cost
What these figures cover
- Admissions
- Entering class of Fall 2025
- Cost
- Academic year 2025 to 2026
- Grant aid
- Grant aid, academic year 2024 to 2025
- Employment
- Class of 2025, ten months out
Reported by the school to the ABA, except the index formula, which LSAC publishes, and anything labelled an HFL estimate.
Admissions
Entering class of Fall 2025
An LSAT of 158 and a GPA of 3.70 sit at the median, against an acceptance rate of 22.1%.
Check your oddsLSAT, middle 50 percent
GPA, middle 50 percent
How Marquette University weighs LSAT and GPA
BalancedAt this school, +1 LSAT point and +0.1 GPA move your index by roughly the same amount.
At this school's medians the published formula produces an index of 673.31.
How this school’s index formula worksLSAC admission index
Index = 3.6 × LSAT + 35.3 × GPA − 26.1
LSAC publishes the formula each school uses to combine an LSAT score and a GPA into a single index number. The coefficients show how the school trades one against the other.
The index is one factor in how a school triages applications. The rest of the process is not published, and the scale is not comparable between schools.
Admit rates by LSAT and GPA
LSAC does not publish an admission grid for Marquette University.
Grids come from LSAC's Official Guide. Schools choose whether to publish one, and this page updates automatically when LSAC adds this school.
LSAC currently publishes a grid for 136 of the 197 schools in its inventory. The class profile above is drawn from the school's own ABA 509 report and is not affected.
How LSAT and GPA medians have shiftedABA 509, 2016 to 2025
A decade of entering class medians at Marquette University.
- LSAT median rose from 153 to 158 between 2016 and 2025.
- GPA median rose from 3.35 to 3.70 between 2016 and 2025.
LSAT median over time
GPA median over time
Cost & Aid
Academic year 2025 to 2026
Grant aid, academic year 2024 to 2025
94% of students receive a scholarship, bringing the three year net cost to about $158K from a sticker price well above it.
See scholarship dataCost summary
- Sticker cost, 3 years
- $222,348
- Est. net cost, 3 years
- $157,668
- Modeled salary, covered job categories
- $107,640, 87% of class
- Illustrative repayment
- 9.8 years
- Debt to income (HFL estimate)
- 1.46
What students actually pay
Annual, non-resident tuition plus mandatory fees. The average includes students receiving no aid at all. The two estimated figures are an HFL model built from the school's reported grant percentiles, not figures the ABA publishes.
Scholarship distribution, all students
- 5.7% No aid
- 56.1% Less than half
- 38.0% Half to full
- 0.2% Full
- Receive a scholarship
- 94%
- Median award
- $23,000
- 25th to 75th percentile
- $16K to $30K
How we estimate what students actually payABA 509 disclosures, 2025 release (tuition 2025 to 2026, grants 2024 to 2025)
Sticker price is published tuition plus mandatory fees. Actual average paid applies the school’s reported grant percentiles to its student body, so it includes the students who receive no aid at all.
Students with no scholarship pay the full sticker price. Grant recipients are split into quartiles using the reported 25th, 50th and 75th percentile awards, and each quartile is credited with the average award across its range. That uses every percentile the ABA publishes rather than the median alone.
We use non-resident tuition throughout, so the estimate is deliberately conservative. An individual offer can land well above or well below this average.
The two halves of this estimate are not from the same year. Tuition and fees are the 2025 to 2026 figures; the grant percentiles behind the discount are the 2024 to 2025 awards, which is the most recent year the ABA reports. A school that raised tuition or changed its aid budget between the two will sit slightly off.
Debt to income divides the three year net cost after scholarships by the expected first year salary.
At 1.0 the net cost equals one year of that salary, at 2.0 it is two years, and so on. Where an individual draws the line depends on their career plans, other resources and tolerance for debt, so no threshold is marked here.
The calculation uses listed non-resident tuition and the average scholarship discount across all students, including those receiving no aid, so it errs toward caution.
Careers
Class of 2025, ten months out
5.7% of the most recent class, 10 of 175 graduates, went into prestigious placements: firms of 501 or more attorneys and federal clerkships. Another 90.9% were employed elsewhere.
Cost and career outcomesHeadline outcomes
- 5.7%
- Prestigious job placement
- 10 of 175 graduates
- 90.9%
- Non-prestigious job placement
- 159 of 175 graduates
- 5.1%
- Firms of 501+
- 9 of 175 graduates
- 0.6%
- Federal clerkships
- 1 of 175 graduates
- Prestigious job placement:
- Full time, long term jobs at firms of 501 or more attorneys, plus full time, long term federal clerkships.
- Non-prestigious job placement:
- Other employed outcomes outside the HFL prestige category.
Class of 2025, ten months out. The two rates add up to this school's employment rate rather than to 100 percent. Firm and clerkship figures here are full time, long term.
The other 6 of 175 graduates (3.4%) were not in reported employment. Further study, deferred start dates, unemployment and unknown outcomes stay in their own categories in the breakdown.
Employment breakdown
- 5.1% Big Law
- 65.1% Other firms
- 1.1% Clerkships, all courts
- 4.0% Public interest
- 12.0% Government
- 9.1% Business and academic
- 0.6% Start date deferred
- 2.9% Unemployed, seeking
Class of 175 graduates, ten months out. Shares are of the whole class. Any “Not reported” slice is the part of the class the school did not account for in its ABA return, shown rather than spread across the other categories. Firm and clerkship shares here count every reported job, including part time and short term ones, so they can run slightly above the full time, long term figures beside them.
- Employed, any job type
- 96.6%, 169 of 175 graduates
- In jobs requiring bar admission
- 88.6%, 155 of 175 graduates
Employment trends
How employment outcomes have changedABA, 2016 to 2025
A decade of graduate employment outcomes at Marquette University.
- BigLaw placement grew from 2.6% to 5.1%.
- Other private firm placement grew from 43.4% to 65.1%.
- Federal clerkships held steady, 0.5% to 0.6%.
- Public interest work fell from 7.3% to 4.0%.
Headline outcomes over time
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Frequently asked questions
How hard is it to get into Marquette University?
Marquette University has an acceptance rate of 22.1% and is ranked #59 in the US News rankings. The median LSAT score is 158, with a middle 50 percent running from 156 to 160. The median GPA is 3.70, with a middle 50 percent from 3.50 to 3.83. Applicants should aim at or above the median to be competitive.
What LSAT score do I need for Marquette University?
The median LSAT score at Marquette University is 158. The 25th percentile is 156 and the 75th percentile is 160. To be competitive, aim at or above the median of 158. Applicants below the 25th percentile face significantly lower chances unless the rest of the application is exceptional.
What GPA do I need for Marquette University?
The median undergraduate GPA at Marquette University is 3.70. The 25th percentile is 3.50 and the 75th percentile is 3.83. Strong applicants typically have a GPA at or above the median.
Is Marquette University worth the cost?
Marquette University has annual tuition of $52K and places 5.1% of graduates in BigLaw, meaning firms of 501 or more attorneys, plus 0.6% in federal clerkships, for a prestigious job placement rate of 5.7%. That is 10 of 175 graduates in the class of 2025. The overall employment rate is 96.57%. Based on our estimates, graduates can expect to earn approximately $108K, weighted by this school's actual employment outcomes rather than by a single BigLaw median. Individual outcomes vary and are not guaranteed. Weigh your career goals, any scholarship offer, and your debt tolerance.
What are Marquette University employment outcomes?
96.57% of Marquette University graduates were employed ten months after graduation. 5.1% secured full time, long term BigLaw positions at firms of 501 or more attorneys and 0.6% obtained full time, long term federal clerkships. Based on our estimates, graduates can expect to earn approximately $108K, weighted by this school's actual employment outcomes rather than by a single BigLaw median. The school is ranked #59 nationally. Individual outcomes vary.
How does Marquette University compare to similar law schools?
At #59 in the US News rankings, Marquette University competes with other similarly ranked schools. With a 5.7% prestigious job placement rate, Marquette University offers competitive outcomes against peer institutions. Compare median LSAT scores, employment outcomes, and total cost of attendance when evaluating similar schools.