Profile of First-Year Class

Orientation

At Dickinson Law, we aim to limit the size of our entering class to roughly 100 diverse and highly credentialed students. Our Law School family includes students who have served in the military, self-identify as students of color and/or as members of the LGBTQ+ community, are first-generation graduate students, and are first-generation college students. The data reported below are from Dickinson Law’s Fall 2023 admissions cycle.

PROFILE OF FALL 2023 ENTERING CLASS:
Total Number of Applicants 1,560
Total Number of Offers of Admissions 555
Total Number of Matriculants 107

 

LSAT CREDENTIALS:
75th Percentile 163
Median 162
25th Percentile 157

 

GPA CREDENTIALS:
75th Percentile 3.84
Median 3.63
25th Percentile 3.29

 

PERCENTAGE OF SELF-IDENTIFIED STUDENTS OF COLOR:
47%

 

PERCENTAGE OF SELF-IDENTIFIED STUDENTS AS MEMBERS OF THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY:
20%

 

PERCENTAGE OF FIRST-GENERATION GRADUATE STUDENTS:
64%

 

PERCENTAGE OF FIRST-GENERATION COLLEGE STUDENTS:
34%

 

OUR NEWEST INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS REPRESENT 7 COUNTRIES INCLUDING:
India, Brazil, China, Republic of South Korea, Pakistan, Ghana, and Saint Lucia

 

UNDERGRADUATE UNIVERSITIES/COLLEGES REPRESENTED:
Members of the Class of 2026 attended a variety of undergraduate institutions including, but not limited to, Gettysburg College, University of Pennsylvania, Franklin & Marshall College, Pennsylvania State University, UCLA, University of Virginia, Dickinson College, Susquehanna University, Columbia University, Dartmouth College, University of Texas at Austin, Brigham Young University, Colgate University, and Georgetown University.

 

BEFORE ATTENDING DICKINSON LAW, MEMBERS OF THE CLASS OF 2026:
  • Studied abroad in Vienna, interned in London, and conducted field research in Belfast;
  • Interned with the U.S. House of Representatives and the Department of Homeland Security;
  • Earned recognition as Cadet of the Month, Eagle Scout, and Navy Achievement Medal recipient;
  • Helped protect endangered sea turtles;
  • Served in the AmeriCorps VISTA program;
  • Worked as a black belt karate instructor;
  • Established a service club that helps refugees;
  • Founded an NFT Art Agency; and
  • Interned for the Fayetteville Symphony Orchestra

The American Bar Association (ABA) Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar has granted conditional approval for Penn State to deliver legal education by a single, unified, two-location law school known as Penn State Dickinson Law. The conditional approval by the ABA allows Penn State Dickinson Law to enroll a unified J.D. class of 2028 in both Carlisle and University Park.