Located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Marquette University Law School is the less selective of the two Badger State law schools. The acceptance rate for incoming students has been at or near 40 percent over the last few years. The law school has remained in the top 100 in the U.S. News and World Report rankings. There is particular and general esteem for graduates of Marquette Law School in the area of Sports Law.
Marquette has a full-time enrollment of more than 500 students. With a student-to-faculty ratio of more than 16:1, the law school is competitive in terms of student accessibility to faculty.
One important consideration for those considering attending Marquette University School of Law, is that the tuition (after 3 years of law school) will eclipse $150,000, while history shows that the annual salary of Marquette Law School graduates is substantially less than it is for other law schools that cost as much to attend.
Marquette Law School
Sensenbrenner Hall
1103 West Wisconsin avenue
Po Box 1881
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201
www.law.marquette.edu
The University Wisconsin Law School is located on the enormous campus in Madison, Wisconsin. The law school is more selective than Marquette. Only 275 students are admitted out of more than 3,000 applicants annually. Because the University of Wisconsin is a public school, the university is able to offer a reduced resident tuition rate for in-state students.
According to U.S. News and World Reports, the University of Wisconsin law school is one of the highest ranking public law schools in the nation. Because of the in-state tuition rate and the median private-sector starting salary of significantly more than $100,000, the University of Wisconsin Law School is a widely desired destination for perspective law students.
University of Wisconsin Law School
975 Bascom Mall
Madison, Wisconsin 53706
www.law.wisc.edu
Marquette University Law School employs 67 total full- and part-time teaching faculty, while the University of Wisconsin Law School employs 109 faculty members.
Marquette University Law School has a student faculty ratio of 16.3 students for each one teacher. The University of Wisconsin Law School has one faculty teacher for every 13.2 students. Marquette University Law School has 563 full-time students, whereas the University of Wisconsin Law School has 788 full-time students. Marquette University Law School graduates have an average employment rate of 66.7 percent at the time of graduation, compared to 84.1 percent for University of Wisconsin Law School graduates. The average starting salary in the private sector for the University of Wisconsin Law School graduates is $115,000, while the average first-year salary in the private sector for Marquette University Law School students is $73,000.