Southwestern Law School Graduate Schools

Southwestern Law School is a Private, 4 years school located in Los Angeles, CA. Southwestern Law School is a completely online college that all programs/degrees are offered via distance education. It is classified as a School of law school by Carnegie Classification and its highest level of offering is Doctor's degree- professional practice. The 2023 graduate school tuition & fees at Southwestern Law School is $18,710 in average. The school has 952 students (all graduate).

Law School

Graduate School Overview

The school is accredited by American Bar Association, Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar (7/1/1970 - Current[Estimated Date]).

Southwestern Law School Directory Information
School Name	Southwestern Law School
Address	3050 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90010-1106
Phone	213-738-6700
Web	https://www.swlaw.edu
Online Application	https://www.swlaw.edu/admissions-financial-aid/apply-now
Financial Info	https://www.swlaw.edu/admissions-financial-aid/financial-aid

The 2023 graduate school tuition & fees at Southwestern Law School is $18,710 in average. The school has 952 students (all graduate).

Graduate School 2023 Key Facts
School Type	Private, 4 years
Tuition & Fees	$18,710
Student Population	952
Offered Degrees/Programs	Master's and Doctorate (Professional Practice)
Number of Programs	2 graduate programs

The graduate tuition & fees at Southwestern Law School is $18,710 in average for the academic year 2022-2023. The tuition per credit hour is $1,871.

Southwestern Law School offers the alternative tuition plans.

On its campus, academic/career services, employment services for students, placement services for completers are provided for their students.

Special Learning Opportunities & On-campus Services
Distance Learning (Online Classes)	Not Offered
Special learning Opportunities	Study abroad Weekend/evening college
On-Campus Student Services	Academic/career services Employment services for students Placement services for completers

2023 Graduate Tuition, Fees, Other Expenses

For the academic year 2022-2023, the graduate school tuition & fees of Southwestern Law School is $18,710. The graduate tuition & fees are increased by 1.52% compared to previous academic year.

Data source: 2022-2023 tuition - NCES(National Center for Education Statistics (Last update: July 22, 2022)

2022-2023 Graduate Tuition & fees
	Tuition	Fees
2018-2019	$17,980	$200
2019-2020	$18,430	$200
2020-2021	$18,430	$100
2021-2022	$18,430	-
2022-2023	$18,710	-

The graduate school tuition & fees of Southwestern Law School is relatively inexpensive compared to private graduate schools in California. The average graduate school tuition for all graduate schools in United States is $19,603 and the California graduate tuition is $21,752 (public) / $24,037 (private).

The next table compares the average graduate school tuition by location and school types.

Graduate Tuition & fees Comparison
	Residents	Out-of-State
Southwestern Law School	$18,710
All Graduate Schools	$16,007	$19,603
Public	$11,484	$20,787
Private	$19,674
California Graduate Schools	$19,766	$22,527
Public	$11,624	$21,752
Private	$24,037

For academic year 2022-2023, the tuition per credit hour for graduate programs is $1,871 at Southwestern Law School. The graduate tuition per credit hour are increased by 1.52% compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Graduation Program Tuition per Credit Hour
	Tuition
2018-2019	$1,798
2019-2020	$1,843
2020-2021	$1,843
2021-2022	$1,843
2022-2023	$1,871

Graduate Programs at Southwestern Law School

Southwestern Law School offers 2 graduate programs for Master's and Doctorate. The next table lists number of programs by offered degree and online availability along with number of completers by degree/certificate programs. Last year, 231 students have completed their study at Southwestern Law School.

Offered Degrees at Southwestern Law School
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Number of Completers
Master's Degree	1	4
Doctor's degree - other	1	227
Total	2	231

The next table shows the popular graduate programs at Southwestern Law School by award level.

The most popular Master's program is the Legal Professions and Studies (other) program with 8 completers.
The most popular Doctorate program is the Law program with 227 completers.

Master's
Doctorate

Popular Master's Programs at Southwestern Law School
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Legal Professions and Studies (other)	✕	8	-
Legal Professions and Studies (other)	✕	4	-

Popular Doctorate Programs at Southwestern Law School
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Law	✕	227	-
Law	✕	209	-

Southwestern Law School offers 2 programs through Master's and Doctorate. The programs are offered only in on-site (classroom) education. Last year total 231 students have completed their graduate studies.

4 students have earned/completed Master's program.
227 students have earned/completed Doctorate (Practice) program.

Master's
Doctorate (Practice)

Master's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Legal Studies [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Legal Professions and Studies (other)	✕	4	-
	Total	4

Doctorate (Practice) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Legal Studies [+]	✕	227 completers	-
Law	✕	227	-
	Total	227

Graduate Student Population at Southwestern Law School

For the academic year 2021-2022, total 952 students enrolled into Southwestern Law School graduate schools . By attending status, there are 742 full-time and 210 part-time graduate students. By gender, 397 male and 555 female students are attending graduate schools. The next table summarizes the graduate student population by gender and attending status.

Graduate School Student Population By Gender
	Total	Male	Female
Total	952	397	555
Full-time	742	327	415
Part-tme	210	70	140

The next table summarizes the students population by race/ethnicity.

There are 458 White (48.11%), 53 Black/African American (5.57%), 254 Hispanic (26.68%), 86 Asian (9.03%), and 101 students with other races. 31 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Graduate Student Population By Race/ethnicity
	Total	Male	Female
Total	952	397	555
American Indian/Native American	0	0	0
Asian	86	37	49
Black/African American	53	16	37
Hispanic	254	90	164
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	3	2	1
White	458	216	242
Two More	51	18	33
Un-Known	16	6	10
Non-resident Alien	31	12	19

The following table summarizes the graduate students population by age at Southwestern Law School. 252 students are aged 20 to 24 (26.47% of total students), 8 students are aged above 50 (0.84%). Next table summarizes the student population by age at Southwestern Law School.