California Law Schools

There are 18 California Law Schools accredited and approved by American Bar Association (ABA) - 5 public and 13 private schools.

The 2024 average law school tuition & fees for California Law Schools $56,178 for state residents and $64,018 for out-of-state students.

The average LSAT (Law School Admission Test) scores of enrolled students is 161 and the average GPA is 3.63. The average acceptance rate is 33.21% and the yield (enrollment rate) is 27%. For the first-time bar exam takers, the bar exam pass rate is 75.63%.

The next table shows the average statistics for California Law Schools.

Stanford Law School has the highest LSAT scores of 173 and Western State College of Law has the lowest LSAT scores of 152.
Stanford Law School has the highest GPA of 3.95 and Western State College of Law has the lowest GPA of 3.16.
Gould School of Law has the highest tuition & fees of $78,038 and Western State College of Law has the lowest tuition & fees of $49,848.
Stanford Law School has the tightest (lowest) acceptance rate of 7.26% and McGeorge School of Law has the highest rate of 61.31%.
Gould School of Law has the most law school students of 1,436 and Golden Gate University-San Francisco School of Law has the least students of 300.

California Law Schools Statistics
Tuition & Fees
Number of Schools	18 (5 public, 13 private)
In-State	$56,178
Out-of-State	$64,018
Population	15,003
First-Year Students	3,827
Average LSAT Scores	161
Average GPA	3.63
Acceptance Rate	33.21%
Yield (Enrollment Rate)	26.76%
Bar Exam Pass Rate (First-time Takers)	75.63%

All data if for the academic year 2023-2024, except bar passage rate. You may want to sort the schools by touching/clicking the column name that you want.

California Law Schools
School Name	State	Tuition & Fees	LSAT	GPA	Acceptance Rate	Student Population	Bar Exam Pass Rate
Stanford Law School	California	$73,713	173	3.95	7.26%	682	96.70%
Berkeley School of Law	California	$74,995 ($62,567)	170	3.87	14.92%	1,302	88.24%
Los Angeles School of Law	California	$71,430 ($59,185)	170	3.92	16.80%	1,376	88.82%
Gould School of Law	California	$78,038	169	3.88	12.52%	1,436	82.42%
Irvine School of Law	California	$68,190 ($55,945)	167	3.72	18.18%	510	86.86%
Davis School of Law	California	$67,164 ($54,919)	165	3.69	28.99%	718	82.66%
Pepperdine University School of Law	California	$68,046	164	3.86	28.18%	1,114	83.33%
Chapman University School of Law	California	$63,126	161	3.67	30.68%	422	80.00%
Loyola Law School	California	$68,512	161	3.71	33.92%	1,132	78.76%
University of San Diego School of Law	California	$62,981	161	3.80	33.61%	974	78.76%
University of California College of the Law, San Francisco	California	$55,207 ($48,273)	160	3.59	30.91%	1,185	72.14%
Santa Clara University School of Law	California	$59,254	159	3.55	52.43%	662	61.79%
McGeorge School of Law	California	$59,580	155	3.40	61.31%	666	67.07%
Southwestern Law School	California	$58,392	155	3.44	49.85%	955	63.98%
California Western School of Law	California	$62,550	153	3.38	55.38%	625	48.35%
Golden Gate University-San Francisco School of Law	California	$56,000	153	3.28	22.43%	300	-
University of San Francisco School of Law	California	$55,290	153	3.46	55.23%	612	67.37%
Western State College of Law	California	$49,848	152	3.16	45.14%	332	58.49%