California Western School of Law

California Western School of Law is a Private, 4 years school in San Diego, CA. The law school tuition & fees at California Western School of Law is $62,550. Its average LSAT score submitted by enrolled students is 153 and the average GPA is 3.38 for the academic yera 2023-2024. Total 625 students are attending the law school and 208 first-year students enrolled last year.

LSAT Average: 153
Tuition & Fees (JD): $62,550
Acceptance Rate: 55.38%
Student Population: 625
First-Year Student: 208

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2024-2025 Tuition & Fees

The 2024-2025 tuition & fees at California Western School of Law is $62,550 for law school students. The tuition increased by 3.51% compared to last year. The average living costs besides tuition & fees is $22,808 including costs for room & boards, transportation, and other personal expenses. The living costs does not include the fees for health insurance.

The average tuition & fees of law schools in California is $60,327 for California residents and $63,444 for out-of-state students. For all laws schools in United States, the average law school tuition & fees is $42,924 for State residents and $48,063 for out-of-state students.

The tuition & fees of California Western School of Law is cheaper than the average tuition & fees of California law schools.

The next table shows the California Western School of Law tuition & fees and compare it to the California law schools and all U.S. Law schools. The 2025 statistics for comparison is not available yet due to the lack of data.

California Western School of Law 2023 Tuition & Fees
	2023	2024	2025
California Western School of Law	$58,350	$60,430	$62,550
California Law Schools	$60,488	$63,444	-
All U.S. Law Schools	$47,510	$48,063	-

LSAT score and GPA in Average

The average LSAT scores submitted by enrolled students is 153 and the average GPA is 3.38 at California Western School of Law.

The LSAT score of California Western School of Law is lower than the average LSAT score of California law schools.

The undergraduate GPA of California Western School of Law is lower than the average LSAT score of California law schools.

The next table shows the submitted LSAT scores and GPA by 25^th/50^th/75^th percentile and full-time/part-time status and compare each score to last year scores.

LSAT Scores
GPA

California Western School of Law LSAT scores distribution
	California Western School of Law		California Law Schools	All Law Schools
	Full-time	Part-time	California Law Schools	All Law Schools
25^th percentile	150	150	158	155
50^th percentile	153	152	161	159
75^th percentile	156	155	163	161

California Western School of LawGPA distribution
	California Western School of Law		California Law Schools	All Law Schools
	Full-time	Part-time	California Law Schools	All Law Schools
25^th percentile	3.12	2.86	3.38	3.33
50^th percentile	3.4	3.3	3.63	3.61
75^th percentile	3.58	3.39	3.77	3.79

Acceptance Rate & Admission Statistics

For the academic year 2023-2024, total 1,645 students have applied to California Western School of Law. Among them, 911 students have accepted to admit and 208 have enrolled into California Western School of LawThe acceptance rate is 55.38% and the yield is 23%.

The acceptance rate of California Western School of Law is higher than the acceptance rate of California law schools.

The next table illustrates the admission counts, acceptance rate, and yield at California Western School of Law.

California Western School of Law Admission Statistics
	California Western School of Law	California Law Schools	All Law Schools
Applicants	1,645	55,028	414,758
Admitted	911	14,652	130,837
Enrolled	208	3,827	36,756
Acceptance Rate	55.38%	33.21%	42.40%
Yield (Enrollment Rate)	22.83%	26.77%	30.97%

Law School Student Population

For the academic year 2023-2024, total 625 students enrolled to California Western School of Law. All students enrolled in JD(Juris Doctor Degree) program .

For the first class, 208 students newly joined to to California Western School of Law. By gender, there are 86 men , 138 women, and 2 other/unknown gender first-time students at California Western School of Law. By attending status, 206 students enrolled as full-time and 20 students enrolled as part-time status.

Total Enrollment
First-Class Students

California Western School of Law Student Population
	2023	2024
Total Enrollment	739	625
JD Enrollment	623	625
Non-JD Enrollment	116	0

First-year Student Population
	2023			2024
	Total	Full time	Part time	Total	Full time	Part time
Total	220	224	20	208	204	20
Men	103	93	10	94	80	6
Women	141	131	10	138	124	14
Other	1	0	1	2	2	0

Bar Exam Pass Rate

For the first time bar exam takers, the bar exam pass rate is 48.35% where 182 students took the exam and 88 students passed the exam. The pass rate is lower than average pass rate of California law schools (72.51%).

Bar Exam Pass Rate
	2023	2024
Number of Graduates	271	183
First-Time Bar Exam Takers Total	215	182
New Graduates	197	119
Prior Year Graduates	18	63
Early Takers	0	0
No Exam Takers	74	64
Exam Passer	115	88
Exam Pass Rate	53.49%	48.35%
California Pass Rate	71.99%	72.51%