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 $60,430.Its average LSAT score submitted by enrolled students is 153 and the average GPA is 3.35. Total 739 students are attending the law school and 220 first-year students enrolled last year.

LSAT Average: 153
2024 Tuition & Fees (JD): $60,430
Acceptance Rate: 49.26%
Student Population: 739
First-Year Student: 220

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2023-2024 Tuition & Fees

The 2023-2024 tuition & fees at California Western School of Law is $60,430 for law school students. The tuition increased by 3.56% 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 $57,582 for California residents and $60,225 for out-of-state students. For all laws schools in United States, the average law school tuition & fees is $41,844 for State residents and $47,084 for out-of-state students.

The tuition & fees of California Western School of Law is more expensive than the average tuition & fees of California law schools, as well as costs of all law schools in United States.

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 2024 statistics for comparison is not available yet due to the lack of data.

California Western School of Law 2023 Tuition & Fees
	2022	2023	2024
California Western School of Law	$56,230	$58,350	$60,430
California Law Schools	$51,474	$60,225	-
All U.S. Law Schools	$43,395	$47,084	-

LSAT score and GPA in Average

The average LSAT scores submitted by enrolled students is 153 and the average GPA is 3.35 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	151	150	158	155
50^th percentile	153	152	161	158
75^th percentile	156	158	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	3.05	2.77	3.35	3.29
50^th percentile	3.36	3.25	3.60	3.58
75^th percentile	3.58	3.37	3.76	3.76

Acceptance Rate & Admission Statistics

For the academic year 2022-2023, total 1,768 students have applied to California Western School of Law. Among them, 871 students have accepted to admit and 220 have enrolled into California Western School of LawThe acceptance rate is 49.26% and the yield is 25%.

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	1,768	58,422	427,103
Admitted	871	14,657	128,500
Enrolled	220	3,731	36,795
Acceptance Rate	49.26%	31.67%	40.93%
Yield (Enrollment Rate)	25.26%	26.51%	31.46%

Law School Student Population

For the academic year 2022-2023, total 739 students enrolled to California Western School of Law. Among them 623 students enrolled in JD (Juris Doctor degree) program and 116 students enrolled in Non-JD program.

For the first class, 220 students newly joined to to California Western School of Law. By gender, there are 103 men , 141 women, and 1 other/unknown gender first-time students at California Western School of Law. By attending status, 224 students enrolled as full-time and 21 students enrolled as part-time status.

Total Enrollment
First-Class Students

California Western School of Law Student Population
	2022	2023
Total Enrollment	780	739
JD Enrollment	653	623
Non-JD Enrollment	127	116

First-year Student Population
	2022			2023
	Total	Full time	Part time	Total	Full time	Part time
Total	238	194	37	220	224	20
Men	110	82	9	103	93	10
Women	140	112	28	141	131	10
Other	0	0	0	1	0	1

Bar Exam Pass Rate

For the first time bar exam takers, the bar exam pass rate is 53.49% where 215 students took the exam and 115 students passed the exam. The pass rate is lower than average pass rate of California law schools (71.99%).

Bar Exam Pass Rate
	2022	2023
Number of Graduates	207	271
First-Time Bar Exam Takers Total	199	215
New Graduates	189	197
Prior Year Graduates	10	18
Early Takers	0	0
No Exam Takers	18	74
Exam Passer	130	115
Exam Pass Rate	65.33%	53.49%
California Pass Rate	77.83%	71.99%