Santa Clara University School of Law

Santa Clara University School of Law is a Private, 4 years school in Santa Clara, CA. The law school tuition & fees at Santa Clara University School of Law is $59,254. Its average LSAT score submitted by enrolled students is 159 and the average GPA is 3.55 for the academic yera 2023-2024. Total 662 students are attending the law school and 240 first-year students enrolled last year.

LSAT Average: 159
Tuition & Fees (JD): $59,254
LLM Tuition & Fees: $56,112
Acceptance Rate: 52.43%
Student Population: 662
First-Year Student: 240

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2023-2024 Tuition & Fees

The 2023-2024 tuition & fees at Santa Clara University School of Law is $59,254 for law school students. The tuition increased by 4.97% compared to last year. The average living costs besides tuition & fees is $28,422 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 Santa Clara University School of Law is cheaper than the average tuition & fees of California law schools.

The next table shows the Santa Clara University 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.

Santa Clara University School of Law 2023 Tuition & Fees
	2022	2023	2024
Santa Clara University School of Law	$58,680	$56,448	$59,254
California Law Schools	$58,356	$60,488	-
All U.S. Law Schools	$46,359	$47,510	-

LSAT score and GPA in Average

The average LSAT scores submitted by enrolled students is 159 and the average GPA is 3.55 at Santa Clara University School of Law.

The LSAT score of Santa Clara University School of Law is lower than the average LSAT score of California law schools.

The undergraduate GPA of Santa Clara University 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

Santa Clara University School of Law LSAT scores distribution
	Santa Clara University School of Law		California Law Schools	All Law Schools
	Full-time	Part-time	California Law Schools	All Law Schools
25^th percentile	156	154	158	155
50^th percentile	159	157	161	159
75^th percentile	162	162	163	161

Santa Clara University School of LawGPA distribution
	Santa Clara University School of Law		California Law Schools	All Law Schools
	Full-time	Part-time	California Law Schools	All Law Schools
25^th percentile	3.35	2.98	3.38	3.33
50^th percentile	3.56	3.34	3.63	3.61
75^th percentile	3.72	3.63	3.77	3.79

Acceptance Rate & Admission Statistics

For the academic year 2023-2024, total 1,913 students have applied to Santa Clara University School of Law. Among them, 1,003 students have accepted to admit and 240 have enrolled into Santa Clara University School of LawThe acceptance rate is 52.43% and the yield is 24%.

The acceptance rate of Santa Clara University 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 Santa Clara University School of Law.

Santa Clara University School of Law Admission Statistics
	Santa Clara University School of Law	California Law Schools	All Law Schools
Applicants	1,913	55,028	414,758
Admitted	1,003	14,652	130,837
Enrolled	240	3,827	36,756
Acceptance Rate	52.43%	33.21%	42.40%
Yield (Enrollment Rate)	23.93%	26.77%	30.97%

Law School Student Population

For the academic year 2023-2024, total 662 students enrolled to Santa Clara University School of Law. All students enrolled in JD(Juris Doctor Degree) program .

For the first class, 240 students newly joined to to Santa Clara University School of Law. By gender, there are 97 men and 147 women first-time students at Santa Clara University School of Law. By attending status, 210 students enrolled as full-time and 34 students enrolled as part-time status.

Total Enrollment
First-Class Students

Santa Clara University School of Law Student Population
	2023	2024
Total Enrollment	673	662
JD Enrollment	665	662
Non-JD Enrollment	8	0

First-year Student Population
	2023			2024
	Total	Full time	Part time	Total	Full time	Part time
Total	199	187	16	240	210	34
Men	99	89	6	99	81	16
Women	108	98	10	147	129	18

Bar Exam Pass Rate

For the first time bar exam takers, the bar exam pass rate is 61.79% where 212 students took the exam and 131 students passed the exam. The pass rate is lower than average pass rate of California law schools (72.57%).

Bar Exam Pass Rate
	2023	2024
Number of Graduates	216	229
First-Time Bar Exam Takers Total	212	212
New Graduates	185	187
Prior Year Graduates	27	25
Early Takers	0	0
No Exam Takers	31	42
Exam Passer	137	131
Exam Pass Rate	64.62%	61.79%
California Pass Rate	72.29%	72.57%