Southwestern Law School

Southwestern Law School is a Private, 4 years school in Los Angeles, CA. The law school tuition & fees at Southwestern Law School is $58,392. Its average LSAT score submitted by enrolled students is 155 and the average GPA is 3.44 for the academic yera 2023-2024. Total 955 students are attending the law school and 345 first-year students enrolled last year.

LSAT Average: 155
Tuition & Fees (JD): $58,392
LLM Tuition & Fees: $46,704
Acceptance Rate: 49.85%
Student Population: 955
First-Year Student: 345

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2023-2024 Tuition & Fees

The 2023-2024 tuition & fees at Southwestern Law School is $58,392 for law school students. The tuition increased by 4.00% compared to last year. The average living costs besides tuition & fees is $15,813 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 Southwestern Law School is cheaper than the average tuition & fees of California law schools.

The next table shows the Southwestern Law School 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.

Southwestern Law School 2023 Tuition & Fees
	2022	2023	2024
Southwestern Law School	$55,316	$56,146	$58,392
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 155 and the average GPA is 3.44 at Southwestern Law School.

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

The undergraduate GPA of Southwestern Law School 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

Southwestern Law School LSAT scores distribution
	Southwestern Law School		California Law Schools	All Law Schools
	Full-time	Part-time	California Law Schools	All Law Schools
25^th percentile	152	151	158	155
50^th percentile	155	154	161	159
75^th percentile	158	157	163	161

Southwestern Law SchoolGPA distribution
	Southwestern Law School		California Law Schools	All Law Schools
	Full-time	Part-time	California Law Schools	All Law Schools
25^th percentile	3.18	3.05	3.38	3.33
50^th percentile	3.46	3.33	3.63	3.61
75^th percentile	3.64	3.55	3.77	3.79

Acceptance Rate & Admission Statistics

For the academic year 2023-2024, total 2,018 students have applied to Southwestern Law School. Among them, 1,006 students have accepted to admit and 345 have enrolled into Southwestern Law SchoolThe acceptance rate is 49.85% and the yield is 34%.

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

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

Southwestern Law School Admission Statistics
	Southwestern Law School	California Law Schools	All Law Schools
Applicants	2,018	55,028	414,758
Admitted	1,006	14,652	130,837
Enrolled	345	3,827	36,756
Acceptance Rate	49.85%	33.21%	42.40%
Yield (Enrollment Rate)	34.29%	26.77%	30.97%

Law School Student Population

For the academic year 2023-2024, total 955 students enrolled to Southwestern Law School. Among them 950 students enrolled in JD (Juris Doctor degree) program and 5 students enrolled in Non-JD program.

For the first class, 345 students newly joined to to Southwestern Law School. By gender, there are 138 men , 208 women, and 3 other/unknown gender first-time students at Southwestern Law School. By attending status, 302 students enrolled as full-time and 47 students enrolled as part-time status.

Total Enrollment
First-Class Students

Southwestern Law School Student Population
	2023	2024
Total Enrollment	928	955
JD Enrollment	922	950
Non-JD Enrollment	6	5

First-year Student Population
	2023			2024
	Total	Full time	Part time	Total	Full time	Part time
Total	339	297	46	345	299	47
Men	152	119	13	149	120	18
Women	211	178	33	208	179	29
Other	0	0	0	3	3	0

Bar Exam Pass Rate

For the first time bar exam takers, the bar exam pass rate is 63.98% where 261 students took the exam and 167 students passed the exam. The pass rate is lower than average pass rate of California law schools (72.34%).

Bar Exam Pass Rate
	2023	2024
Number of Graduates	308	255
First-Time Bar Exam Takers Total	296	261
New Graduates	272	227
Prior Year Graduates	24	34
Early Takers	0	0
No Exam Takers	23	21
Exam Passer	178	167
Exam Pass Rate	60.14%	63.98%
California Pass Rate	72.23%	72.34%