Western State College of Law

The law school of Western State College of Law at Argosy University, known as Western State College of Law, is a Private, 4 years school in Irvine, CA. The law school tuition & fees at Western State College of Law is $49,848. Its average LSAT score submitted by enrolled students is 152 and the average GPA is 3.16 for the academic yera 2023-2024. Total 332 students are attending the law school and 117 first-year students enrolled last year.

LSAT Average: 152
Tuition & Fees (JD): $49,848
LLM Tuition & Fees: $49,848
Acceptance Rate: 45.14%
Student Population: 332
First-Year Student: 117

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2023-2024 Tuition & Fees

The 2023-2024 tuition & fees at Western State College of Law is $49,848 for law school students. The tuition increased by 11.82% compared to last year. The average living costs besides tuition & fees is $11,578 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 Western State College of Law is cheaper than the average tuition & fees of California law schools.

The next table shows the Western State College 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.

Western State College of Law 2023 Tuition & Fees
	2022	2023	2024
Western State College of Law	$43,120	$44,580	$49,848
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 152 and the average GPA is 3.16 at Western State College of Law.

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

The undergraduate GPA of Western State College 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

Western State College of Law LSAT scores distribution
	Western State College of Law		California Law Schools	All Law Schools
	Full-time	Part-time	California Law Schools	All Law Schools
25^th percentile	150	149	158	155
50^th percentile	152	152	161	159
75^th percentile	154	154	163	161

Western State College of LawGPA distribution
	Western State College of Law		California Law Schools	All Law Schools
	Full-time	Part-time	California Law Schools	All Law Schools
25^th percentile	2.91	2.95	3.38	3.33
50^th percentile	3.16	3.15	3.63	3.61
75^th percentile	3.4	3.23	3.77	3.79

Acceptance Rate & Admission Statistics

For the academic year 2023-2024, total 782 students have applied to Western State College of Law. Among them, 353 students have accepted to admit and 117 have enrolled into Western State College of LawThe acceptance rate is 45.14% and the yield is 33%.

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

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

Western State College of Law Admission Statistics
	Western State College of Law	California Law Schools	All Law Schools
Applicants	782	55,028	414,758
Admitted	353	14,652	130,837
Enrolled	117	3,827	36,756
Acceptance Rate	45.14%	33.21%	42.40%
Yield (Enrollment Rate)	33.14%	26.77%	30.97%

Law School Student Population

For the academic year 2023-2024, total 332 students enrolled to Western State College of Law. All students enrolled in JD(Juris Doctor Degree) program .

For the first class, 117 students newly joined to to Western State College of Law. By gender, there are 67 men , 53 women, and 1 other/unknown gender first-time students at Western State College of Law. By attending status, 99 students enrolled as full-time and 22 students enrolled as part-time status.

Total Enrollment
First-Class Students

Western State College of Law Student Population
	2023	2024
Total Enrollment	290	332
JD Enrollment	290	332
Non-JD Enrollment	0	0

First-year Student Population
	2023			2024
	Total	Full time	Part time	Total	Full time	Part time
Total	128	104	26	117	98	22
Men	59	46	13	65	55	12
Women	71	58	13	53	43	10
Other	1	1	0	1	1	0

Bar Exam Pass Rate

For the first time bar exam takers, the bar exam pass rate is 58.49% where 53 students took the exam and 31 students passed the exam. The pass rate is lower than average pass rate of California law schools (72.24%).

Bar Exam Pass Rate
	2023	2024
Number of Graduates	29	56
First-Time Bar Exam Takers Total	45	53
New Graduates	21	45
Prior Year Graduates	24	8
Early Takers	0	0
No Exam Takers	8	11
Exam Passer	21	31
Exam Pass Rate	46.67%	58.49%
California Pass Rate	72.11%	72.24%