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California Law School Overview

In California, 21 law schools that are accredited by American Bar Association (ABA) are active for academic year 2019-2020.

Next list summarizes the law school information in California.

In California, Irvine School of Law (University of California-Irvine) is the oldest law school (founded in 2009) and Hastings College of the Law (University of California-Hastings College of Law) is the second oldest law school, founded in 1878.
The average tuition & fees of California law schools is $49,057 and Gould School of Law (University of Southern California) has the highest tuition & fees of $67,191 and Golden Gate University-San Francisco has the lowest tuition & fees of $5,600.
The average LSAT score of California law schools is 158 and Stanford Law School has the highest LSAT score of 171 and Western State College of Law has the lowest score of 148.
The average acceptance rate of California law schools is 37.81% and Stanford Law School has the tightest (lowest) rate of 10% and McGeorge School of Law (University of the Pacific) has the loosest (lowest) rate of 63%.
The average law school population of California law schools is 15,061 and Gould School of Law (University of Southern California) has the most students of 1,295 and Western State College of Law has the fewest students of 284.
The average bar exam pass rate (for first-time exam takers) of California law schools is 71.05% and Stanford Law School has the highest rate of 95% and University of San Francisco has the lowest rate of 39%.

21 ABA Accredited California Law Schools Comparison Table

Rank	College Name	State	Founded	Tuition & Fees	LSAT Score	GPA	Acceptance Rate	Student Population	Bar Pass Rate
1	Stanford Law School Stanford, CA	CA	1893	$62,847	171	3.91	9.72%	668	95.32%
2	Los Angeles School of Law (University of California-Los Angeles) Los Angeles, CA	CA	1949	$53,152	168	3.79	22.41%	1,181	89.46%
3	Berkeley School of Law (University of California-Berkeley) Berkeley, CA	CA	1894	$55,316	168	3.81	19.68%	1,280	90.37%
4	Gould School of Law (University of Southern California) Los Angeles, CA	CA	1896	$67,191	166	3.80	17.69%	1,295	87.73%
5	Irvine School of Law (University of California-Irvine) Irvine, CA	CA	2009	$53,548	165	3.59	20.81%	532	81.49%
6	Davis School of Law (University of California-Davis) Davis, CA	CA	1965	$58,591	162	3.61	29.36%	660	84.46%
7	Pepperdine University Malibu, CA	CA	1971	$57,560	161	3.66	29.81%	1,009	82.42%
8	Loyola Law School (Loyola Marymount University) Los Angeles, CA	CA	1920	$59,340	160	3.57	32.98%	1,113	77.74%
9	University of San Diego San Diego, CA	CA	1954	$56,711	159	3.57	40.59%	825	76.31%
10	Chapman University Orange, CA	CA	1995	$55,099	158	3.49	33.96%	500	59.26%
11	Santa Clara University Santa Clara, CA	CA	1912	$56,280	156	3.33	54.94%	734	64.71%
12	McGeorge School of Law (University of the Pacific) Stockton, CA	CA	1924	$53,434	153	3.35	62.76%	683	65.12%
13	University of San Francisco San Francisco, CA	CA	1912	$50,770	153	3.29	53.64%	538	38.60%
14	University of La Verne College of Law La Verne, CA	CA	1970	$16,358	150	2.98	40.80%	288	-
15	Southwestern Law School Los Angeles, CA	CA	1911	$27,858	153	3.30	47.89%	821	56.54%
16	California Western School of Law San Diego, CA	CA	1924	$54,310	151	3.26	53.66%	781	49.26%
17	Thomas Jefferson School of Law San Diego, CA	CA	1969	$38,250	149	2.87	46.73%	289	-
18	Hastings College of the Law (University of California-Hastings College of Law) San Francisco, CA	CA	1878	$55,538	158	3.45	42.54%	1,006	79.74%
19	Western State College of Law Irvine, CA	CA	1966	$43,393	148	3.17	40.91%	284	56.52%
20	Drivon School of Law (Humphreys University-Stockton and Modesto Campuses) Stockton, CA	CA	1951	-	-	-	-	-	-
21	Golden Gate University-San Francisco San Francisco, CA	CA	1901	$5,600	150	3.14	55.33%	574	43.88%
	Average	-	-	$49,057	158	3.45	37.81%	15,061	71.05%