Law Peer Schools

	University of San Diego School of Law	Loyola Law School	Pepperdine School of Law	UC Hastings College of the Law	UC Irvine School of Law	USC School of Law	UCLA School of Law	California Western School of Law

	University of San Diego School of Law	Loyola Law School	Pepperdine School of Law	UC Hastings College of the Law	UC Irvine School of Law	USC School of Law	UCLA School of Law	California Western School of Law
URL	www.sandiego.edu/law	www.lls.edu	law.pepperdine.edu	uchastings.edu	www.law.uci.edu	gould.usc.edu	law.ucla.edu	www.cwsl.edu
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Tagline	The perfect climate for studying law.			Made in San Francisco. Ready for the World.		Experience Los Angeles.	Achieving Excellence.
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Location	San Diego, CA	Los Angeles, CA	Malibu, CA	San Francisco, CA	Irvine, CA	Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles, CA	San Diego, CA
Setting	Urban	Suburban	Suburban	City	Urban	Urban	Urban	City
Public/Private	Private	Private	Private	Public	Public	Private	Public	Private
Religious Affiliation	Roman Catholic	Roman Catholic	Church of Christ	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Ranking	#74 National #12 Tax Law #17 Part-Time Law #22 Intellectual Property Law	#65 National #5 Tax Law #8 Trial Advocacy #11 Part-Time Law #21 Legal Writing	#65 National #2 Dispute Resolution #35 Clinical Training	#50 National #12 Dispute Resolution #14 Health Care Law #17 Clinical Training	#28 National #13 Clinical Training #23 Legal Writing #25 Intellectual Property Law	#19 National #12 Tax Law	#17 National #5 Environmental Law #9 Tax Law #18 International Law #24 Intellectual Property Law	Rank Not Published
Specialty	Tax Law	Tax Law, Trial Advocacy	Dispute Resolution			Tax Law	Environmental Law, Tax Law
Admission
Enrollment	737	800	598	903	334	598	974	514
Male/Female Ratio	49% Male 51% Female	46% Male 54% Female	49% Male 51% Female	47% Male 53% Female	49.7% Male 50.3% Female	53% Male 48% Female	49.5% Male 50.5% Female	43% Male 57% Female
Acceptance Rate	40.5%	44.7%	48.7%	42.1%	26.5%	29.9%	29.7%	69.8%
Median GPA	3.52	3.51	3.60	3.50	3.56	3.76	3.74	3.15
Median LSAT	159	159	159	159	162	166	166	150
Academics
Academic Calendar	Semester	Semester	Semester	Semester	Semester	Semester	Semester	Semester
Student/Faculty Ratio	11:1	13:1	12:1	14:1	7:1	10:1	11:1	12:1
Faculty	107	119	89	133	70	107	111	91
Law Clinics	18	14	15	11	34	9	19	7
Law Clinic Seats Available	270	238	141	167	325	91	193	137
Students in Law Journals	154	197	139	317	70	148	468	117
Programs	JD LLM MS Legal Studies Continuing Education	JD JD/MBA LLM MLLM MLS MT JSD	JD LLM MDR Certificate	JD LLM MSL MAS Health Policy and Law	JD LLM	JD LLM MCL VIP MSL	JD LLM SJD	JD LLM MCL JD/MBA JD/MSW MAS Health Policy and Law
Cost
Tuition & Fees	$48,830	$50,050	$51,180	$48,638 in state $54,638 out of state	$44,765 in state, full $51,259 out of state	$58,022	$45,284 in state $51,778 out of state	$47,260
Average Indebtedness	– $135,433	– $148,035	– $148,959	– $135,886	– $125,473	– $134,673	– $118,874	– $162,260
Proportion who borrowed	81%	80%	74%	90%	71%	70%	73%	89%
Outcomes
Bar Passage Rate	73.3%	81.7%	78.9%	68.4%	77.9%	86.4%	81.4%	71.4%
Employed at Graduation	38%	37%	34%	30%	46%	77%	59%	N/A
Employed 10mos. at Graduation	59%	71%	60%	58%	85%	86%	88%	57%
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