University of San Diego - Best Law Schools

University of San Diego

#68 in Best Law Schools (tie)
#6 in Part-time Law (tie)

Graduate School (Law) • San Diego, CA • 

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Graduate School (Law) • San Diego, CA

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University of San Diego Law School Overview

The School of Law at University of San Diego has an application deadline of June 1. The full-time program application fee at the School of Law at University of San Diego is $0. The part-time program application fee at the School of Law at University of San Diego is $0. Its tuition is full-time: $62,981 and part-time: $46,671. The student-faculty ratio is 9.1:1.

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At-a-Glance

Acceptance Rate

33.6%

Tuition & Fees

$62,981

University of San Diego 2024 Law Program & Specialties Rankings

University of San Diego is ranked No. 68 (tie) out of 196 in Best Law Schools and No. 6 (tie) out of 68 in Part-time Law. Schools are ranked according to their performance across a set of widely accepted indicators of excellence.
How we rank schools

#68

Best Law Schools

Overall Score

72

Peer assessment score (out of 5)

2.9

Assessment score by lawyers/judges (out of 5)

2.9

Law School Program Rankings

Law School Specialty Rankings

University of San Diego Law School Ranking Scores and Data

Overall Ranking Scores

Overall Score
72
Peer assessment score (out of 5)
2.9
Assessment score by lawyers/judges (out of 5)
2.9
GPA (25th-75th percentile)
3.52-3.89
Median undergraduate GPA for all program entrants
3.8
LSAT scores (25th-75th percentile)
157-163
Median LSAT score for all program entrants
161
Acceptance rate
33.6%
Student-faculty ratio
9.1:1
Full-credit outcomes 10 months after graduation
92.2%
% First-time bar passage
76.3%
Average first-time bar passage among states
65.2%
Ultimate Bar Passage rate for 2020 graduating class
91.9%
Student per library staff
105.6

Part-time Law Ranking Scores

Overall Score
73
Peer assessment score (out of 5)
2.7
Median undergraduate GPA for part-time program entrants
3.7
Median LSAT score for part-time program entrants
162

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Law School Program Admissions

N/A

US Application Deadline

Application Fee

$0

Applicants:

Applicants

Accepted

Enrolled

(first-year students)

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Law School Program Cost

$62,981

Tuition Full-Time (in-state)

Tuition Full-Time (Non-LDS Member)

$62,981

Room and board

$22,347

Books

$2,093

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Law School Program Student Population

N/A

Law School Program Total Enrollment

Enrollment (in-state)

N/A

Enrollment (out-state)

N/A

Student Diversity

Gender distribution (full-time):

Female64.2%
Male35.4%
Student diversity:

49.7%

White

18.9%

Hispanic

12.4%

Asian

8.1%

Unknown

6%

Two or more races

2.7%

International

1.6%

Black or African American

0.3%

American Indian

0%

Pacific Islander

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Law School Program Academics

Programs/courses offered in

PROGRAM

  • clinical training
    dispute resolution
  • environmental law
    health care law
  • intellectual property law
    international law
  • tax law
    trial advocacy
  • business/corporate law
    constitutional law
  • contracts/commercial law
    criminal law
  • writing

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Joint degrees offered
N/A

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Law School Program Library

N/A

Volume equivalent microforms

Net square feet of space assigned for library purposes

N/A

Total seats available for library users

N/A

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Law School Program Careers

76.3%

% First-time bar passage

Total number of graduates

245

Employed at graduation

N/A

Employed 10 months after graduation

84.1%

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Ranking factors are as of April 20, 2023. For all other information, the most recently reported information display.

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