California Law Schools

Every ABA-accredited law school in California (17 schools), ranked by first-time bar passage with full-time JD employment and resident tuition. Each links to a full profile with outcomes, true cost, and a 15-year trajectory.

#Law schoolFirst-time barFTLTTuition
1Stanford Law School96.5%91.6%$77,454
2UCLA School of Law94.2%97.0%$59,084
3University of Southern California School of Law94.0%96.5%$84,034
4UC Berkeley School of Law91.2%97.2%$62,532
5University of California-Davis School of Law88.9%94.6%$57,460
6Pepperdine University School of Law86.8%93.4%$72,920
7University of California-Irvine School of Law85.5%93.5%$59,080
8University of San Diego School of Law84.8%98.3%$66,950
9Loyola Marymount University-Los Angeles School of Law84.2%91.0%$70,360
10University of California-San Francisco School of Law83.8%91.2%$53,087
11Santa Clara University School of Law74.8%79.8%$65,540
12University of San Francisco School of Law74.6%84.2%$59,800
13Chapman University School of Law74.1%85.4%$63,126
14Pacific, University of the School of Law70.5%79.7%$62,678
15Southwestern Law School64.9%83.4%$63,160
16Western State, Westcliff University School of Law63.6%91.4%$54,840
17California Western School of Law62.9%79.0%$64,720

From the most recent ABA Standard 509 cycle. Open any school for full outcomes, cost and trajectory, or the interactive map.

Source: ABA Standard 509 Required Disclosures (most recent cycle), via abarequireddisclosures.org. State attorney-salary context from U.S. BLS OEWS 2024. Methodology: /methodology.html.