Berkeley School of Law

Berkeley School of Law Overview

Established in 1894, Berkeley School of Law is a public law school at University of California-Berkeley. The 2025 tuition & fees of Berkeley School of Law is $62,567 for California residents and $74,995 for out-of-state students.

The acceptance rate of the school is 12.47% and yield is 29.95%. The average LSAT scores submitted by enrolled students is 170 and the average GPA is 3.83. Total 1,349 students are attending Berkeley School of Law and 251 of them is first-year students. Last year 301 graduate have taken the bar exam first time and 291 have passed the exam (the pass rate is 93.35%). You may want to check the general academic information of Berkeley School of Law at University of California-Berkeley academic page.

Average LSAT and GPA

379 enrolled students have submitted LSAT scores and its average LSAT score is 170 Berkeley School of Law. The average undergraduate GPA from 379 submitters is 3.83. The following table shows the LSAT Score and GPA in 25^th, 50^th, and 75^th percentile.

Berkeley School of Law 2024 LSAT Scores and GPA
	25^th Percentile	50^th Percentile	75^th Percentile
LSAT Scores	165	169	171
Undergraduate GPA	3.74	3.83	3.92

Berkeley School of Law 2023 Tuition & Fees

Berkeley School of Law tuition & fees is $62,567 for California residents and $74,995 for non-residents for the academic year 2022-2023. The average undergraduate tuition & fees other than law school at Berkeley School of Law is $14,850 for California residents and $45,627 for non-residents. For graduate schools, its average graduate tuition and fees is $15,261 for California residents and $30,363 for out-of-state students

Berkeley School of Law Tuition & Fees
	In-State	Out-of-State
Berkeley School of Law	$62,567	$74,995
Average Living Costs
Living Costs	$29,792
Books & Supplies	$1,496
Personal Expenses	$2,908
Average Costs at University of California-Berkeley
Undergraduate	$14,850	$45,627
Graduate	$15,261	$30,363

Acceptance Rate and Admission Statistics

Last year, total 7,948 students applied to Berkeley School of Law and 1,086 students accepted to admit to the school. Among the accepted students, 343 students finally enrolled to Berkeley School of Law. The acceptance rate is 12.47% and yield (enrollment rate) is 30%. With 41 deferred/pre-admitted students, Berkeley School of Law has 384 first-year class students for the academic year 2021-2022.

Berkeley School of Law 2024 Admission Statistics
	Number of Students
Applicants	7,948
Admitted	1,086
Enrolled	343
Acceptance Rate	12.47%
Yield (Enrollment Rate)	29.95%
Deferred / Previously Admitted	41
Total First Year Class Enrollment	384

Law Student Population

Berkeley School of Law has total 1,349 students for the academic year 2021-2022. Of the total students, 1,088 students enrolled in JD program and 147 enrolled in non-JD programs.

Total Enrollment at Berkeley School of Law
Total Enrollment	1,235
JD Enrollment	1,088
Non-JD Enrollment	147

Berkeley School of Law has 384 first-year, first-time students. By gender, there are 140 male and 234 female students. 10 student(s) with other type of gender. By attendance type, All students enrolled as the full-time status. The following table summarizes the first year enrollment by gender and attendance type at Berkeley School of Law.

First Year Student Enrollment at Berkeley School of Law
	Total	Full-time
Total	384	384
Men	140	140
Women	234	234
Other	10	10

First Time Bar Passage

Last year, total 329 students have graduated from Berkeley School of Law. Among them, 301 students (including exam takers from prior year and early first time takers) took the bar exam for the first time and 291 passed the exam. The first-time bar exam pass rate at Berkeley School of Law is 93.35% where the average pass rate of California is 78.58%.

First Time Bar Exam Takers and Pass Rate at Berkeley School of Law
Total Graduates	329
First-time Bar Exam Taker	301 (293 new graduates, 8 from prior year and 1 Early First Time Takers)
First-time Bar Exam Not Taker	36 (new graduates)
First-time Bar Exam Passers and Pass Rate	291 / 96.67%
Pass Rate at California	78.58%