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California Western School of Law

LSAT 153
GPA 3.35
Tuition & Fees $60,430
Acceptance Rate 49.26 %
First Time Bar Exam Pass Rate 53.49 %

California Western School of Law Overview

California Western School of Law, San Diego, CA
Established in 1924, California Western School of Law is a private (not-for-profit) law school located in San Diego, California. The 2025 tuition & fees of California Western School of Law is $60,430.
The acceptance rate of the school is 49.26% and yield is 25.26%. The average LSAT scores submitted by enrolled students is 153 and the average GPA is 3.35. Total 739 students are attending California Western School of Law and 220 of them is first-year students. Last year 199 graduate have taken the bar exam first time and 130 have passed the exam (the pass rate is 53.49%). You may want to check the general academic information of California Western School of Law at California Western School of Law academic page.

Average LSAT and GPA

246 enrolled students have submitted LSAT scores and its average LSAT score is 153 California Western School of Law. The average undergraduate GPA from 255 submitters is 3.35. The following table shows the LSAT Score and GPA in 25th, 50th, and 75th percentile.
California Western School of Law 2024 LSAT Scores and GPA
25th Percentile50th Percentile75th Percentile
Full-timePart-timeFull-timePart-timeFull-timePart-time
LSAT Scores151151153152155158
Undergraduate GPA2.9733.263.273.483.51

California Western School of Law 2023 Tuition & Fees

California Western School of Law tuition & fees is $60,430 for the academic year 2022-2023. The average undergraduate tuition & fees other than law school at California Western School of Law is $32,400. For graduate schools, its average graduate tuition and fees is $32,550
California Western School of Law Tuition & Fees
California Western School of Law$60,430
Average Living Costs
Living Costs$22,808
Books & Supplies$1,630
Personal Expenses$4,282
Average Costs at California Western School of Law
Graduate$32,550

Acceptance Rate and Admission Statistics

Last year, total 1,670 students applied to California Western School of Law and 936 students accepted to admit to the school. Among the accepted students, 238 students finally enrolled to California Western School of Law. The acceptance rate is 49.26% and yield (enrollment rate) is 25%. With 18 deferred/pre-admitted students, California Western School of Law has 256 first-year class students for the academic year 2021-2022.
California Western School of Law 2024 Admission Statistics
Number of Students
Applicants1,670
Admitted936
Enrolled238
Acceptance Rate49.26%
Yield (Enrollment Rate)25.26%
Deferred / Previously Admitted18
Total First Year Class Enrollment256

Law Student Population

California Western School of Law has total 739 students for the academic year 2021-2022. Of the total students, 653 students enrolled in JD program and 127 enrolled in non-JD programs.
Total Enrollment at California Western School of Law
Total Enrollment780
JD Enrollment653
Non-JD Enrollment127
California Western School of Law has 256 first-year, first-time students. By gender, there are 91 male and 140 female students. By attendance type, 194 students enrolled as full-time and 37 students as part-time status. The following table summarizes the first year enrollment by gender and attendance type at California Western School of Law.
First Year Student Enrollment at California Western School of Law
TotalFull-timePart-time
Total256 19437
Men91 829
Women140 11228

First Time Bar Passage

Last year, total 207 students have graduated from California Western School of Law. Among them, 199 students (including exam takers from prior year and early first time takers) took the bar exam for the first time and 130 passed the exam. The first-time bar exam pass rate at California Western School of Law is 53.49% where the average pass rate of California is 77.83%.
First Time Bar Exam Takers and Pass Rate at California Western School of Law
Total Graduates207
First-time Bar Exam Taker199
(189 new graduates, 10 from prior year)
First-time Bar Exam Not Taker18 (new graduates)
First-time Bar Exam Passers and Pass Rate130 / 65.33%
Pass Rate at California77.83%