Hastings College of the Law

Hastings College of the Law Overview

Established in 1878, Hastings College of the Law is a public law school at University of California-Hastings College of Law. The 2025 tuition & fees of Hastings College of the Law is $48,273 for California residents and $55,207 for out-of-state students.

The acceptance rate of the school is 28.95% and yield is 31.07%. The average LSAT scores submitted by enrolled students is 160 and the average GPA is 3.59. Total 1,177 students are attending Hastings College of the Law and 366 of them is first-year students. Last year 267 graduate have taken the bar exam first time and 227 have passed the exam (the pass rate is 70.92%). You may want to check the general academic information of Hastings College of the Law at University of California-Hastings College of Law academic page.

Average LSAT and GPA

392 enrolled students have submitted LSAT scores and its average LSAT score is 160 Hastings College of the Law. The average undergraduate GPA from 391 submitters is 3.59. The following table shows the LSAT Score and GPA in 25^th, 50^th, and 75^th percentile.

Hastings College of the Law 2024 LSAT Scores and GPA
	25^th Percentile	50^th Percentile	75^th Percentile
LSAT Scores	157	160	162
Undergraduate GPA	3.3	3.52	3.69

Hastings College of the Law 2023 Tuition & Fees

Hastings College of the Law tuition & fees is $48,273 for California residents and $55,207 for non-residents for the academic year 2022-2023.

Hastings College of the Law Tuition & Fees
	In-State	Out-of-State
Hastings College of the Law	$48,273	$55,207
Average Living Costs
Living Costs	$23,071
Books & Supplies	$1,496
Personal Expenses	$2,697

Acceptance Rate and Admission Statistics

Last year, total 4,415 students applied to Hastings College of the Law and 1,238 students accepted to admit to the school. Among the accepted students, 384 students finally enrolled to Hastings College of the Law. The acceptance rate is 28.95% and yield (enrollment rate) is 31%. With 13 deferred/pre-admitted students, Hastings College of the Law has 397 first-year class students for the academic year 2021-2022.

Hastings College of the Law 2024 Admission Statistics
	Number of Students
Applicants	4,415
Admitted	1,238
Enrolled	384
Acceptance Rate	28.95%
Yield (Enrollment Rate)	31.07%
Deferred / Previously Admitted	13
Total First Year Class Enrollment	397

Law Student Population

Hastings College of the Law has total 1,177 students for the academic year 2021-2022. Of the total students, 1,087 students enrolled in JD program and 37 enrolled in non-JD programs.

Total Enrollment at Hastings College of the Law
Total Enrollment	1,124
JD Enrollment	1,087
Non-JD Enrollment	37

Hastings College of the Law has 397 first-year, first-time students. By gender, there are 169 male and 234 female students. 2 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 Hastings College of the Law.

First Year Student Enrollment at Hastings College of the Law
	Total	Full-time
Total	397	405
Men	169	169
Women	234	234
Other	2	2

First Time Bar Passage

Last year, total 294 students have graduated from Hastings College of the Law. Among them, 267 students (including exam takers from prior year and early first time takers) took the bar exam for the first time and 227 passed the exam. The first-time bar exam pass rate at Hastings College of the Law is 70.92% where the average pass rate of California is 77.95%.

First Time Bar Exam Takers and Pass Rate at Hastings College of the Law
Total Graduates	294
First-time Bar Exam Taker	267 (250 new graduates, 17 from prior year)
First-time Bar Exam Not Taker	44 (new graduates)
First-time Bar Exam Passers and Pass Rate	227 / 85.02%
Pass Rate at California	77.95%