Comparing UC Berkeley Law and BU Law Side by Side

The following statements compares Berkeley School of Law (UC Berkeley Law) and Boston University School of Law (BU Law) with important law school statistics. All data is for the academic year 2025-2026, except bar passage and employment data for 2024-2025.
  • UC Berkeley Law tuition of $84,476 is more expensive than BU Law tuition of $74,582.
  • BU Law offers the better financial aid of $29,000 which is 38.88% of tuition amount.
  • BU Law acceptance rate of 14.84% is lower than UC Berkeley Law of 12.08%.
  • Both schools have same LSAT scores of 170 of 170.
  • UC Berkeley Law's GPA of 3.92 is higher than BU Law of 3.88.
  • UC Berkeley Law with 1,128 students is larger than BU Law with 1,084 students.
  • BU Law has higher bar exam pass rate than UC Berkeley Law.
  • BU Law founded in 1872 is older than UC Berkeley Law founded in 1894.
  • BU Law requires more expensive application fees than BU Law.