Comparing UC Berkeley Law and Vanderbilt Law Side by Side

The following statements compares Berkeley School of Law (UC Berkeley Law) and Vanderbilt University Law School (Vanderbilt 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 Vanderbilt Law tuition of $81,492.
  • Vanderbilt Law offers the better financial aid of $32,792 which is 40.24% of tuition amount.
  • Vanderbilt Law acceptance rate of 14.84% is lower than UC Berkeley Law of 13.26%.
  • Both schools have same LSAT scores of 170 of 170.
  • UC Berkeley Law's GPA of 3.92 is higher than Vanderbilt Law of 3.91.
  • UC Berkeley Law with 1,128 students is larger than Vanderbilt Law with 656 students.
  • Vanderbilt Law has higher bar exam pass rate than UC Berkeley Law.
  • Vanderbilt Law founded in 1874 is older than UC Berkeley Law founded in 1894.
  • UC Berkeley Law requires more expensive application fees than Vanderbilt Law.