UC Berkeley Law vs. Western State Law

The following statements compares Berkeley School of Law (UC Berkeley Law) and Western State College of Law (Western State Law) with important law school statistics. All data is for the academic year 2023-2024, except bar passage and employment data for 2022-2023.
  • UC Berkeley Law tuition of $74,995 is more expensive than Western State Law tuition of $49,848.
  • Western State Law offers the better financial aid of $30,720 which is 61.63% of tuition amount.
  • UC Berkeley Law acceptance rate of 45.14% is lower than Western State Law of 14.92%.
  • UC Berkeley Law's LSAT score of 170 is higher than Western State Law of 152.
  • UC Berkeley Law's GPA of 3.87 is higher than Western State Law of 3.16.
  • UC Berkeley Law with 1,302 students is larger than Western State Law with 332 students.
  • UC Berkeley Law has higher bar exam pass rate than Western State Law.
  • UC Berkeley Law founded in 1894 is older than Western State Law founded in 1966.
  • UC Berkeley Law requires more expensive application fees than Western State Law.