Top California Law Schools Comparison

There are 18 ABA-accredited law schools in California. Of those schools, the top 5 schools present in the following table. The schools are ranked based on test scores, tuition, bar pass rate, and employment statistics. You can search all law schools in California at California law school search page.
The following list compares 5 schools with important law school statistics - Stanford Law School, Los Angeles School of Law, Gould School of Law, Berkeley School of Law, Irvine School of Law.
  • Gould School of Law's tuition is the most expensive ($88,436) and Irvine School of Law's tuition is the lowest ($76,396).
  • Stanford Law School offers the best financial aid of $52,797 which is 64.29% of tuition amount.
  • Stanford Law School has the lowest acceptance rate of 6.10%) and Irvine School of Law has the highest rate of 14.92%).
  • Stanford Law School has the highest LSAT score of 173 and Gould School of Law has the lowest score of 169.
  • Stanford Law School has the highest GPA of 3.96 and Irvine School of Law has the lowest GPA of 3.80.
  • Gould School of Law is the largest school with 1,543 enrolled students and Irvine School of Law is the smallest school with 532 students.
  • Stanford Law School has the highest bar exam pass rate of 96.50% and Irvine School of Law has the lowest rate of 85.53%.
  • Stanford Law School is the oldest school founded in 1893 and Irvine School of Law is the most recently founded in 2009.
  • Stanford Law School requires the most expensive application fees of $85.