Comparing UC San Francisco Law and USC Law Side by Side

The following statements compares Gould School of Law (USC Law) and University of California College of the Law, San Francisco (UC San Francisco Law) with important law school statistics. All data is for the academic year 2025-2026, except bar passage and employment data for 2024-2025.
  • USC Law tuition of $88,436 is more expensive than UC San Francisco Law tuition of $65,477.
  • USC Law offers the better financial aid of $40,092 which is 45.33% of tuition amount.
  • USC Law acceptance rate of 27.48% is lower than UC San Francisco Law of 11.17%.
  • USC Law's LSAT score of 169 is higher than UC San Francisco Law of 161.
  • USC Law's GPA of 3.91 is higher than UC San Francisco Law of 3.71.
  • USC Law with 1,543 students is larger than UC San Francisco Law with 1,155 students.
  • USC Law has higher bar exam pass rate than UC San Francisco Law.
  • UC San Francisco Law founded in 1878 is older than USC Law founded in 1896.
  • Both schools require the same amount of application fee of $75.