Comparing UC San Francisco Law and Western State Law Side by Side

The following statements compares University of California College of the Law, San Francisco (UC San Francisco Law) and Western State College of Law (Western State 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 San Francisco Law tuition of $65,477 is more expensive than Western State Law tuition of $58,738.
  • Western State Law offers the better financial aid of $23,616 which is 40.21% of tuition amount.
  • UC San Francisco Law acceptance rate of 43.67% is lower than Western State Law of 27.48%.
  • UC San Francisco Law's LSAT score of 161 is higher than Western State Law of 152.
  • UC San Francisco Law's GPA of 3.71 is higher than Western State Law of 3.36.
  • UC San Francisco Law with 1,155 students is larger than Western State Law with 355 students.
  • UC San Francisco Law has higher bar exam pass rate than Western State Law.
  • UC San Francisco Law founded in 1878 is older than Western State Law founded in 1966.