San Francisco, California
University of California – San Francisco
- Accreditation
- ABA approved since 1939
- Institution type
- Public
- J.D. formats
- Full-time J.D.
- Median LSAT
- 161
- Median GPA
- 3.71
- Resident tuition
- $53,087
- First-year class
- 380
- Bar-required jobs
- 87%
- First-time bar passage
- 86.3%
Tuition & mandatory fees — 2025-2026
Source
- Organization
- American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
- Document
- ABA Standard 509 compilation — Tuitions and Fees/Living Expenses/Cond. Scholarships (2025)
- Covers
- Report year 2025
- Retrieved
- Sep 23, 2026
- Status
- Verified · Sep 23, 2026
| Program | Tuition | Fees |
|---|---|---|
| Full-time · resident | $53,087 | $1,242 |
| Full-time · nonresident | $61,773 | $1,242 |
| Part-time · per credit (resident) | $2,212 | $1,242 |
Living expenses (school estimates)
Source
- Organization
- American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
- Document
- ABA Standard 509 compilation — Tuitions and Fees/Living Expenses/Cond. Scholarships (2025)
- Covers
- Report year 2025
- Retrieved
- Sep 23, 2026
- Status
- Verified · Sep 23, 2026
- Living on campus$34,466
- Living off campus$34,466
- Living at home$34,466
- Living on a military base$34,466
Annual estimates for single students, as reported by the school. Books, transportation and insurance are not itemized in ABA disclosures.
Estimated annual cost (calculation)
- Tuition$53,087
- Mandatory fees$1,242
- Living expenses (off campus, school estimate)$34,466
PreLaw Advisor total$88,795
Sum of the school-published figures above. It is not the school’s official cost of attendance and assumes no scholarship.
Model costs with your own scholarship offers →Grants & scholarships (2025–2026 students)
Source
- Organization
- American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
- Document
- ABA Standard 509 compilation — Grants and Scholarships (2025)
- Covers
- Report year 2025
- Retrieved
- Sep 23, 2026
- Status
- Verified · Sep 23, 2026
| Measure | All | Full-time | Part-time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total students | 1,087 | 1,087 | Not applicable |
| Receiving grants | 936 | 936 | Not applicable |
| % receiving grants | 86% | 86% | Not applicable |
| Less than half tuition | 722 | 722 | Not applicable |
| Half to full tuition | 202 | 202 | Not applicable |
| Full tuition | 0 | 0 | Not applicable |
| More than full tuition | 12 | 12 | Not applicable |
| 25th percentile grant | Not applicable | $10,000 | Not applicable |
| Median grant | Not applicable | $20,000 | Not applicable |
| 75th percentile grant | Not applicable | $25,000 | Not applicable |
The ABA publishes grant percentiles by full-time/part-time status only. These describe past awards; they do not indicate what any applicant will receive.
Conditional scholarships
Source
- Organization
- American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
- Document
- ABA Standard 509 compilation — Tuitions and Fees/Living Expenses/Cond. Scholarships (2025)
- Covers
- Report year 2025
- Retrieved
- Sep 23, 2026
- Status
- Verified · Sep 23, 2026
The school reports offering conditional scholarships (awards that can be reduced or eliminated, e.g. for grades).
- Entering 2024-2025304 received · 50 reduced or eliminated
- Entering 2023-2024250 received · 43 reduced or eliminated
- Entering 2022-2023267 received · 40 reduced or eliminated
Figures are School reported to the ABA under Standard 509.