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San Francisco, California

University of California – San Francisco

Accreditation
ABA approved since 1939
Institution type
Public
J.D. formats
Full-time J.D.
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Median LSAT
161
Fall 2025 entering class
Median GPA
3.71
Fall 2025 entering class
Resident tuition
$53,087
Full-time, 2025-2026
First-year class
380
Enrolled fall 2025
Bar-required jobs
87%
Class of 2025, full-time long-term
First-time bar passage
86.3%
2025 graduates

Latest verified values from ABA required disclosures. Each dataset describes a different class, as labelled. The job share is PreLaw Advisor’s arithmetic (full-time, long-term bar-passage-required positions ÷ total graduates), not an ABA-published figure.

Tuition & mandatory fees — 2024-2025

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 (2024)
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Report year 2024
Retrieved
Sep 23, 2026
Status
Verified · Sep 23, 2026
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Tuition and fees by program and residency
ProgramTuitionFees
Full-time · resident$49,383$1,242
Full-time · nonresident$56,871$1,242
Full-time · per credit (resident)$2,058$1,242
Part-time · per credit (resident)$2,058$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 (2024)
Covers
Report year 2024
Retrieved
Sep 23, 2026
Status
Verified · Sep 23, 2026
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  • Living on campus$33,136
  • Living off campus$33,136
  • Living at home$33,136

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$49,383
  • Mandatory fees$1,242
  • Living expenses (off campus, school estimate)$33,136
PreLaw Advisor total$83,761

Sum of the school-published figures above. It is not the school’s official cost of attendance and assumes no scholarship.

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Grants & scholarships (2024–2025 students)

Source
Organization
American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
Document
ABA Standard 509 compilation — Grants and Scholarships (2024)
Covers
Report year 2024
Retrieved
Sep 23, 2026
Status
Verified · Sep 23, 2026
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Grant recipients and amounts
MeasureAllFull-timePart-time
Total students1,1161,116Not applicable
Receiving grants944944Not applicable
% receiving grants85%85%Not applicable
Less than half tuition755755Not applicable
Half to full tuition179179Not applicable
Full tuition00Not applicable
More than full tuition1010Not applicable
25th percentile grantNot applicable$10,000Not applicable
Median grantNot applicable$18,377Not applicable
75th percentile grantNot applicable$25,000Not 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 (2024)
Covers
Report year 2024
Retrieved
Sep 23, 2026
Status
Verified · Sep 23, 2026
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The school reports offering conditional scholarships (awards that can be reduced or eliminated, e.g. for grades).

  • Entering 2023-2024250 received · 59 reduced or eliminated
  • Entering 2022-2023267 received · 40 reduced or eliminated
  • Entering 2021-2022285 received · 38 reduced or eliminated

Figures are School reported to the ABA under Standard 509.