San Diego, California
California Western School of Law
- Accreditation
- ABA approved since 1962
- Institution type
- Private
- J.D. formats
- Full-time and Part-time J.D.
- Median LSAT
- 155
- Median GPA
- 3.50
- Resident tuition
- $64,720
- First-year class
- 242
- Bar-required jobs
- 74.1%
- First-time bar passage
- 71.4%
Tuition & mandatory fees — 2019-2020
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 (2019)
- Covers
- Report year 2019
- Retrieved
- Sep 23, 2026
- Status
- Verified · Sep 23, 2026
| Program | Tuition | Fees |
|---|---|---|
| Full-time · resident | $27,080 | $75 |
| Full-time · nonresident | $27,080 | $75 |
| Part-time · resident | $20,200 | $75 |
| Part-time · nonresident | $20,200 | $75 |
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 (2019)
- Covers
- Report year 2019
- Retrieved
- Sep 23, 2026
- Status
- Verified · Sep 23, 2026
- Living off campus$25,520
- Living at home$13,800
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$27,080
- Mandatory fees$75
- Living expenses (off campus, school estimate)$25,520
PreLaw Advisor total$52,675
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 (2019–2020 students)
Source
- Organization
- American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
- Document
- ABA Standard 509 compilation — Grants and Scholarships (2019)
- Covers
- Report year 2019
- Retrieved
- Sep 23, 2026
- Status
- Verified · Sep 23, 2026
| Measure | All | Full-time | Part-time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total students | 709 | 584 | 125 |
| Receiving grants | 539 | 433 | 106 |
| % receiving grants | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported |
| Less than half tuition | 198 | 152 | 46 |
| Half to full tuition | 246 | 197 | 49 |
| Full tuition | 88 | 77 | 11 |
| More than full tuition | 7 | 7 | 0 |
| 25th percentile grant | Not applicable | $19,620 | $12,866 |
| Median grant | Not applicable | $27,517 | $22,685 |
| 75th percentile grant | Not applicable | $47,088 | $33,405 |
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 (2019)
- Covers
- Report year 2019
- Retrieved
- Sep 23, 2026
- Status
- Verified · Sep 23, 2026
The report does not state whether conditional scholarships are offered.
- Entering 2017-2018164 received · 126 reduced or eliminated
- Entering 2016-2017191 received · 59 reduced or eliminated
- Entering 2015-2016259 received · 59 reduced or eliminated
Figures are School reported to the ABA under Standard 509.