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San Francisco, California

Golden Gate University School of Law

Accreditation
ABA approved — teach-out plan since 1956
Institution type
Private
J.D. formats
Full-time J.D.
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Median LSAT
153
Fall 2023 entering class
Median GPA
3.28
Fall 2023 entering class
Resident tuition
$1,750 / credit
Full-time, 2023-2024
First-year class
25
Enrolled fall 2023
Bar-required jobs
Not published
Class of 2022, full-time long-term
First-time bar passage
35.1%
2021 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.

First-time bar passage — 2021 graduates

Source
Organization
American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
Document
ABA Bar Passage compilation — first-time takers (2022 report)
Covers
Report year 2022
Retrieved
Sep 28, 2026
Status
Verified · Sep 28, 2026
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School pass rate
35.1%
Weighted jurisdiction rate
77%
Difference
-41.90 pts
First-time takers
154
54 passed

The weighted jurisdiction rate is the average first-time pass rate in the jurisdictions where this school’s graduates tested, weighted by the number of takers. It gives context for the school’s own rate.

First-time results by jurisdiction
JurisdictionTakersPassersSchool %Jurisdiction %Difference
California1345138.1%77%-38.93
11 Remaining Jurisdictions20315%76.3%-61.30

Ultimate bar passage — 2019 graduates

Source
Organization
American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
Document
ABA Bar Passage compilation — two-year ultimate (2022 report)
Covers
Report year 2022
Retrieved
Sep 28, 2026
Status
Verified · Sep 28, 2026
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Ultimate pass rate
66.7%
Within two years of graduation
Graduates
107
Takers
99
Passers
66

Ultimate passage counts graduates who passed any bar exam within two years of graduating. It is a different measure from first-time passage and covers an earlier graduating class.

First-time passage history

First-time pass rate by graduating class
Graduating classSchoolJurisdictions
202135.1%77%
202044.1%77.8%
201943.9%70.3%
201835.9%61.2%
201748.9%66.4%