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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.

Tuition & mandatory fees — 2023-2024

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 (2023)
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Report year 2023
Retrieved
Sep 28, 2026
Status
Verified · Sep 28, 2026
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Tuition and fees by program and residency
ProgramTuitionFees
Full-time · per credit (resident)$1,750$300
Part-time · per credit (resident)$1,750$300

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 (2023)
Covers
Report year 2023
Retrieved
Sep 28, 2026
Status
Verified · Sep 28, 2026
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  • Living off campus$27,750
  • Living at home$27,750

Annual estimates for single students, as reported by the school. Books, transportation and insurance are not itemized in ABA disclosures.

Estimated annual cost (calculation)

Not published

Grants & scholarships (2023–2024 students)

Source
Organization
American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
Document
ABA Standard 509 compilation — Grants and Scholarships (2023)
Covers
Report year 2023
Retrieved
Sep 28, 2026
Status
Verified · Sep 28, 2026
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Grant recipients and amounts
MeasureAllFull-timePart-time
Total students298196102
Receiving grants21614472
% receiving grants72%73%71%
Less than half tuition916031
Half to full tuition19127
Full tuition1067234
More than full tuition000
25th percentile grantNot applicable$8,000$15,000
Median grantNot applicable$35,000$31,500
75th percentile grantNot applicable$56,000$51,000

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 (2023)
Covers
Report year 2023
Retrieved
Sep 28, 2026
Status
Verified · Sep 28, 2026
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The school reports offering conditional scholarships (awards that can be reduced or eliminated, e.g. for grades).

  • Entering 2022-20239 received · 5 reduced or eliminated
  • Entering 2021-2022126 received · 69 reduced or eliminated
  • Entering 2020-2021103 received · 69 reduced or eliminated

Figures are School reported to the ABA under Standard 509.