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Sacramento, California

McGeorge School of Law

Accreditation
ABA approved since 1969
Institution type
Private
J.D. formats
Full-time and Part-time J.D.
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Median LSAT
156
Fall 2025 entering class
Median GPA
3.52
Fall 2025 entering class
Resident tuition
$62,678
Full-time, 2025-2026
First-year class
213
Enrolled fall 2025
Bar-required jobs
68.9%
Class of 2025, full-time long-term
First-time bar passage
71.1%
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 — 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 23, 2026
Status
Verified · Sep 23, 2026
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Tuition and fees by program and residency
ProgramTuitionFees
Full-time · resident$57,358$430
Full-time · nonresident$57,358$430
Part-time · resident$38,094$430
Part-time · nonresident$38,094$430
Full-time · per credit (resident)$1,950$430
Part-time · per credit (resident)$1,950$430

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 23, 2026
Status
Verified · Sep 23, 2026
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  • Living on campus$26,881
  • Living off campus$30,373
  • Living at home$20,095

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$57,358
  • Mandatory fees$430
  • Living expenses (off campus, school estimate)$30,373
PreLaw Advisor total$88,161

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 (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 23, 2026
Status
Verified · Sep 23, 2026
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Grant recipients and amounts
MeasureAllFull-timePart-time
Total students51041892
Receiving grants46437688
% receiving grants91%90%96%
Less than half tuition23118249
Half to full tuition13511025
Full tuition988414
More than full tuition000
25th percentile grantNot applicable$3,906$3,500
Median grantNot applicable$28,679$12,721
75th percentile grantNot applicable$51,139$29,458

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 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 2022-202395 received · 29 reduced or eliminated
  • Entering 2021-2022104 received · 32 reduced or eliminated
  • Entering 2020-2021112 received · 40 reduced or eliminated

Figures are School reported to the ABA under Standard 509.