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Santa Clara, California

Santa Clara University Law School

Accreditation
ABA approved since 1937
Institution type
Private
J.D. formats
Full-time and Part-time J.D.
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Median LSAT
159
Fall 2025 entering class
Median GPA
3.50
Fall 2025 entering class
Resident tuition
$2,260 / credit
Full-time, 2025-2026
First-year class
256
Enrolled fall 2025
Bar-required jobs
75.3%
Class of 2025, full-time long-term
First-time bar passage
82%
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 — 2021-2022

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 (2021)
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Report year 2021
Retrieved
Sep 23, 2026
Status
Verified · Sep 23, 2026
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Tuition and fees by program and residency
ProgramTuitionFees
Full-time · per credit (resident)$1,956$0
Part-time · per credit (resident)$1,956$0

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 (2021)
Covers
Report year 2021
Retrieved
Sep 23, 2026
Status
Verified · Sep 23, 2026
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  • Living on campus$36,382
  • Living off campus$36,382
  • Living at home$36,382

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 (2021–2022 students)

Source
Organization
American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
Document
ABA Standard 509 compilation — Grants and Scholarships (2021)
Covers
Report year 2021
Retrieved
Sep 23, 2026
Status
Verified · Sep 23, 2026
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Grant recipients and amounts
MeasureAllFull-timePart-time
Total students730730Not applicable
Receiving grants404364Not applicable
% receiving grantsNot reportedNot reportedNot applicable
Less than half tuition250230Not applicable
Half to full tuition132115Not applicable
Full tuition2219Not applicable
More than full tuition00Not applicable
25th percentile grantNot applicable$15,000Not applicable
Median grantNot applicable$25,000Not applicable
75th percentile grantNot applicable$35,000Not 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 (2021)
Covers
Report year 2021
Retrieved
Sep 23, 2026
Status
Verified · Sep 23, 2026
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The report does not state whether conditional scholarships are offered.

  • Entering 2019-2020154 received · 55 reduced or eliminated
  • Entering 2018-2019129 received · 24 reduced or eliminated
  • Entering 2017-2018150 received · 59 reduced or eliminated

Figures are School reported to the ABA under Standard 509.