Los Angeles, California
Southwestern Law School
- Accreditation
- ABA approved since 1970
- Institution type
- Private
- J.D. formats
- Full-time and Part-time and Distance education J.D.
- Median LSAT
- 157
- Median GPA
- 3.51
- Resident tuition
- $63,160
- First-year class
- 459
- Bar-required jobs
- 78.6%
- First-time bar passage
- 72.1%
Tuition & mandatory fees — 2025-2026
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 (2025)
- Covers
- Report year 2025
- Retrieved
- Sep 23, 2026
- Status
- Verified · Sep 23, 2026
| Program | Tuition | Fees |
|---|---|---|
| Full-time · resident | $63,160 | $0 |
| Full-time · nonresident | $63,160 | $0 |
| Part-time · resident | $42,124 | $0 |
| Part-time · nonresident | $42,124 | $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 (2025)
- Covers
- Report year 2025
- Retrieved
- Sep 23, 2026
- Status
- Verified · Sep 23, 2026
- Living on campus$36,413
- Living off campus$38,033
- Living at home$25,073
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$63,160
- Mandatory fees$0
- Living expenses (off campus, school estimate)$38,033
PreLaw Advisor total$101,193
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 (2025–2026 students)
Source
- Organization
- American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
- Document
- ABA Standard 509 compilation — Grants and Scholarships (2025)
- Covers
- Report year 2025
- Retrieved
- Sep 23, 2026
- Status
- Verified · Sep 23, 2026
| Measure | All | Full-time | Part-time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total students | 1,006 | 815 | 191 |
| Receiving grants | 722 | 563 | 159 |
| % receiving grants | 72% | 69% | 83% |
| Less than half tuition | 373 | 285 | 88 |
| Half to full tuition | 320 | 264 | 56 |
| Full tuition | 12 | 10 | 2 |
| More than full tuition | 17 | 4 | 13 |
| 25th percentile grant | Not applicable | $12,500 | $5,875 |
| Median grant | Not applicable | $29,166 | $19,975 |
| 75th percentile grant | Not applicable | $42,372 | $30,956 |
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 (2025)
- Covers
- Report year 2025
- Retrieved
- Sep 23, 2026
- Status
- Verified · Sep 23, 2026
The school reports offering conditional scholarships (awards that can be reduced or eliminated, e.g. for grades).
- Entering 2024-2025295 received · 142 reduced or eliminated
- Entering 2023-2024222 received · 108 reduced or eliminated
- Entering 2022-2023194 received · 100 reduced or eliminated
Figures are School reported to the ABA under Standard 509.