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San Francisco, California

University of San Francisco School of Law

Accreditation
ABA approved since 1935
Institution type
Private
J.D. formats
Full-time and Part-time J.D.
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Median LSAT
155
Fall 2025 entering class
Median GPA
3.47
Fall 2025 entering class
Resident tuition
$59,800
Full-time, 2025-2026
First-year class
201
Enrolled fall 2025
Bar-required jobs
76.3%
Class of 2025, full-time long-term
First-time bar passage
80.9%
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.

First-time bar passage — 2025 graduates

Source
Organization
American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
Document
ABA Bar Passage compilation — first-time takers (2026 report)
Covers
Report year 2026
Retrieved
Sep 23, 2026
Status
Verified · Sep 23, 2026
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School pass rate
80.9%
Weighted jurisdiction rate
82.6%
Difference
-1.76 pts
First-time takers
115
93 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
California1108980.9%82.7%-1.76
4 Remaining Jurisdictions5480%80.4%-0.41

Ultimate bar passage — 2023 graduates

Source
Organization
American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
Document
ABA Bar Passage compilation — two-year ultimate (2026 report)
Covers
Report year 2026
Retrieved
Sep 23, 2026
Status
Verified · Sep 23, 2026
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Ultimate pass rate
92.8%
Within two years of graduation
Graduates
87
Takers
83
Passers
77

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
202580.9%82.6%
202474.6%77.7%
202367.4%72.4%
202258.1%72.3%
202165.8%77%
202077.8%77.8%
201938.6%69.2%
201833.3%61.2%
201752.1%66.6%