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Los Angeles, California

University of Southern California Gould School of Law

Accreditation
ABA approved since 1924
Institution type
Private
J.D. formats
Full-time J.D.
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Median LSAT
169
Fall 2025 entering class
Median GPA
3.91
Fall 2025 entering class
Resident tuition
$84,034
Full-time, 2025-2026
First-year class
228
Enrolled fall 2025
Bar-required jobs
94.3%
Class of 2025, full-time long-term
First-time bar passage
94.1%
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.

Published class percentiles — fall 2025

LSAT25th 165 · Median 169 · 75th 170
LSAT: published 25th percentile 165, median 169, 75th percentile 170.
Undergraduate GPA25th 3.73 · Median 3.91 · 75th 3.97
Undergraduate GPA: published 25th percentile 3.73, median 3.91, 75th percentile 3.97.

Published percentiles describe the class that enrolled; they are not an admissions prediction and PreLaw Advisor does not estimate anyone’s chances. Sign in to compare your own numbers privately.

Median LSAT

1692025

2017: 1652018: 1662019: 1662020: 1672021: 1682022: 1682023: 1692024: 1692025: 169
Acceptance rate

11.2%2025

2017: 24.4%2018: 19.2%2019: 17.7%2020: 17.2%2021: 13.0%2022: 12.7%2023: 12.5%2024: 12.4%2025: 11.2%
Applications

7,2042025

2017: 4,8232018: 5,6952019: 5,6482020: 5,3272021: 6,8392022: 5,8672023: 4,8502024: 6,2032025: 7,204
First-time bar passage

94.1%2026

2018: 88.8%2019: 81.0%2020: 87.7%2021: 92.1%2022: 95.2%2023: 89.0%2024: 82.4%2025: 94.0%2026: 94.1%

Each line fits its own range, so it shows direction over time and cannot be compared with another school’s. Admissions figures use the ABA report year (the fall entering class); bar passage uses the report year, which covers the previous year’s graduates.