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UCSC Law School Admission Statistics

A three-year comparison of UCSC applicants admitted to American Bar Association accredited law schools and national applicants. Information was provided by the Law School Admission Council.

Application Cycle APPLICANTS   ADMISSION RATES  
  National UCSC National UCSC
2019-2020 63, 384 173 70% 69%
2018-2019 63,015 152 70% 74%
2016-2017 56,410 152 75% 74%
2015-2016 56,500 138 76% 72%
2014-2015 54,500 154 78% 73%
2013-2014 55,700 156 78% 84%

UCSC Law School Admission Statistics for California Law Schools - 2019-2020 Application Cycle

Law School # of Applicants # Admitted Mean** LSAT Mean** GPA
California Western 21 15 152.5 3.11
Chapman University 26 5 151.8 3.22
Golden Gate University 28 18 150.1 3.00
Loyola Law School, L.A. 45 13 154.9 3.25
Pepperdine University 32 3 153.1 3.26
Santa Clara University 60 39 154 3.20
Southwestern University 28 14 152 3.10
Stanford University 14 1 155.1 3.29
Thomas Jefferson 5 4 146.2 2.98
UC Berkeley 40 3 158.4 3.37
UC Davis 66 13 156.5 3.31
UC Hastings, S. F. 93 43 155.5 3.27
UC Irvine School of Law  41 2 157.6 3.23
UCLA 35 3 159.9 3.31
University of La Verne 6 1 143.4 3.01
University of the Pacific, McGeorge 27 22 153.1 3.16
University of San Diego 37 15 155.2 3.29
University of San Francisco 41 23 151.2 3.07
USC Gould School of Law  28 1 158.8 3.25
Western State University 3 1 * *

UCSC 2019-2020 (Most recent report from LSAC.org) Application Cycle Law School Admission to Top 20 ( 2020 rankings) Law Schools Outside California
(Based on US News and World Report rankings) Note: Some schools are tied in the ranking.

Law School # of Applicants # Admitted Mean** LSAT Mean** GPA
#1 Yale University 7 0 * *
#2 Stanford University 14 1 155.1 3.29
#3 Harvard University 11 1 160.2 3.46
#4 Columbia 15 2 161.5 3.41
#4 University of Chicago 3 0 * *
#6 New York University 12 1 162.8 3.57
#7 University of Pennsylvania  3 0 * *
#8 University of Virginia 2 0 * *
#9 Northwestern University  6 1 167.3 3.17
#9 UC Berkeley 40 3 158.4 3.37
#9 University of Michigan 7 0 * *
#12 Duke University 3 1 * *
#13 Cornell University 3 0  *  *
#14 Georgetown University 15 1 160.3 3.38
#15 UCLA 35 3 159.9 3.31
#16 University of Texas 9 0 167.8 3.82
#17 Washington Univ. in St. Louis 3 0 * *
#18 USC Goud School of Law 28 1 158.8 3.25
#18 Vanderbilt University 5 0 * *
#20 Boston University 9 1 161.2 3.20

Note: 4 California schools made it to the Top 20 list

** - The average of the LSAT/GPA of student's admitted scores