UC Berkeley School of Law is a public law school in California. In the most recent ABA Standard 509 cycle it reported a 91.16% first-time bar passage rate (state average 79.9%). 97.2% of graduates landed full-time, long-term JD-required or JD-advantage jobs, and 60.7% joined large firms of 251+ attorneys. Resident tuition is $62,532 per year; a median grant of $31,158 brings median net tuition to about $31,374. The median LSAT is 170 with a 14.8% acceptance rate.
No placements reported (0%): Solo. These shares count where every employed graduate landed, by sector and firm size, across all job types; they can total more than the full-time long-term (FTLT) employment headline, which counts only the stricter full-time, long-term, JD-required or JD-advantage subset.
Bar passage · first-time
This school91.16%
State avg79.9%
first-time +11.2 pts vs state · 2-yr ultimate 98.58% · class of 2025 first-time 94.79% (reported early 2026) · Different cohort than the admissions class above.
Admissions · 25 / 50 / 75
LSATmedian 170
167172
uGPAmedian 3.92
3.843.99
Applications → offers → enrolled
Applied6,562
Offered974
Enrolled 1L374
Offer rate 15% · yield 38%.
Grant distribution
No grant 14.1%Under half 48.5%Half to full 28%Full 0.4%Stipend 9%
Demographics
Women 64%Men 36%
White
516
Black
51
Hispanic
130
Asian
293
Two or more
106
Other / unreported
32
Cost detail
Resident tuition
$62,532
Non-resident
$76,149
Mandatory fees
$3,842
Living estimate
$45,866
Median grant
$31,158
Grant 25 / 75
$20,000 / $42,245
Cond. schol. loss
—
Faculty & market
Total faculty
302
Full-time faculty
109
Faculty of color
68
Total JD enrollment
1,128
Graduates
283
Mean attorney salary · state
$213,860
Trajectory since 2011
LSAT · 25-75 band
Middle-50% LSAT band by entering class.
uGPA · 25-75 band
Middle-50% uGPA band by entering class.
First-time bar passage
First-time bar passage rate by year.
Full-time resident tuition
Sticker resident tuition by year.
Total JD enrollment
Total JD enrollment by year.
Admissions
LSAT (25 / 50 / 75)
167 / 170 / 172
uGPA (25 / 50 / 75)
3.84 / 3.92 / 3.99
Acceptance rate
14.8%
Applications received
6,562
Offers extended
974
1L enrollment
374
Total JD enrollment
1,128
GRE-only takers
6
1L attrition (academic / other)
0 / 0
Transfers in / out
44 / 10
Cost & scholarships
Resident tuition
$62,532
Non-resident tuition
$76,149
Mandatory fees
$3,842
Living-expense estimate
$45,866
Median grant
$31,158
Grant 25 / 75 percentile
$20,000 / $42,245
No-grant share
14.1%
< half-tuition grants
48.5%
Half-to-full grants
28.0%
Full-tuition grants
0.4%
Above-full grants (stipend)
9.0%
Conditional-scholarship loss rate
—
Bar passage
First-Time Bar (2024 cohort)
91.16%
Two-Year Ultimate Bar
98.58%
State average (same exam)
79.9%
Difference vs. state
+11.2 pts
Different cohorts: first-time bar passage reflects graduates who entered law school about three years before the current admissions class shown above. Read the two as separate snapshots, not a single pipeline.
What is the first-time bar passage rate at UC Berkeley School of Law?
UC Berkeley School of Law reported a 91.16% first-time bar passage rate in the most recent ABA Standard 509 disclosure, versus a 79.9% state average.
How much does UC Berkeley School of Law cost?
Resident tuition at UC Berkeley School of Law is $62,532 per year (about $187,596 over three years). The median grant is $31,158, bringing median net tuition to roughly $31,374 per year.
What LSAT and GPA do you need for UC Berkeley School of Law?
The median (50th-percentile) LSAT at UC Berkeley School of Law is 170 and the median GPA is 3.92; the acceptance rate is 14.8%.
What are the job outcomes at UC Berkeley School of Law?
97.2% of UC Berkeley School of Law graduates held full-time, long-term JD-required or JD-advantage jobs about ten months after graduation. 60.7% joined large firms of 251+ attorneys. 0.7% were still seeking employment.
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Data from the ABA Standard 509 disclosures, self-reported by law schools and not guaranteed (raw data may have errors or omissions). State attorney-salary context: U.S. BLS OEWS 2024 (SOC 23-1011); cost-of-living: U.S. BEA Regional Price Parities. How the data is sourced & validated: Methodology. Unfamiliar with a term (FTLT, net tuition, bimodal)? Glossary. Copyright basis & permitted use: Terms.