Loyola Marymount University-Los Angeles School of Law is a private law school in California. In the most recent ABA Standard 509 cycle it reported a 84.19% first-time bar passage rate (state average 77.7%). 91.0% of graduates landed full-time, long-term JD-required or JD-advantage jobs, and 19.6% joined large firms of 251+ attorneys. Resident tuition is $70,360 per year; a median grant of $45,000 brings median net tuition to about $25,360. The median LSAT is 163 with a 26.1% acceptance rate.
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 school84.19%
State avg77.7%
first-time +6.5 pts vs state · 2-yr ultimate 93.52% · class of 2025 first-time 79.72% (reported early 2026) · Different cohort than the admissions class above.
Admissions · 25 / 50 / 75
LSATmedian 163
160165
uGPAmedian 3.74
3.523.89
Applications → offers → enrolled
Applied4,549
Offered1,185
Enrolled 1L338
Offer rate 26% · yield 29%.
Grant distribution
No grant 38.3%Under half 14.3%Half to full 46%Stipend 1.4%
Demographics
Women 61%Men 39%
White
464
Black
58
Hispanic
238
Asian
162
Two or more
59
Other / unreported
19
Cost detail
Resident tuition
$70,360
Non-resident
$70,360
Mandatory fees
$1,026
Living estimate
$43,030
Median grant
$45,000
Grant 25 / 75
$35,000 / $52,000
Cond. schol. loss
—
Faculty & market
Total faculty
198
Full-time faculty
78
Faculty of color
58
Total JD enrollment
1,000
Graduates
300
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)
160 / 163 / 165
uGPA (25 / 50 / 75)
3.52 / 3.74 / 3.89
Acceptance rate
26.1%
Applications received
4,549
Offers extended
1,185
1L enrollment
338
Total JD enrollment
1,000
GRE-only takers
1
1L attrition (academic / other)
9 / 2
Transfers in / out
13 / 10
Cost & scholarships
Resident tuition
$70,360
Non-resident tuition
$70,360
Mandatory fees
$1,026
Living-expense estimate
$43,030
Median grant
$45,000
Grant 25 / 75 percentile
$35,000 / $52,000
No-grant share
38.3%
< half-tuition grants
14.3%
Half-to-full grants
46.0%
Full-tuition grants
0.0%
Above-full grants (stipend)
1.4%
Conditional-scholarship loss rate
—
Part-time JD
Part-time 1L enrollment
51
PT LSAT (25 / 50 / 75)
158 / 162 / 165
PT uGPA (25 / 50 / 75)
3.34 / 3.53 / 3.73
Part-time tuition
$52,220
Part-time JD figures, most recent ABA 509 cycle.
Bar passage
First-Time Bar (2024 cohort)
84.19%
Two-Year Ultimate Bar
93.52%
State average (same exam)
77.7%
Difference vs. state
+6.5 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 Loyola Marymount University-Los Angeles School of Law?
Loyola Marymount University-Los Angeles School of Law reported a 84.19% first-time bar passage rate in the most recent ABA Standard 509 disclosure, versus a 77.7% state average.
How much does Loyola Marymount University-Los Angeles School of Law cost?
Resident tuition at Loyola Marymount University-Los Angeles School of Law is $70,360 per year (about $211,080 over three years). The median grant is $45,000, bringing median net tuition to roughly $25,360 per year.
What LSAT and GPA do you need for Loyola Marymount University-Los Angeles School of Law?
The median (50th-percentile) LSAT at Loyola Marymount University-Los Angeles School of Law is 163 and the median GPA is 3.74; the acceptance rate is 26.1%.
What are the job outcomes at Loyola Marymount University-Los Angeles School of Law?
91.0% of Loyola Marymount University-Los Angeles School of Law graduates held full-time, long-term JD-required or JD-advantage jobs about ten months after graduation. 19.6% joined large firms of 251+ attorneys. 4.7% 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.