Law School Transparency
2015 State of Legal Education

University of California - Berkeley

Berkeley, CA [Public]

Admissions, Retention, and Bar Passage

2010
162 Minimal LSAT 25th
167 Minimal LSAT 50th
GPA
 25th
 3.64
GPA
 50th
 3.79
GPA
 75th
 3.87
85.7% 1st Time Bar
Pass Rate ? 2013
2011
164 Minimal LSAT 25th
167 Minimal LSAT 50th
GPA
 25th
 3.62
GPA
 50th
 3.79
GPA
 75th
 3.88
87.85% 1st Time Bar
Pass Rate ? 2014
2014
164 Minimal LSAT 25th
167 Minimal LSAT 50th
GPA
 25th
 3.67
GPA
 50th
 3.79
GPA
 75th
 3.88
??? 1st Time Bar
Pass Rate ? 2017
2015
162 Minimal LSAT 25th
166 Minimal LSAT 50th
GPA
 25th
 3.66
GPA
 50th
 3.78
GPA
 75th
 3.90
??? 1st Time Bar
Pass Rate ? 2018
Entering Year Academic Attrition
Post-1L Post-2L Combined
2010 0%
0.3%
0.3%
2011
0.4%
0%
0.4%
2012
0%		 0%
0%
2013
0.4%
0.4%
0.7%
2014 0.4% ??? ???
2015
0%		 0%
0%
 
 
 
 
1L Enrollment +2.8%Since 2010
 
% Admitted +7%Since 2011
 

Job Outcomes + Tuition Paid

 

LT: Long Term FT: Full Time BPR: Bar Passage Req. JD Adv: JD Advantage Pro: Professional

Class Total Tuition Long Term, Full Time Jobs
Bar Req. JD Adv. or Prof.
2011 Resident: $111,094
Non-Res: $143,585		 80% 4.8%
2012 Resident: $130,314
Non-Res: $154,767
85.9%		 4.8%
2013 Resident: $142,475
Non-Res: $158,634
86.7%
4%
2014 Resident: $146,289
Non-Res: $158,398
92.3%
3.1%

Total tuition includes tuition for a full-time student who completed three years of law school on time. The total does not include cost of living, cost of borrowing, or accrued interest during school and before the first debt repayment. More details on debt-financing available here.

Tuition Change

Non-Resident Tuition+28.2%Since 2008
Resident Tuition+68.1%Since 2008
 

Total Federal Investment

 
Graduating Class Avg. Loan Disbursement % Borrowing Total Federal Investment
Class of 2010 296 graduates $91,277 85% $23,001,804
Class of 2011 310 graduates $104,198 87.4% $28,237,658
Class of 2012 312 graduates $115,349 79.4% $28,606,552
Class of 2013 301 graduates $141,358 82% $34,915,426
Class of 2014 287 graduates $143,546 78% $32,154,304

University of California - Berkeley declined to make available important information about its J.D. graduates' debt, thus at least one year of data is missing from the TFI table and chart.

Total federal investment does not include money borrowed by J.D. students who left school through attrition, transfer, or otherwise. Neither does it include money borrowed for non-JD coursework at the law school. More info on total federal investment available here.