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National Comparison: Overview of Facts

#4 in Public Sector Salary

USF Law is tied for #4 in terms of median starting salary among graduates working in government jobs or judicial clerkships at the federal or state level ($71,000).

#16 in Presence of Minority Students

USF Law ranks #16 in terms of the highest percentage of students who are racial or ethnic minority (58.9%).

#22 in Presence of Minority Faculty

USF Law ranks #22 in terms of the highest percentage of faculty who are racial or ethnic minority (21.4%).

#39 in Student to Faculty Ratio

USF Law is tied for #39 in terms of lowest student to faculty ratio (5.9:1).

#45 in Presence of Female Faculty

USF Law is tied for #45 in terms of the highest percentage of faculty who are female (44.6%).

#64 in Highest Tuition

USF Law ranks #64 in terms of highest tuition among full-time law students ($49,820). We rank from a total of 283 tuition rates from 194 law schools, ranking twice those law schools that have different in-state and out-of-state tuition rates.

#66 in Private Sector Salary

USF Law is tied for #66 in terms of the median starting salary among graduates working in private practice as law firm associates ($80,000).

#135 in Acceptance Rate

USF Law ranks #135 in terms of student selectivity with an acceptance rate of 55.5% among those who applied for admission.

#136 in Median LSAT

USF Law is tied for #136 in terms of the median LSAT score (152) among those applicants granted admission who enrolled as full-time students. The LSAT measures reading comprehension, analytical reasoning, and logical reasoning.

#152 in Library Size

USF Law ranks #152 in terms of library size with 277,275 volumes or equivalents.

#155 in Employment Rate at Graduation

#172 in Employment Rate at 10 Months
USF Law ranks #155 in terms of graduates employed at the time of graduation (25.5%) and #172 in terms of graduates employed ten months after graduation (60.8%).

#161 in Median Undergraduate GPA

USF Law ranks #161 in terms of highest median undergraduate GPA (3.19) among those applicants granted admission who enrolled as full-time students.

#182 in Bar Passage Rate

USF Law ranks #182 in terms of bar passage rate among first-time test takers (51.8%), and it underperforms by -6.5% the state of California’s overall bar passage rate of 58.3%. (A national comparison on this metric should be taken in a qualified sense and with caution, because every state has a different bar passage rate.)

Fall 2020 Application Information

Application Deadline: February 1
Application Fee: $60

Admissions Statistics

2020 2017
Acceptance Rate 55.5% 61.4%
LSAT Score (Median) 152 152
LSAT Score (25th-75th percentile) 151-155 149-154
GPA (Median) 3.19 3.12
GPA Range (25th-75th percentile) 2.96-3.42 2.85-3.38

Bar Exam Statistics

2020 2017
State in which most graduates took bar exam: CA CA
School's bar passage rate: 51.8% 62.1%
State overall bar passage rate: 58.3% 60.2%
School bar pass rate vs. state bar pass rate: -6.5% +1.9%

Employment Statistics

2020 2017
Graduates employed at graduation: 25.5% 22.8%
Graduates employed 10 months after graduation: 60.8% 46.7%

Tuition and Expenses

2020 2017
Tuition: $49,820 $46,860
Room and Board: $19,350 $18,000
Proportion of full-time students receiving grants: 57.1% 47.1%
Median grant amount among full-time students: $30,000 $23,000
Average indebtedness of those who incurred debt: $174,825 $162,434
Proportion of graduates who incurred debt: 80.6% 79.3%
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Students & Faculty

2020 2017
Total Students: 399 431
Men: 45.2% 45.5%
Women: 54.8% 54.5%
Student Racial Demographics:

White: 41.1% N/A
Black: 6.3% N/A
Hispanic: 27.1% N/A
Asian: 11.8% N/A
Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 5.9 : 1 N/A
Total Faculty: 112 N/A
Male: 55.4% N/A
Female: 44.6% N/A
Minority: 21.4% N/A

Full-Time Starting Salaries

2020 2017
Private Sector (Median): $80,000 $76,500
Public Sector (Median): $71,000 $56,750
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Library Resources

2020 2017
Volumes and equivalents: 277,275 280,268