Golden Gate University

536 Mission Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
(415) 442-6630

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National Comparison: Overview of Facts

#1 in Public Sector Salary

GGU Law is tied for #1 in terms of median starting salary among graduates working in government jobs or judicial clerkships at the federal or state level ($90,518).

#9 in Presence of Minority Students

GGU Law ranks #9 in terms of the highest percentage of students who are racial or ethnic minority (65.5%).

#13 in Presence of Female Faculty

GGU Law is tied for #13 in terms of the highest percentage of faculty who are female (50.8%).

#24 in Presence of Minority Faculty

GGU Law ranks #24 in terms of the highest percentage of faculty who are racial or ethnic minority (20.5%).

#59 in Student to Faculty Ratio

GGU Law is tied for #59 in terms of lowest student to faculty ratio (6.2:1).

#63 in Private Sector Salary

GGU Law is tied for #63 in terms of the median starting salary among graduates working in private practice as law firm associates ($82,000).

#63 in Highest Tuition

GGU Law ranks #63 in terms of highest tuition among full-time law students ($50,000). 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.

#125 in Library Size

GGU Law ranks #125 in terms of library size with 350,762 volumes or equivalents.

#157 in Median LSAT

GGU Law is tied for #157 in terms of the median LSAT score (150) among those applicants granted admission who enrolled as full-time students. The LSAT measures reading comprehension, analytical reasoning, and logical reasoning.

#164 in Acceptance Rate

GGU Law ranks #164 in terms of student selectivity with an acceptance rate of 61.3% among those who applied for admission.

#185 in Bar Passage Rate

GGU Law ranks #185 in terms of bar passage rate among first-time test takers (47.6%), and it underperforms by -10.7% 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.)

#186 in Median Undergraduate GPA

GGU Law ranks #186 in terms of highest median undergraduate GPA (3.03) among those applicants granted admission who enrolled as full-time students.

Fall 2020 Application Information

Application Deadline: April 1
Application Fee: $60

Admissions Statistics

2020 2017
Acceptance Rate 61.3% 66.4%
LSAT Score (Median) 150 148
LSAT Score (25th-75th percentile) 147-152 145-151
GPA (Median) 3.03 3.00
GPA Range (25th-75th percentile) 2.65-3.30 2.72-3.28

Bar Exam Statistics

2020 2017
State in which most graduates took bar exam: CA CA
School's bar passage rate: 47.6% 45.1%
State overall bar passage rate: 58.3% 60.2%
School bar pass rate vs. state bar pass rate: -10.7% -15.1%

Employment Statistics

2020 2017
Graduates employed at graduation: N/A N/A
Graduates employed 10 months after graduation: 50.6% 31.7%

Tuition and Expenses

2020 2017
Tuition: $50,000 $46,850
Room and Board: $16,200 $14,850
Proportion of full-time students receiving grants: 82.0% 85.8%
Median grant amount among full-time students: $30,000 $20,000
Average indebtedness of those who incurred debt: $150,855 $143,740
Proportion of graduates who incurred debt: 78.3% 88.0%
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Students & Faculty

2020 2017
Total Students: 531 253
Men: 40.4% 37.2%
Women: 59.6% 62.8%
Student Racial Demographics:

White: 34.5% N/A
Black: 12.8% N/A
Hispanic: 24.7% N/A
Asian: 10.7% N/A
Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 6.2 : 1 N/A
Total Faculty: 122 N/A
Male: 49.2% N/A
Female: 50.8% N/A
Minority: 20.5% N/A

Full-Time Starting Salaries

2020 2017
Private Sector (Median): $82,000 $64,180
Public Sector (Median): $90,518 $52,808
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Library Resources

2020 2017
Volumes and equivalents: 350,762 348,189