University of California–Los Angeles

Director of admissions

Robert Schwartz

Application deadline

02/01

Full-time program application fee

$75

Part-time program application fee

N/A

Besides the fall semester, can enter in

N/A

Total number of full- and part-time applicants

8,007

Total number of full- and part-time acceptances

1,331

Overall acceptance rate

Total number of full- and part-time first-year students enrolled

304

Number of full-time program applicants

8,007

Number of full-time program acceptances

1,331

Full-time acceptance rate

16.6%

Number of first-year full-time students enrolled

304

Number of part-time program applicants

N/A

Number of part-time program acceptances

N/A

Part-time acceptance rate

N/A

Number of first-year part-time students enrolled

N/A

25th-75th percentile GPA scores for all students

25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for all students

25th-75th percentile undergraduate GPA for full-time students

3.49-3.87

25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for full-time students

164-169

25th-75th percentile undergraduate GPA for part-time students

N/A

25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for part-time students

N/A

State where the greatest number of first-time test takers took the bar

CA

School’s bar passage rate for first-time test takers

85.9%

Statewide bar passage rate for first-time test takers

65.7%

Total graduates

323

Graduates employed at graduation

97.5%

Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation

25th percentile private sector starting salary

$125,000

Median private sector starting salary

$160,000

75th percentile private sector starting salary

$160,000

Percent in the private sector who reported salary information

87%

Median public service starting salary

$58,262

Percent employed in academia

3.7%

Percent employed in business and industry

8.8%

Percent employed in government

7.8%

Percent employed in all judicial clerkships

11.0%

Percent employed in law firms

59.3%

Percent employed in public interest

8.8%

Percent employed in an unknown field

0.6%

Percent employed in a judicial clerkship by an Article III federal judge

6.0%

Graduates employed in-state

79%

Graduates employed in foreign countries

1%

Number of states where graduates are employed

22

New England (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT)

1.3%

Middle Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA)

6.6%

East North Central (IL, IN, MI, OH, WI)

2.8%

West North Central (IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD)

0.0%

South Atlantic (DE, DC, FL, GA, MD, NC, SC, VA, WV)

2.8%

East South Central (AL, KY, MS, TN)

0.6%

West South Central (AR, LA, OK, TX)

0.3%

Pacific (AK, CA, HI, OR, WA)

81.5%

Mountain (AZ, CO, ID, MT, NV, NM, UT, WY)

2.2%

Employment location unknown

1.3%

Career services operations: The Office of Career Services provides students with the tools and strategies necessary to make informed decisions about the myriad of employment opportunities and career paths available to them, including: On Campus Interview Program, Public Interest Career Day, Government Reception, Judicial Clerkship Program, Small/Mid Sized Law Firm Reception, Diversity Reception and Externship Program.

Bar admission required or anticipated (e.g., attorney and corporate counsel positions, law clerks, judicial clerks)

88.1%

J.D. preferred, law degree enhances position (e.g., corporate contracts administrator, alternative dispute resolution specialist, government regulatory analyst, FBI special agent)

6.3%

Professional/other (jobs that require professional skills or training but for which a J.D. is neither preferred nor particularly applicable; e.g., accountant, teacher, business manager, nurse)

3.1%

Nonprofessional/other (job that does not require any professional skills or training or is taken on a temporary basis and not viewed as part of a career path)

1.6%