University of California–Berkeley

Director of admissions

Edward G. Tom

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

7,390

Total number of full- and part-time acceptances

838

Overall acceptance rate

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

270

Number of full-time program applicants

7,390

Number of full-time program acceptances

838

Full-time acceptance rate

11.3%

Number of first-year full-time students enrolled

270

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

3.7-3.92

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

164-170

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

82.4%

Statewide bar passage rate for first-time test takers

65.7%

Total graduates

305

Graduates employed at graduation

97.4%

Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation

25th percentile private sector starting salary

$160,000

Median private sector starting salary

$160,000

75th percentile private sector starting salary

$160,000

Percent in the private sector who reported salary information

95%

Median public service starting salary

$50,000

Percent employed in academia

0.3%

Percent employed in business and industry

2.4%

Percent employed in government

5.8%

Percent employed in all judicial clerkships

12.2%

Percent employed in law firms

69.2%

Percent employed in public interest

10.2%

Percent employed in an unknown field

0.0%

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

8.1%

Graduates employed in-state

72%

Graduates employed in foreign countries

2%

Number of states where graduates are employed

24

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

0.7%

Middle Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA)

8.5%

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

2.0%

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

0.7%

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

6.4%

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

1.0%

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

1.7%

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

74.6%

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

2.4%

Employment location unknown

0.0%

Career services operations: Each has practiced law and can offer real-world insights during individual sessions. We maintain online job listings and links to guides and webcasts on a variety of career exploration and job search subjects. We sponsor on campus interview and mock interview programs, provide resume, cover-letter and interview advice.

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

97.0%

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

0.7%

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)

2.4%

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)

0.0%