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UC Davis Law School

Rank 37 (USNWR 2022)
165
Median LSAT
3.7
Median GPA
28.3%
Acceptance rate

Also known as

  • UC Davis Law School
  • University of California—Davis
  • CALIFORNIA-DAVIS, UNIVERSITY OF
  • UCD UCDavis

UC Davis Law School is a law school located in Davis, California. The school was ranked 37 in 2022 by USNWR. Annual enrollment for UC Davis Law School is approximately 265.

Admissions website: https://law.ucdavis.edu/admissions

Admissions email: admissions@law.ucdavis.edu

Admissions phone: 530.752.6477

Can I get into UC Davis Law School with aGPA andLSAT?

UC Davis Law School Key Statistics

Previous year ABA 509 data
Percentiles 25 50 75
LSAT 160 165 167
GPA 3.44 3.7 3.82
Miscellaneous Count Percentile
# Applications 3733 82
# Admissions offers 1055 -
Class size 265 78
% Accepted 28.3% 75
% Yield 24.6% 21

During the 2022 application cycle, 3,733 people applied and 1,055 were offered admission.

University of California—Davis has a 1L class size of 265, and yield of 24.64%. 260 out of 1,055 applicants who were offered admission accepted, meaning that 24.64% of the people who were offered admission ended up attending the school.

The 1L class at University of California—Davis has a median LSAT of 165. The 25th percentile LSAT is 160 and the 75th percentile LSAT is 167.

The median GPA is 3.7. The 25th percentile GPA is 3.44 and the 75th percentile GPA is 3.82.

UC Davis Law School LSAT & GPA graph for 2021-2022

LSD has stats for 521 applicants for the 2021-2022 application cycle.

The graphs show applicant results plotted against GPA and LSAT. The dotted lines on the graphs represent the 25/50/75th percentiles reported by the school in their ABA 509 report from the previous year.

Each data point represents an LSD user that shared their application results for the benefit of future applicants.

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25th, 50th, 75th refer to percentiles from last year's admitted class
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How much does UC Davis Law School cost per year?

$62,593.00
Tuition
83rd percentile
$51,650.00
In-state tuition
$88,181.00
CoA
82nd percentile
73.60%
Grads with debt
$112,101.00
Average debt
$90,000.00
Salary, 25th %
$110,000.00
Salary
$60,000.00
PI Salary
65.60%
Employment rate
88.10%
Bar pass rate

Cost of attending UC Davis Law School

In 2022, tuition was $62,593 and the annual cost of attending was $88,181 (tuition plus living expenses).

Cost of Attendance (CoA) is the estimated total amount you will have to spend every year to go to school. Unlike tuition, CoA includes expenses like rent, food, and insurance.

UC Davis Law School employment outcomes

JD graduates from University of California—Davis make $110,000 (median) upon graduation if they work in the private sector. If they go into the private sector, a grad can expect to make $60,000.

58.2% of law graduates from University of California—Davis go directly to work for law firms, while 6.0% clerk for a judge. 14.2% of graduates go into public interest.

88.1% of University of California—Davis graduates pass the bar on their first try.

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Some interesting facts about UC Davis Law School

The School of Law at the University of California, Davis, is one of the world’s leading law schools. We are proud of our history of outstanding scholarship, teaching, and real-world impact. Founded more than 50 years ago and named after Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., King Hall provides a beautiful home for UC Davis School of Law and welcomes students from around the world into its diverse, intellectually rigorous, and distinctly supportive community. Faculty, fellow students, and our alumni form a lifelong professional and personal global network. Join us and follow the dream!

The UC Davis School of Law LLM offers a superior educational experience for foreign lawyers, judges, prosecutors, and other legal professionals. Classes are taught by outstanding faculty scholars, and students are integrated into JD classes. The program is designed around individual student needs. Thus, LLM students can pursue a general course of study or a specialization from an area within the UC Davis School of Law curriculum.

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ScaryCrowdedGargoyl
2:08
@PraiseworthyWalrus: I feel this heavily
i cant believe i got wait-listed ;[
ScaryCrowdedGargoyl
16:01
Applied 9/22/23 I am in Evaluation In Progress smh
ScaryCrowdedGargoyl
16:01
Send me the decision already
16:02
11/21 and same - I'm bummed out but I guess no news is still good news
16:24
do you think they would look upon a pre-decision LOCI fondly? because I get the vibe that they don't want to hear from us at all before a decision
probably wouldnt look at a pre-decision loci fondly
does Davis' status checker update when you're UR?
13:42
my letter's of rec keep changing order in my status checker and it keeps updating me lol
13:42
what does it mean
14:40
decision next 2 weeks
I wonder if UC Davis will ever get back to me
ricknshortie
18:23
Anyone get off the WL yet?
anything above a 167 is a YP for UCD
they have 9 WLs above 167
0 rejections
how long does it take to go from complete to UR?
tiki-kiki
11:09
anyone else have a random 9:30 pm status update or just me?
tengomiedo
14:19
I also had the status update at 9:30 pm
tengomiedo
14:20
It updates daily at 6/6:30pm so maybe it's just that but later
Depends on your timezone no? In CA, it updates at 6-6:30, so if you’re on the east coast it’ll update 9-9:30
how long does it take to get decision from evaluation in progress??
tiki-kiki
12:37
any December applicants still waiting to hear back?
14:39
WL... dafuq?
i wish davis would start reviewing my application it's been over a month
was just accepted to UC Davis scholarship info in 3-5 bus days
tengomiedo
15:02
There hasn't been an R wave for late Dec. applicants..it's coming and I'm on it I fear :')
16:05
@brainy what is YP?
10:38
yield protection
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