University of California—Davis Law School - Admissions, Stats & Reviews

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JD Admissions & Requirements

Data from 2019 admissions cycle

162

LSAT

3.61

GPA

31.03%

Admit Rate

UC Davis Law School is a prestigious JD program located in Davis, California. In the competitive 2020 law school rankings, UC Davis Law School was ranked 38 by US News & World Report, making it a strong option for prospective law students in the current application cycle. For the 2019 admissions cycle, UC Davis Law School has an entering 1L class size of approximately 234 with an acceptance rate of 31.03%, positioning it among the competitive law schools for JD applicants.

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Law School Applications

3103

JD application volume in 2019 cycle

JD Acceptance Rate

31.03%

80th percentile

JD Program Size

234

75th percentile

JD Tuition Cost

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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.

UC Davis Law School Law School Admissions Data & Statistics

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Showing 215 applications (109 accepted, 38 waitlisted, 33 rejected)

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Showing 215 applications (109 accepted, 38 waitlisted, 33 rejected)

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For law school applicants interested in the 2020 admissions cycle at UC Davis Law School, 3103 candidates submitted JD applications and 963 received acceptance letters. The law school application process here is selective for prospective students with an acceptance rate of 31.03%.

The JD program at UC Davis Law School enrolls a first-year class of 234 law students each year, with an admissions yield rate of 23.99%. This means that of the 963 applicants who received law school acceptance letters, 231 chose to enroll. Understanding these law school admission statistics can help prospective JD applicants evaluate their chances and plan their application strategy.

For a competitive law school application to UC Davis Law School, students should aim to meet or exceed the median statistics shown below. Meeting these GPA and LSAT targets significantly improves your chances of admission.

LSAT & GPA Statistics
	25th	50th	75th
LSAT	159	162	164
	83rd percentile
GPA	3.41	3.61	3.75
	70th percentile

	Value
Applications	3103
	85th percentile
Admission Offers	963
Class Size	234
	75th percentile
Acceptance Rate	31.03%
	80th percentile
Yield Rate	23.99%
	25th percentile

The above statistics show that UC Davis Law School typically admits students with LSAT scores ranging from 159 (25th percentile) to 164 (75th percentile), with a median of 162.

For GPA, admitted students typically have undergraduate GPAs ranging from 3.41 to 3.75, with a median of 3.61.

With an acceptance rate of 31.03%, UC Davis Law School is considered a selective law school in terms of admissions.

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Percentiles: The 25th/50th/75th percentiles show the distribution of scores among admitted students.
Applications: Total number of people who applied to this law school.
Acceptance Rate: Percentage of applicants who received offers (lower = more selective).
Yield Rate: Percentage of admitted students who enrolled (higher = more desirable).

* Indicates data is from a previous year when current year data is unavailable.

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