Law School Profile · Los Angeles, California
USC Gould School of Law
2025 First Year Class data, sourced from the ABA 509 Required Disclosure. Data last updated July 2026.
Median LSAT
Middle 50%: 165 – 170
169
Median GPA
Middle 50%: 3.73 – 3.97
3.91
Admissions funnel · 2025 First Year Class
via ABA 509Applications
7,204
100%
Accepted
805
11.2%
Matriculated
227
28% yield
Application basics · 2025 First Year Class
via ABA 509- Application deadline
- 2/1 - Priority. 4/1 - Final.
- Application fee
- $80
- Accepts GRE
- Yes
- Part-time program
- Not offered
Selectivity
Is USC hard to get into?
USC Gould School of Law is among the more selective law schools in the country. 11.2% of the 7,204 applicants in the 2025 First Year Class were offered admission. The middle 50% of admitted students scored between 165 and 170 on the LSAT, with GPAs between 3.73 and 3.97.
USC's median LSAT is 169. Enter your scaled score — or convert from questions missed on a PrepTest — and we’ll compare it against the 165–170 middle 50% range.
Out of 77 scored questions — don't count the unscored experimental section.
Scaled score
77 correct out of 77
10 points above USC's 75th percentile (170)
Based on LSAC scoring curves for PrepTests 101–159 (post-August 2024 format).
Admissions events
USC Gould School of Law admissions events
Open houses, information sessions, and admissions office hours are the easiest way to get to know USC before you apply — but every school posts them differently, so they're easy to miss. Here are the upcoming USC admissions events we're tracking, with links to register.
No upcoming events posted right now.
USC adds admissions events throughout the cycle. Check the official admissions events page for the latest open houses, information sessions, and office hours.
Visit USC's admissions events page on gould.usc.edu ↗Tuition and aid
via ABA 5092025 First Year Class — annual tuition, cost of living, and grant aid as reported to the ABA.
Cost of attendance
- Annual tuition
- $84,034
- Estimated 3-year tuition
- $252,102
- Annual cost of living
- $32,298
- Estimated 3-year total
- $348,996
Grant aid
- Students receiving aid
- 95%
- Median scholarship
- $40,092
- 25th percentile
- $38,220
- 75th percentile
- $48,160
2024 graduates — first-time bar passage and employment status as reported to the ABA.
Full-time legal employment
Long-term, JD-required positions
90.0%
First-time bar passage
Across all reported jurisdictions
94.0%
Employment by employer type
Based on 221 graduates
- Large firms (501+ attorneys)125 56.6%
- Mid-size firms (26–500)34 15.4%
- Small firms (1–25)19 8.6%
- Public interest15 6.8%
- Business & industry9 4.1%
- Government6 2.7%
- Unemployed4 1.8%
- Federal clerkships3 1.4%
- State / local clerkships3 1.4%
- Academia2 0.9%
Top jurisdictions where graduates work
California
graduates
172
New York
graduates
23
Texas
graduates
4
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Every number on this page comes from one of three federally mandated ABA Required Disclosures for USC Gould School of Law:
- ABA 509 ↗
- ABA Employment Summary (2024 graduates) ↗
- ABA Bar Admission Outcomes ↗
- ABA Required Disclosures hub ↗
Data last updated July 2026. These figures and events are compiled from public sources and can be outdated or change without notice — always confirm current numbers, deadlines, and event dates on USC Gould School of Law's official website before making any decisions: gould.usc.edu.