Pepperdine Law School

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JD Admissions & Requirements

160

LSAT

3.63

GPA

28.2%

Admit Rate

Pepperdine Law School is a prestigious JD program located in Malibu , California. In the competitive 2024 law school rankings, Pepperdine Law School was ranked 52 by US News & World Report, making it a strong option for prospective law students in the current application cycle. For the current admissions cycle, Pepperdine Law School has an entering 1L class size of approximately 159 with an acceptance rate of 28.2%, positioning it among the competitive law schools for JD applicants.

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Law School Applications

2982

JD application volume in 2024 cycle

JD Acceptance Rate

28.2%

72nd percentile

JD Program Size

159

44th percentile

JD Tuition Cost

$59k*

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About Pepperdine Law School

When you choose Pepperdine School of Law, you will join an accomplished community of students seeking a superior legal education at an internationally recognized institution. The Master of Laws program prepares students for excellence in the increasingly globalized legal and business marketplaces. In addition to rigorous academic programs committed to individualized learning, Pepperdine students are strengthened for lives of purpose, service, and leadership. Our LLM program welcomes students of all backgrounds and faiths and strives to educate graduates for lives as peacemakers and justice seekers in all that they do. As a top-ranked university, Pepperdine School of Law produces not only good lawyers, but also good people.

Pepperdine Law’s Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution is repeatedly recognized as the foremost academic center of its kind. The Institute brings together an unparalleled full-time teaching and research faculty that engages with students and practitioners from all over the world to explore more effective ways of solving problems and managing conflict. The Straus Institute has long been recognized as one of the nation’s top academic dispute resolution programs.

In addition to the breadth of degree choices offered at the Pepperdine School of Law, our global and impactful interdisciplinary programs address the needs of current legal and business environments, providing students the opportunity to choose the path that best fits their individual interests. Pepperdine has strong connections within the Los Angeles legal and business communities, which provides broad networking, externship, and internship opportunities for our students.

Pepperdine Law School Law School Admissions Data & Statistics

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Showing 507 applications (145 accepted, 46 waitlisted, 23 rejected)

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For law school applicants interested in the 2024 admissions cycle at Pepperdine Law School, 2982 candidates submitted JD applications and 1082 received acceptance letters. The law school application process here is selective for prospective students with an acceptance rate of 28.2%.

The JD program at Pepperdine Law School enrolls a first-year class of 159 law students each year, with an admissions yield rate of 14.23%. This means that of the 1082 applicants who received law school acceptance letters, 154 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 Pepperdine 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	155	160	161
	75th percentile
GPA	3.35	3.63	3.79
	81st percentile

	Value
Applications	2982
	84th percentile
Admission Offers	1082
Class Size	159
	44th percentile
Acceptance Rate	28.2%
	72nd percentile
Yield Rate	14.23%
	2nd percentile

The above statistics show that Pepperdine Law School typically admits students with LSAT scores ranging from 155 (25th percentile) to 161 (75th percentile), with a median of 160.

For GPA, admitted students typically have undergraduate GPAs ranging from 3.35 to 3.79, with a median of 3.63.

With an acceptance rate of 28.2%, Pepperdine Law School is considered a selective law school in terms of admissions.

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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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