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

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JD Admissions & Requirements

Data from 2023 admissions cycle

165

LSAT

3.69

GPA

29.0%

Admit Rate

UC Davis Law School is a prestigious JD program located in Davis, California. In the competitive 2024 law school rankings, UC Davis Law School was ranked 55 by US News & World Report, making it a strong option for prospective law students in the current application cycle. For the 2023 admissions cycle, UC Davis Law School has an entering 1L class size of approximately 210 with an acceptance rate of 29.0%, positioning it among the competitive law schools for JD applicants.

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Law School Applications

3163

JD application volume in 2023 cycle

JD Acceptance Rate

29.0%

79th percentile

JD Program Size

210

68th percentile

JD Tuition Cost

$129k

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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 573 applications (194 accepted, 87 waitlisted, 30 rejected)

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Showing 573 applications (194 accepted, 87 waitlisted, 30 rejected)

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For law school applicants interested in the 2024 admissions cycle at UC Davis Law School, 3163 candidates submitted JD applications and 917 received acceptance letters. The law school application process here is selective for prospective students with an acceptance rate of 29.0%.

The JD program at UC Davis Law School enrolls a first-year class of 210 law students each year, with an admissions yield rate of 22.46%. This means that of the 917 applicants who received law school acceptance letters, 206 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	165	167
	82nd percentile
GPA	3.49	3.69	3.82
	60th percentile

	Value
Applications	3163
	81st percentile
Admission Offers	917
Class Size	210
	68th percentile
Acceptance Rate	29.0%
	79th percentile
Yield Rate	22.46%
	17th percentile

The above statistics show that UC Davis Law School typically admits students with LSAT scores ranging from 159 (25th percentile) to 167 (75th percentile), with a median of 165.

For GPA, admitted students typically have undergraduate GPAs ranging from 3.49 to 3.82, with a median of 3.69.

With an acceptance rate of 29.0%, UC Davis 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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