GGU shares its YMCA roots with a number of other U.S. Next Release: Our 2021 report is slated for publication in spring 2020.The university evolved out of the literary reading groups of the San Francisco Central YMCA at a time when, according to one contemporary estimate, only one of every two thousand men had a college education. Source: The data have been compiled from a variety of public sources, including data released by the law schools and from the bar examiner offices in each jurisdiction. At the time of our publication of this report in spring 2019, these employment statistics reflected the most current data available.
The rationale behind entitling this report as the “2020” report is that ourĪre of considerable interest to prospective law school applicants who seek to enroll in classes commencing in fall 2020. In determining median salaries, jobs classified as “JD advantage” have been excluded (i.e., positions in which the employer requires a JD or considers it an advantage to hold such a degree, but in which admission to the bar is not required). The salaries indicated for “Median Salary Public” reflect those salaries of the 50th percentile, among those graduates working in government jobs or judicial clerkships at the federal or state level. The salaries indicated for “Median Salary Private” reflect those salaries of the 50th percentile, among those graduates working in private practice as law firm associates. The salary statistics are those of full-time, long-term employed law graduates for the class ofĪt the time of graduation and within ten months after graduation (approximately spring (Hispanics of any race, American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, Black or African American, Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, multiracial, non-resident alien, or unknown race).
The data shown indicate the percentage of the faculty that are male and female, respectively, and the percentage of the faculty and students that are racial or ethnic minority
The data indicate the number of print and microform volumes, as well as volume equivalents. The employment rates shown are those of theįull-time graduates at the time of graduation and ten months after graduation. The state noted is that in which the greatest number of the law school's graduates took the bar exam for the reported period. The bar passage rates reflect those among first-time test takers for the winter and summerĪdministrations of the bar examinations. This ratio reflects the applicants granted admission who enrolled as full-time students in fall The student-to-faculty ratio shows the number of students for that class per faculty member. The acceptance rate of the applicants does not reflect actual enrollment rates, a subset figure. The acceptance rate is that of applicants granted admission as full-time students for classes commencing in fall References to the lowest, median, and highest GPA and LSAT scores reflect those of the 25th, 50th, and 75th percentile, respectively, among those applicants granted admission who enrolled as full-time students in fall In terms of highest median undergraduate GPA (3.03) among those applicants granted admission who enrolled as full-time students. (A national comparison on this metric should be taken in a qualified sense and with caution, because every state has a different bar passage rate.) In terms of bar passage rate among first-time test takers (47.6%), and it underperforms by -10.7% the state of California’s overall bar passage rate of 58.3%. In terms of student selectivity with an acceptance rate of 61.3% among those who applied for admission.
The LSAT measures reading comprehension, analytical reasoning, and logical reasoning. In terms of the median LSAT score (150) among those applicants granted admission who enrolled as full-time students. In terms of library size with 350,762 volumes or equivalents. We rank from a total of 283 tuition rates from 194 law schools, ranking twice those law schools that have different in-state and out-of-state tuition rates. In terms of highest tuition among full-time law students ($50,000). In terms of the median starting salary among graduates working in private practice as law firm associates ($82,000). In terms of lowest student to faculty ratio (6.2:1). In terms of the highest percentage of faculty who are racial or ethnic minority (20.5%). In terms of the highest percentage of faculty who are female (50.8%). In terms of the highest percentage of students who are racial or ethnic minority (65.5%). In terms of median starting salary among graduates working in government jobs or judicial clerkships at the federal or state level ($90,518).