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Class Profile - Juris Doctor (JD) Program

USC Gould School of Law

2023 Entering JD Class Profile

2024 Entering JD Class Profile

Applications 6,222
Admitted 770
First-Year Students 201
Female 59%
Male 40%
Non-Binary 1%
Students from Outside California 42%
Students of Color 55%
LGBTQIA+ 21%
Economically Disadvantaged 23%
States Represented 23
Average Age of Students 23
First Generation Professional 33%

GPA Range

3.82
25th%
3.91
Median
3.97
75th%

LSAT Range

165
25th%
169
Median
170
75th%

Financial Aid

Average Scholarship Award$43,000
Majority of Awards Range from$35,000 to $60,000
Percentage of Student Receiving Scholarships100%

Class of 2026 Racial Diversity

Class of 2026 Racial Diversity

Asian26%
Black/African American11%
Hispanic/Latino13%
Two or More6%
White/Caucasian40%
Did Not Indicate4%

81 Colleges and Universities Represented

ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
BELOIT COLLEGE
BENTLEY UNIVERSITY
BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY
BROWN UNIVERSITY
CALIF POLYTECHNIC ST U-SAN LUIS OBISPO
CALIFORNIA BAPTIST UNIVERSITY
CALIFORNIA STATE POLYTECHNIC-POMONA
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY-LONG BEACH
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY-SAN MARCOS
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY
CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY
CLEMSON UNIVERSITY
COLLEGE OF WILLIAM AND MARY
COLORADO COLLEGE
EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY
EMORY UNIVERSITY
EXCELSIOR COLLEGE
FLORIDA AGRICULTURAL & MECHANICAL UNIV.
FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY
GONZAGA UNIVERSITY
HOWARD UNIVERSITY
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY-BATON ROUGE
LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY
MARIST COLLEGE NY
MCGILL UNIVERSITY
MIAMI UNIVERSITY OXFORD
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY
NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
NYU COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCE
NYU SHANGHAI
PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY
POMONA COLLEGE
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY
PRINCIPIA COLLEGE
RHODES COLLEGE
SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY
STANFORD UNIVERSITY

SUNY AT BUFFALO CENTER
SUNY AT STONY BROOK CENTER
TEXAS A & M UNIVERSITY - COLLEGE STATION
TRINITY COLLEGE-CT
TUFTS UNIVERSITY OF ARTS & SCIENCES
TULANE UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA
UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-BERKELEY
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-DAVIS
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-LOS ANGELES
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-RIVERSIDE
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-SAN DIEGO
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-SANTA BARBARA
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-SANTA CRUZ
UNIVERSITY OF DENVER
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT MANOA
UNIVERSITY OF IOWA
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND-COLLEGE PARK
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS-AMHERST
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN-ANN ARBOR
UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
UNIVERSITY OF REDLANDS-JOHNSTON CENTER
UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
UNIVERSITY OF ST. ANDREWS
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE - KNOXVILLE
UNIVERSITY OF UTAH
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN - MADISON
VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY
WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY
YALE UNIVERSITY
YONSEI UNIVERSITY
YORK UNIVERSITY - ON

Data is accurate as of September 1, 2024.

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