Quick Facts
2011-2012 Tuition
Full-Time: $18,497.00 per semester
Part-Time: $12,370.00 per semester
Summer 2011 courses: $1,237.00 per unit
Fall 2011 Entering Class Profile
| Applicants: 1,758 |
Enrolled: 222 |
| Median GPA: 3.10 |
25% GPA: 2.90 |
75% GPA: 3.34 |
| Median LSAT: 151 |
25% LSAT: 149 |
75% LSAT: 154 |
| Gender: 50% Male |
40% Female |
| Average Age: 26 |
Age Range: 21-62 |
| Minority Students: 42.5% |
(4% African American, 19% Asian, 19% Hispanic, 0.5% Native American)
Colleges: Students came from 98 different undergraduate institutions in 21 states.
Majors Represented:
Political Science or International Relations - 24%
Philosophy, Psychology or Sociology - 17%
Economics, Business or Finance - 15 %
English, History or Humanities - 11%
Communications or Marketing - 8%
Criminal Justice - 7%
Biology or Chemistry - 3%
Other - 15%
Western State University College of Law
The oldest law school in Orange County, Southern California, founded in 1966; over 11,000 alumni in 50 states; represents 1/4 of the Orange County District Attorney’s and Public Defender’s office and 1/4 of the Orange County bench. WSU has produced 140 of California’s active judicial officers, among the highest for any law school.
Faculty
26 Full-Time, 10 women and 6 minority on full-time faculty; approximately 34 Adjunct Professors; the student/faculty ratio is under 20 to 1.
See WSUprograms.info for program duration, tuition, fees, other costs, median debt, federal salary data, alumni success, and other important info.