USC Gould School of Law Stats

The Gould School of Law, part of the University of Southern California, is a private law school located in downtown Los Angeles.

By the Numbers

Established: 1896
Number of Students: 605

Student Body Demographics:
Minority: 40%
African-American: 7.3%
American Indian: 0.7%
Asian-American: 18.5%
Mexican-American: 7.9%
Puerto-Rican: 0.7%
Hispanic: 5.0%
International: 1.8%

Men: 53.6%
Women: 46.4%

Number of Professors: 45
Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 11.6 to 1

Tuition: $44,510
Number of Applicants: 5,595
Number of Acceptances: 1,149
Yield: 20%

% graduates entering different occupations 2007:
Government: 4.8%
Public Interest: 5.3%
Judicial Clerks: 7.5%
Academia: 3.7%
Law Firms: 70.6%
Business/Industry: 7.5%
Bar Passage Rate: 88%

Contact

Admissions Office
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0074
Admissions phone: (213) 740-2523 or (213) 740-2503 (TTY/TTD)
Admissions e-mail: admissions@law.usc.edu

Academics

Specialized programs: Children’s Legal Issues Clinical Program; JD/MA in Communications Management, Economics, International Relations, or Philosophy; JD/MBT; JD/Master of Science in Gerentology

Special institutes or centers: Center for Communication Law and Policy; Center for the Study of Law and Politics; Center for Law, History, and Culture; Pacific Center for Health & Ethics

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