Thomas Jefferson School of Law

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1155 Island Avenue
San Diego, CA 92101

Students
722
enrolled (full-time)
310
enrolled (part-time)
Tuition
$42,000
per year (full-time)
$31,500
per year (part-time)

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Specialties

RNP in Part-time Law

Law School Overview

The full-time program application fee at the law school at Thomas Jefferson School of Law is $35. The part-time program application fee at the law school at Thomas Jefferson School of Law is $35. Its tuition is full-time: $42,000 per year and part-time: $31,500 per year. The student-faculty ratio is 20.1:1. The law school at Thomas Jefferson School of Law has 89 full- and part-time faculty on staff.

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Year founded 1969
Public/private Private
Law school designation National

Admissions

Application deadline N/A
Full-time program application fee $35
Part-time program application fee $35
Admissions Phone (619) 297-9700
Admissions E-mail info@tjsl.edu
Web site http://www.tjsl.edu

Academics

Full- and part-time faculty 89
Student-faculty ratio 20.1:1
Total faculty 85

Student Body

Enrollment (full-time) 722
Gender distribution (full-time)
Gender distribution (full-time)
J.D. candidates graduating in 2011-2012 243

Cost

Tuition and fees

Full-time: $42,000 per year
Part-time: $31,500 per year

Room and board N/A

Careers

Employed at graduation 2 9.7%
Median private sector starting salary $62,500
Median public service starting salary $55,000

Library

Total volumes and volume equivalents 263,024

* Law School Overview details based on 2012 data

2. Represents the percentage of all 2011 graduates who had a full-time job lasting at least a year for which bar passage was required or a J.D. degree was an advantage. These employment rates are part of the data on placement success used to determine a school’s ranking.
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