About
Thomas Jefferson School of Law is a private law school located in San Diego, California, founded in 1969. The school offers both online and residential Juris Doctor (JD) programs, with a student body that includes a diverse range of individuals, many of whom are non-traditional learners. It emphasizes flexible scheduling, unique specializations in Criminal Law and Intellectual Property, and provides opportunities for real-world client representation through clinics and externships.
Academic programs at TJSL
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
TJSL vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions TJSL selected for federal comparison reporting.
A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.
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SubjectThomas Jefferson School of Law | — | — | 262 | — | — |
Abraham Lincoln University | 0% | — | 112 | $24,825 | — |
Albany Law School | — | — | 670 | — | — |
Appalachian School of Law | — | — | 154 | — | — |
Atlanta's John Marshall Law School | — | — | 379 | — | — |
Ave Maria School of Law | — | — | 299 | — | — |
Brooklyn Law School | — | — | 1,125 | — | — |
Cal Northern School of Law | — | — | 55 | — | — |
California Western School of Law | — | — | 650 | — | — |
Charleston School of Law | — | — | 692 | — | — |
CUNY School of Law | — | — | 669 | — | — |
Massachusetts School of Law | — | — | 273 | — | — |
Mitchell Hamline School of Law | — | — | 1,163 | — | — |
New England Law-Boston | — | — | 1,131 | — | — |
New York Law School | — | — | 1,062 | — | — |
Roger Williams University School of Law | — | — | 484 | — | — |
San Joaquin College of Law | — | — | 154 | — | — |
South Texas College of Law Houston | — | — | 1,089 | — | — |
Southern University Law Center | 32% | — | — | — | — |
Southwestern Law School | — | — | 1,006 | — | — |
The Colleges of Law at Santa Barbara | — | — | 78 | — | — |
The Colleges of Law at Ventura | — | — | 288 | — | — |
Thomas M Cooley Law School | — | — | 420 | — | — |
Trinity Law School | — | — | 273 | — | — |
University of California College of the Law-San Francisco | — | — | 1,195 | — | — |
University of New Hampshire-Franklin Pierce School of Law | — | — | 718 | — | — |
University of West Los Angeles | — | — | 367 | — | — |
Vermont Law and Graduate School | — | — | 722 | — | — |
| Peer group median | 16% | — | 484 | $24,825 |
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