Thomas Jefferson School of Law

About

Type: Private nonprofit, 4-year
Location: San Diego, California
Website: www.tjsl.edu

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Setting: Large city
Nearest major city: San Diego, about 7 mi
Nearest international airport: San Diego International Airport (SAN), about 2 mi

San Diego, California

Academic calendar: Semester
Religious affiliation: Not applicable
President: Linda Keller (President and Dean)
Phone: 6192979700
City: San Diego, California
Address: 701 B Street - Suite 110, San Diego, CA 92101

Degrees & Majors

Graduates in 2025 (first major)

Doctoral643 international (4.7%)

Popular graduate programs

Law · Doctoral64 (5% international)

All majors, graduates and earnings IPEDS · College Scorecard

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Legal professionshas 64 graduates in 2025
Major	Graduate Salary	Doctor
Law.	$61,550

Students

262 students in 2025

Graduate students 262

International Students

International share over the last 10 years · gray line: median of all 25 private law schools in the U.S.

Graduate students1.5%

4 in 2025 · 1.1% in 2016

2016Peer median 0.6%2025

Cost

Finances · fiscal year 2024

Revenue$7.9M

Tuition and fees

$7.5M95.2%

Investment return

$212K2.7%

Gifts and private grants

$67K0.8%

Government grants and contracts

$60K0.8%

Auxiliary enterprises

$33K0.4%

Expenses$8.0M

Academic support

$2.5M31.2%

Institutional support

$1.8M23.0%

Instruction

$1.8M22.4%

Student services

$1.1M13.7%

Public service

$505K6.3%

Research

$276K3.4%

Average faculty salary · 2025 (9-month equivalent)

Dark gray ticks: median pay for the same rank at all 25 private law schools in the U.S.

All faculty

$101,818peers $101,494

Professor

$117,019peers $117,361

Associate professor

$88,776peers $104,295

Assistant professor

$85,000peers $82,760

Campus Life

Athletics and varsity athletes NCAA · EADA

No athlete data available for 2025.

No athlete data available for 2024.

No athlete data available for 2023.

Nearby & Safety

Ranked colleges nearby

Campus safety · incidents per 1,000 students

5.7 2016

18.0 2017

26.4 2018

5.3 2019

9.1 2020

0.0 2021

7.0 2022

7.4 2023

0.0 2024

0.0 2025

Peer median 0.0 · all 25 private law schools in the U.S.

Incidents, 2023–2025

Burglary

2

From the Clery Act campus safety reports schools file, covering on-campus, non-campus and public property.

Notable Alumni

Notable alumni of Thomas Jefferson School of Law include Duncan L. Hunter (Former Republican US Representative from California), Leslie Alexander (Basketball team owner and financier) and Roger Benitez (Federal judge who struck down California gun control laws).

Duncan L. Hunter 1948–

Former Republican US Representative from California

Also attended: The University of Montana, Western State College of Law at Argosy University

Child: Duncan D. Hunter (San Diego State University)
Leslie Alexander 1943–

Basketball team owner and financier

Also attended: New York University, Western State College of Law at Argosy University
Roger Benitez 1950–

Federal judge who struck down California gun control laws

Also attended: San Diego State University, Western State College of Law at Argosy University
Michele Reynolds

Ohio state senator

Also attended: University of Akron, University of Cincinnati-Main Campus
Bonnie Dumanis 1951–

Former San Diego County District Attorney

Also attended: University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Western State College of Law at Argosy University
Jessica King 1975–

Former Wisconsin state senator and lawyer

Also attended: University of Wisconsin--Oshkosh

References and Data Sources

Data from IPEDS (U.S. Department of Education), U.S. News, THE, QS, ARWU and Clery Act campus safety reports. Data insights are written by the Forward Pathway data team from public data.