University of Texas at Austin

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Austin, TX 78705-3299
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National Comparison: Overview of Facts

#1 in Private Sector Salary

Texas Law is tied for #1 in terms of the median starting salary among graduates working in private practice as law firm associates ($180,000).

#3 in Student to Faculty Ratio

Texas Law is tied for #3 in terms of lowest student to faculty ratio (4.0:1).

#11 in Library Size

Texas Law ranks #11 in terms of library size with 1,129,100 volumes or equivalents.

#13 in Acceptance Rate

Texas Law ranks #13 in terms of student selectivity with an acceptance rate of 20.9% among those who applied for admission.

#15 in Median LSAT

Texas Law is tied for #15 in terms of the median LSAT score (167) among those applicants granted admission who enrolled as full-time students. The LSAT measures reading comprehension, analytical reasoning, and logical reasoning.

#25 in Employment Rate at Graduation

#38 in Employment Rate at 10 Months
Texas Law ranks #25 in terms of graduates employed at the time of graduation (68.5%) and #38 in terms of graduates employed ten months after graduation (84.7%).

#26 in Median Undergraduate GPA

Texas Law ranks #26 in terms of highest median undergraduate GPA (3.74) among those applicants granted admission who enrolled as full-time students.

#34 in Public Sector Salary

Texas Law is tied for #34 in terms of median starting salary among graduates working in government jobs or judicial clerkships at the federal or state level ($60,000).

#35 in Bar Passage Rate

Texas Law ranks #35 in terms of bar passage rate among first-time test takers (90.4%), and it outperforms by +15.9% the state of Texas’s overall bar passage rate of 74.5%. (A national comparison on this metric should be taken in a qualified sense and with caution, because every state has a different bar passage rate.)

#45 in Highest Tuition (out-of-state)

#174 in Highest Tuition (in-state)
Texas Law ranks #45 in terms of highest tuition among full-time law students for its out-of state tuition of $53,035, and it ranks #174 in terms of highest tuition among full-time law students for its in-state tuition of $35,715. We rank from a total of 283 tuition rates from 194 law schools, ranking twice those law schools that have different in-state and out-of-state tuition rates. Room and board expenses average $12,930 per year.

#78 in Presence of Minority Students

Texas Law ranks #78 in terms of the highest percentage of students who are racial or ethnic minority (35.6%).

#138 in Presence of Minority Faculty

Texas Law ranks #138 in terms of the highest percentage of faculty who are racial or ethnic minority (10.2%).

#154 in Presence of Female Faculty

Texas Law is tied for #154 in terms of the highest percentage of faculty who are female (33.2%).

Fall 2020 Application Information

Application Deadline: March 1
Application Fee: $70

Admissions Statistics

2020 2017
Acceptance Rate 20.9% 21.9%
LSAT Score (Median) 167 166
LSAT Score (25th-75th percentile) 160-168 162-169
GPA (Median) 3.74 3.67
GPA Range (25th-75th percentile) 3.47-3.88 3.48-3.86

Bar Exam Statistics

2020 2017
State in which most graduates took bar exam: TX TX
School's bar passage rate: 90.4% 88.0%
State overall bar passage rate: 74.5% 77.1%
School bar pass rate vs. state bar pass rate: +15.9% +10.9%

Employment Statistics

2020 2017
Graduates employed at graduation: 68.5% 68.9%
Graduates employed 10 months after graduation: 84.7% 86.9%

Tuition and Expenses

2020 2017
Tuition (In-State): $35,715 N/A
Tuition (Out-of-State): $53,035 N/A
Room and Board: $12,930 $12,620
Proportion of full-time students receiving grants: 90.4% 93.9%
Median grant amount among full-time students: $14,500 $11,500
Average indebtedness of those who incurred debt: $91,978 $102,101
Proportion of graduates who incurred debt: 63.1% 68.1%
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Students & Faculty

2020 2017
Total Students: 1005 949
Men: 54.0% 56.7%
Women: 46.0% 43.3%
Student Racial Demographics:

White: 64.4% N/A
Black: 4.3% N/A
Hispanic: 15.6% N/A
Asian: 5.9% N/A
Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 4.0 : 1 N/A
Total Faculty: 283 N/A
Male: 66.8% N/A
Female: 33.2% N/A
Minority: 10.2% N/A

Full-Time Starting Salaries

2020 2017
Private Sector (Median): $180,000 $160,000
Public Sector (Median): $60,000 $51,000
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Library Resources

2020 2017
Volumes and equivalents: 1,129,100 1,113,605