Texas Southern University (Marshall)

3100 Cleburne Street
Houston, TX 77004
(713) 313-7114

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National Comparison: Overview of Facts

#2 in Presence of Minority Students

Texas Southern Law ranks #2 in terms of the highest percentage of students who are racial or ethnic minority (85.0%).

#2 in Presence of Minority Faculty

Texas Southern Law ranks #2 in terms of the highest percentage of faculty who are racial or ethnic minority (79.1%).

#6 in Presence of Female Faculty

Texas Southern Law is tied for #6 in terms of the highest percentage of faculty who are female (56.0%).

#51 in Acceptance Rate

Texas Southern Law ranks #51 in terms of student selectivity with an acceptance rate of 35.4% among those who applied for admission.

#75 in Student to Faculty Ratio

Texas Southern Law is tied for #75 in terms of lowest student to faculty ratio (6.5:1).

#169 in Bar Passage Rate

Texas Southern Law ranks #169 in terms of bar passage rate among first-time test takers (60.0%), and it underperforms by -14.5% 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.)

#186 in Median Undergraduate GPA

Texas Southern Law ranks #186 in terms of highest median undergraduate GPA (3.03) among those applicants granted admission who enrolled as full-time students.

#191 in Median LSAT

Texas Southern Law is tied for #191 in terms of the median LSAT score (144) among those applicants granted admission who enrolled as full-time students. The LSAT measures reading comprehension, analytical reasoning, and logical reasoning.

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

#256 in Highest Tuition (in-state)
Texas Southern Law ranks #219 in terms of highest tuition among full-time law students for its out-of state tuition of $27,618, and it ranks #256 in terms of highest tuition among full-time law students for its in-state tuition of $20,418. 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 $20,819 per year.

Fall 2020 Application Information

Application Deadline: September 1
Application Fee: $50

Admissions Statistics

2020 2017
Acceptance Rate 35.4% 55.3%
LSAT Score (Median) 144 144
LSAT Score (25th-75th percentile) 143-147 141-146
GPA (Median) 3.03 3.12
GPA Range (25th-75th percentile) 2.73-3.37 2.80-3.44

Bar Exam Statistics

2020 2017
State in which most graduates took bar exam: TX TX
School's bar passage rate: 60.0% 63.3%
State overall bar passage rate: 74.5% 77.1%
School bar pass rate vs. state bar pass rate: -14.5% -13.8%

Employment Statistics

2020 2017
Graduates employed at graduation: N/A N/A
Graduates employed 10 months after graduation: 65.6% 46.0%

Tuition and Expenses

2020 2017
Tuition (In-State): $20,418 N/A
Tuition (Out-of-State): $27,618 N/A
Room and Board: $20,819 N/A
Proportion of full-time students receiving grants: 51.0% N/A
Median grant amount among full-time students: $10,000 N/A
Average indebtedness of those who incurred debt: N/A N/A
Proportion of graduates who incurred debt: N/A N/A
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Students & Faculty

2020 2017
Total Students: 200 508
Men: 37.0% 41.5%
Women: 63.0% 58.5%
Student Racial Demographics:

White: 15.0% N/A
Black: 85.0% N/A
Hispanic: 25.0% N/A
Asian: 9.5% N/A
Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 6.5 : 1 N/A
Total Faculty: 91 N/A
Male: 44.0% N/A
Female: 56.0% N/A
Minority: 79.1% N/A

Full-Time Starting Salaries

2020 2017
Private Sector (Median): N/A N/A
Public Sector (Median): N/A N/A
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Library Resources

2020 2017
Volumes and equivalents: N/A N/A