South Texas College of Law Houston

1303 San Jacinto Street
Houston, TX 77002-7006
(713) 646-1810

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National Comparison: Overview of Facts

#17 in Public Sector Salary

South Texas is tied for #17 in terms of median starting salary among graduates working in government jobs or judicial clerkships at the federal or state level ($62,000).

#29 in Presence of Minority Students

South Texas ranks #29 in terms of the highest percentage of students who are racial or ethnic minority (52.0%).

#47 in Library Size

South Texas ranks #47 in terms of library size with 594,605 volumes or equivalents.

#60 in Presence of Minority Faculty

South Texas ranks #60 in terms of the highest percentage of faculty who are racial or ethnic minority (15.5%).

#91 in Private Sector Salary

South Texas is tied for #91 in terms of the median starting salary among graduates working in private practice as law firm associates ($72,500).

#119 in Presence of Female Faculty

South Texas is tied for #119 in terms of the highest percentage of faculty who are female (37.3%).

#148 in Median LSAT

South Texas is tied for #148 in terms of the median LSAT score (151) among those applicants granted admission who enrolled as full-time students. The LSAT measures reading comprehension, analytical reasoning, and logical reasoning.

#156 in Bar Passage Rate

South Texas ranks #156 in terms of bar passage rate among first-time test takers (67.9%), and it underperforms by -6.6% 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.)

#158 in Employment Rate at Graduation

#169 in Employment Rate at 10 Months
South Texas ranks #158 in terms of graduates employed at the time of graduation (23.8%) and #169 in terms of graduates employed ten months after graduation (62.1%).

#162 in Acceptance Rate

South Texas ranks #162 in terms of student selectivity with an acceptance rate of 60.7% among those who applied for admission.

#176 in Median Undergraduate GPA

South Texas ranks #176 in terms of highest median undergraduate GPA (3.10) among those applicants granted admission who enrolled as full-time students.

#181 in Student to Faculty Ratio

South Texas is tied for #181 in terms of lowest student to faculty ratio (11.0:1).

#195 in Highest Tuition

South Texas ranks #195 in terms of highest tuition among full-time law students ($32,400). 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.

Fall 2020 Application Information

Application Deadline: March 15
Application Fee: $55

Admissions Statistics

2020 2017
Acceptance Rate 60.7% 63.1%
LSAT Score (Median) 151 150
LSAT Score (25th-75th percentile) 148-154 147-153
GPA (Median) 3.10 3.06
GPA Range (25th-75th percentile) 2.84-3.36 2.78-3.34

Bar Exam Statistics

2020 2017
State in which most graduates took bar exam: TX TX
School's bar passage rate: 67.9% 83.6%
State overall bar passage rate: 74.5% 77.1%
School bar pass rate vs. state bar pass rate: -6.6% +6.5%

Employment Statistics

2020 2017
Graduates employed at graduation: 23.8% N/A
Graduates employed 10 months after graduation: 62.1% 72.8%

Tuition and Expenses

2020 2017
Tuition: $32,400 $29,490
Room and Board: $13,770 $13,770
Proportion of full-time students receiving grants: 52.8% 53.3%
Median grant amount among full-time students: $6,750 $3,000
Average indebtedness of those who incurred debt: $119,841 $121,767
Proportion of graduates who incurred debt: 77.4% 74.6%
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Students & Faculty

2020 2017
Total Students: 942 794
Men: 49.9% 51.5%
Women: 50.1% 48.5%
Student Racial Demographics:

White: 48.0% N/A
Black: 9.1% N/A
Hispanic: 26.6% N/A
Asian: 7.0% N/A
Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 11.0 : 1 N/A
Total Faculty: 110 N/A
Male: 62.7% N/A
Female: 37.3% N/A
Minority: 15.5% N/A

Full-Time Starting Salaries

2020 2017
Private Sector (Median): $72,500 $80,000
Public Sector (Median): $62,000 $53,000
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Library Resources

2020 2017
Volumes and equivalents: 594,605 591,147