South Texas College of Law

The law school of South Texas College of Law Houston, known as South Texas College of Law, is a Private, 4 years school in Houston, TX. The law school tuition & fees at South Texas College of Law is $41,110. Its average LSAT score submitted by enrolled students is 153 and the average GPA is 3.36 for the academic yera 2023-2024. Total 1,036 students are attending the law school and 376 first-year students enrolled last year.

LSAT Average: 153
Tuition & Fees (JD): $41,110
Acceptance Rate: 44.04%
Student Population: 1,036
First-Year Student: 376

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2023-2024 Tuition & Fees

The 2023-2024 tuition & fees at South Texas College of Law is $41,110 for law school students. The tuition increased by 8.47% compared to last year. The average living costs besides tuition & fees is $17,574 including costs for room & boards, transportation, and other personal expenses. The living costs does not include the fees for health insurance.

The average tuition & fees of law schools in Texas is $38,227 for Texas residents and $46,485 for out-of-state students. For all laws schools in United States, the average law school tuition & fees is $42,924 for State residents and $48,063 for out-of-state students.

The tuition & fees of South Texas College of Law is cheaper than the average tuition & fees of Texas law schools.

The next table shows the South Texas College of Law tuition & fees and compare it to the Texas law schools and all U.S. Law schools. The 2024 statistics for comparison is not available yet due to the lack of data.

South Texas College of Law 2023 Tuition & Fees
	2022	2023	2024
South Texas College of Law	$36,150	$37,900	$41,110
Texas Law Schools	$40,398	$40,826	-
All U.S. Law Schools	$46,359	$47,510	-

LSAT score and GPA in Average

The average LSAT scores submitted by enrolled students is 153 and the average GPA is 3.36 at South Texas College of Law.

The LSAT score of South Texas College of Law is lower than the average LSAT score of Texas law schools.

The undergraduate GPA of South Texas College of Law is lower than the average LSAT score of Texas law schools.

The next table shows the submitted LSAT scores and GPA by 25^th/50^th/75^th percentile and full-time/part-time status and compare each score to last year scores.

LSAT Scores
GPA

South Texas College of Law LSAT scores distribution
	South Texas College of Law		Texas Law Schools	All Law Schools
	Full-time	Part-time	Texas Law Schools	All Law Schools
25^th percentile	151	151	156	155
50^th percentile	153	154	159	159
75^th percentile	155	156	161	161

South Texas College of LawGPA distribution
	South Texas College of Law		Texas Law Schools	All Law Schools
	Full-time	Part-time	Texas Law Schools	All Law Schools
25^th percentile	3.04	2.95	3.33	3.33
50^th percentile	3.37	3.26	3.61	3.61
75^th percentile	3.61	3.53	3.78	3.79

Acceptance Rate & Admission Statistics

For the academic year 2023-2024, total 2,023 students have applied to South Texas College of Law. Among them, 891 students have accepted to admit and 376 have enrolled into South Texas College of LawThe acceptance rate is 44.04% and the yield is 42%.

The acceptance rate of South Texas College of Law is higher than the acceptance rate of Texas law schools.

The next table illustrates the admission counts, acceptance rate, and yield at South Texas College of Law.

South Texas College of Law Admission Statistics
	South Texas College of Law	Texas Law Schools	All Law Schools
Applicants	2,023	26,977	414,758
Admitted	891	7,070	130,837
Enrolled	376	2,076	36,756
Acceptance Rate	44.04%	30.00%	42.40%
Yield (Enrollment Rate)	42.20%	29.05%	30.97%

Law School Student Population

For the academic year 2023-2024, total 1,036 students enrolled to South Texas College of Law. All students enrolled in JD(Juris Doctor Degree) program .

For the first class, 376 students newly joined to to South Texas College of Law. By gender, there are 148 men , 226 women, and 2 other/unknown gender first-time students at South Texas College of Law. By attending status, 294 students enrolled as full-time and 82 students enrolled as part-time status.

Total Enrollment
First-Class Students

South Texas College of Law Student Population
	2023	2024
Total Enrollment	1,003	1,036
JD Enrollment	1,003	1,036
Non-JD Enrollment	0	0

First-year Student Population
	2023			2024
	Total	Full time	Part time	Total	Full time	Part time
Total	365	308	57	376	293	81
Men	183	145	19	159	113	35
Women	201	163	38	226	180	46
Other	0	0	0	2	1	1

Bar Exam Pass Rate

For the first time bar exam takers, the bar exam pass rate is 80.34% where 290 students took the exam and 233 students passed the exam. The pass rate is higher than average pass rate of Texas law schools (79.13%).

Bar Exam Pass Rate
	2023	2024
Number of Graduates	276	258
First-Time Bar Exam Takers Total	284	290
New Graduates	218	214
Prior Year Graduates	66	76
Early Takers	0	0
No Exam Takers	58	44
Exam Passer	221	233
Exam Pass Rate	77.82%	80.34%
Texas Pass Rate	75.3%	79.13%