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South Texas College of Law

#136 in Best Law Schools

Founded in 1923, South Texas College of Law is a Private (not-for-profit) school located in Houston, TX. The next statements briefly introduces South Texas College of Law. The 2025 tuition data is from the school's financial office and admission and other information is based on American Bar Association (ABA) data.

The average LSAT Score of enrolled students is 154 where the national average LSAT is 159.
The average GPA of enrolled students is 3.35 where the national average GPA is 3.62.
The 2025 law school tuition & fees is $42,520 where the national average law school tuition is $53,320.
The acceptance rate at is 38.8% where the average acceptance rate is 41.6%.
Total 1,093 law school students have enrolled.
The bar exam pass rate (for first-time exam takers) is 80.3% where the average pass rate of all law schools is 77.3%.

2025 Tuition & Fees

The 2024-2025 law school tuition at South Texas College of Law is $37,900. The law school tuition has decreased by 0.00% from last year.

South Texas College of Law 2025 Tuition & Fees
	2023	2024	2025
Law School Tuition & Fees	$37,900	$41,110	-

LSAT Scores & GPA

The 2024 average LSAT score for South Texas College of Law is 153. Compared to the average LSAT of all law schools, South Texas College of Law's LSAT score is average (the average is 159).

The average GPA is 3.36, which is the lower of other law schools (average is 3.62).

South Texas College of Law 2024 LSAT and GPA
	2022	2023	2024
LSAT
75^th Percentile	156	156	156
50^th Percentile	154	153	153
25^th Percentile	152	151	151
GPA
75^th Percentile	3.46	3.55	3.59
50^th Percentile	3.22	3.3	3.36
25^th Percentile	2.94	3	3.02

Acceptance Rate & Yield

The 2024 acceptance rate at South Texas College of Law is 44.0% where 2,023 applicants have applied to and 891 students have accepted to admit. The acceptance rate at South Texas College of Law is average compared to other law schools in united states (the average acceptance rate is 41.6%).

The Yield, also known as enrollment rate, is 42.2% where 376 students finally enrolled out of 891 admitted students. The yield South Texas College of Law is average compared to other law schools (the average yield is 41.6%).

South Texas College of Law 2024 Acceptance Rate and Yield
	2022	2023	2024
Applicants	2,010	2,102	2,023
Admitted	883	932	891
Enrolled	344	365	376
Acceptance Rate	43.9%	44.3%	44.0%
Yield	39.0%	39.2%	42.2%

Law School Enrollment

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

378 first-time students have enrolled in South Texas College of Law. By gender, 148 male , 226 female, and 2 other/unknown gender first-time students newly enrolled in South Texas College of Law. With 2 pre-admitted students, there are 378 first-time law school Students at South Texas College of Law.

2024 Student Population at South Texas College of Law
	2022	2023	2024
Total Enrollment	979	1,003	1,036
JD Enrollment	979	1,003	1,036
Non-JD Enrollment	0	0	0
Non-JD Enrollment (Online)	-	-	-

2024 First-year Student Population South Texas College of Law
	2023			2024
	Total	Full time	Part time	Total	Full time	Part time
Total	366	308	57	378	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 at South Texas College of Law, the bar exam pass rate is 77.82% - 284 students have taken and 221 students have passed the exam. The pass rate is higher than Texas average bar exam pass rate (75.3%).

2023 Bar Exam Pass Rate at South Texas College of Law
	2021	2022	2023
Number of Graduates	283	264	276
First-Time Bar Exam Takers Total	248	289	284
New Graduates	183	191	218
Prior Year Graduates	64	97	66
Early Exam Takers	1	1	0
No Exam Takers	99	72	58
Exam Passer	196	207	221
Exam Pass Rate	79.03%	71.63%	77.82%
Texas Pass Rate	75.39%	77.46%	75.3%