South Texas College of Law Houston is a private law school in Texas. In the most recent ABA Standard 509 cycle it reported a 91.1% first-time bar passage rate (state average 81.4%). 87.3% of graduates landed full-time, long-term JD-required or JD-advantage jobs, and 7.4% joined large firms of 251+ attorneys. Resident tuition is $42,960 per year; a median grant of $11,000 brings median net tuition to about $31,960. The median LSAT is 155 with a 33.6% acceptance rate.
These shares count where every employed graduate landed, by sector and firm size, across all job types; they can total more than the full-time long-term (FTLT) employment headline, which counts only the stricter full-time, long-term, JD-required or JD-advantage subset.
Bar passage · first-time
This school91.1%
State avg81.4%
first-time +9.7 pts vs state · 2-yr ultimate 93.4% · class of 2025 first-time 85.6% (reported early 2026) · Different cohort than the admissions class above.
Admissions · 25 / 50 / 75
LSATmedian 155
153158
uGPAmedian 3.41
3.083.65
Applications to offers to enrolled
Applied2,770
Offered932
Enrolled 1L437
Offer rate 34% · yield 47%.
Grant distribution
No grant 15.2%Under half 76.0%Half to full 8.3%Stipend 0.4%
Demographics
Women 57%Men 43%
White
542
Black
94
Hispanic
336
Asian
90
Two or more
8
Other / unreported
74
Cost detail
Resident tuition
$42,960
Non-resident
$42,960
Mandatory fees
$2,000
Living estimate
$56,958
Median grant
$11,000
Grant 25 / 75
$3,399 / $18,000
Cond. schol. loss
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Faculty & market
Total faculty
130
Full-time faculty
47
Faculty of color
26
Total JD enrollment
1,144
Graduates
299
Mean attorney salary · state
$177,890
Trajectory
Trajectory since 2011
LSAT · 25-75 band
LSAT scoreup 1 since 2011
Middle-50% LSAT band by entering class.
uGPA · 25-75 band
Undergraduate GPAup 0.17 since 2011
Middle-50% uGPA band by entering class.
First-time bar passage
First-time bar passage rateup 4% since 2011
First-time bar passage rate by year.
Full-time resident tuition
Resident tuitionup $16k since 2011
Sticker resident tuition by year.
Total JD enrollment
Students enrolleddown 161 since 2011
Total JD enrollment by year.
Admissions
Admissions
LSAT (25 / 50 / 75)
153 / 155 / 158
uGPA (25 / 50 / 75)
3.08 / 3.41 / 3.65
Acceptance rate
33.6%
Applications received
2,770
Offers extended
932
1L enrollment
437
Total JD enrollment
1,144
GRE-only takers
9
1L attrition (academic / other)
24 / 16
Transfers in / out
3 / 16
Cost
Cost & scholarships
Resident tuition
$42,960
Non-resident tuition
$42,960
Mandatory fees
$2,000
Living-expense estimate
$56,958
Median grant
$11,000
Grant 25 / 75 percentile
$3,399 / $18,000
No-grant share
15.2%
< half-tuition grants
76.0%
Half-to-full grants
8.3%
Full-tuition grants
0.0%
Above-full grants (stipend)
0.4%
Conditional-scholarship loss rate
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Part-time JD
Part-time 1L enrollment
94
PT LSAT (25 / 50 / 75)
152 / 155 / 158
PT uGPA (25 / 50 / 75)
2.99 / 3.39 / 3.64
Part-time tuition
$28,640
Part-time JD figures, most recent ABA 509 cycle.
Bar passage
Bar passage
First-Time Bar (2024 cohort)
91.1%
Two-Year Ultimate Bar
93.4%
State average (same exam)
81.4%
Difference vs. state
+9.7 pts
Different cohorts: first-time bar passage reflects graduates who entered law school about three years before the current admissions class shown above. Read the two as separate snapshots, not a single pipeline.
What is the first-time bar passage rate at South Texas College of Law Houston?
South Texas College of Law Houston reported a 91.1% first-time bar passage rate in the most recent ABA Standard 509 disclosure, versus a 81.4% state average.
How much does South Texas College of Law Houston cost?
Resident tuition at South Texas College of Law Houston is $42,960 per year (about $128,880 over three years). The median grant is $11,000, bringing median net tuition to roughly $31,960 per year.
What LSAT and GPA do you need for South Texas College of Law Houston?
The median (50th-percentile) LSAT at South Texas College of Law Houston is 155 and the median GPA is 3.41; the acceptance rate is 33.6%.
What are the job outcomes at South Texas College of Law Houston?
87.3% of South Texas College of Law Houston graduates held full-time, long-term JD-required or JD-advantage jobs about ten months after graduation. 7.4% joined large firms of 251+ attorneys. 4.0% were still seeking employment.
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Data from the ABA Standard 509 disclosures, self-reported by law schools and not guaranteed (raw data may have errors or omissions). State attorney-salary context: U.S. BLS OEWS 2024 (SOC 23-1011); cost-of-living: U.S. BEA Regional Price Parities. How the data is sourced & validated: Methodology. Unfamiliar with a term (FTLT, net tuition, bimodal)? Glossary. Copyright basis & permitted use: Terms.