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#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.
About this Report
This report was released in spring 2019.
GPA & LSAT
References to the lowest, median, and highest GPA and LSAT scores reflect those of the 25th, 50th, and 75th percentile, respectively, among those applicants granted admission who enrolled as full-time students in fall 2018.
Acceptance Rates
The acceptance rate is that of applicants granted admission as full-time students for classes commencing in fall 2018. The acceptance rate of the applicants does not reflect actual enrollment rates, a subset figure.
Student-to-Faculty Ratios
The student-to-faculty ratio shows the number of students for that class per faculty member. This ratio reflects the applicants granted admission who enrolled as full-time students in fall 2018.
Bar Passage Rates
The bar passage rates reflect those among first-time test takers for the winter and summer 2017 administrations of the bar examinations. The state noted is that in which the greatest number of the law school’s graduates took the bar exam for the reported period.
Employment Rates
The employment rates shown are those of the 2017 full-time graduates at the time of graduation and ten months after graduation.
Law Library Volumes
The data indicate the number of print and microform volumes, as well as volume equivalents.
Gender, Race & Ethnicity
The data shown indicate the percentage of the faculty that are male and female, respectively, and the percentage of the faculty and students that are racial or ethnic minority (Hispanics of any race, American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, Black or African American, Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, multiracial, non-resident alien, or unknown race).
Salaries
The salary statistics are those of full-time, long-term employed law graduates for the class of 2017 at the time of graduation and within ten months after graduation (approximately spring 2018 ), as self-reported by the graduates.
The salaries indicated for “Median Salary Private” reflect those salaries of the 50th percentile, among those graduates working in private practice as law firm associates. The salaries indicated for “Median Salary Public” reflect those salaries of the 50th percentile, among those graduates working in government jobs or judicial clerkships at the federal or state level.
In determining median salaries, jobs classified as “JD advantage” have been excluded (i.e., positions in which the employer requires a JD or considers it an advantage to hold such a degree, but in which admission to the bar is not required
| 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% |
| 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 |
| Library Resources | 2020 | 2017 |
|---|---|---|
| Volumes and equivalents: | 594,605 | 591,147 |
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