South Texas Law Tuition, LSAT, and Admission

South Texas College of Law's 2027 tuition & fees is $46,864 for its prospective students. The law school tuition is increased by 4.23% from last year.

For law school students, the average living costs including room & board, books, and other personal expenses is $32,439. Including living costs and tuition & fees, the total costs of attendance of South Texas College of Law is $79,303.

The following table summarizes the tuition & fees, and other college costs for South Texas College of Law.

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The average GPA is 3.41 and the average LSAT score is 155 for 2027 South Texas College of Law admission.

The GPA is the average value of submitted scores from 434 pre-admitted and enrolled first-year students and the average LSAT score is computed over submitted scores from 428 students including both full-time and part-time status.

The following table summarizes the GPA and LSAT scores by 25^th, 50^th, and 75^th percentiles.

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For the academic year 2025-2026, total 2,770 students have applied to South Texas College of Law and 932 students have accepted to get into the school.

Among the admitted students, 437 students finally have enrolled into the school. The acceptance rate is 33.65% and the yield, also known as enrollment rate, is 46.57% at South Texas College of Law.

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At South Texas College of Law, 73.19% of enrolled students received grants and/or scholarships. The average grant amount is $12,100. 0.51% of students received more than full tuition amount, and 9.85% received more than half, but not the full tuition amount.

You can view more detailed financial aid statistics at South Texas College of Law costs and financial aid page.

South Texas College of Law enrolled 642 first-year students in total. Among them, 93.93% identified their race/ethnicity. By race and ethnicity, 303 White, 46 Asian, 52 Black or African American, 199 Hispanic students enrolled. By gender, 259 male and 343 female students enrolled at South Texas College of Law.

By race and ethnicity, White has the most enrollment share at 47.20%, followed by Hispanics with 31.00%.

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Last year, total 284 students took the bar exam first time at South Texas College of Law. Among them, 221 students passed the exam and the bar exam pass rate is 77.82%. For reference, the average pass rate at Texas law schools is 75.3%. The following table shows the bar exam pass rate for first time exam takers at South Texas College of Law.

In 2025, 301 students graduated from South Texas College of Law. Of them, 237 graduates employed where bar passage required and 17 got J.D. Advantage jobs. By employed status, 259 graduates employed as full-time and 12 employed as part-time status. Check more employment statistics at South Texas College of Law employement summary page.