Houston, Texas
South Texas College of Law Houston
- Accreditation
- ABA approved since 1959
- Institution type
- Private
- J.D. formats
- Full-time and Part-time and Distance education J.D.
- Median LSAT
- 155
- Median GPA
- 3.41
- Resident tuition
- $42,960
- First-year class
- 437
- Bar-required jobs
- 81.9%
- First-time bar passage
- 85.6%
Tuition & mandatory fees — 2022-2023
Source
- Organization
- American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
- Document
- ABA Standard 509 compilation — Tuitions and Fees/Living Expenses/Cond. Scholarships (2022)
- Covers
- Report year 2022
- Retrieved
- Sep 23, 2026
- Status
- Verified · Sep 23, 2026
| Program | Tuition | Fees |
|---|---|---|
| Full-time · resident | $37,900 | $700 |
| Full-time · nonresident | $37,900 | $700 |
| Part-time · resident | $25,500 | $700 |
| Part-time · nonresident | $25,000 | $700 |
| Full-time · per credit (resident) | $1,240 | $700 |
| Part-time · per credit (resident) | $1,240 | $700 |
Living expenses (school estimates)
Source
- Organization
- American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
- Document
- ABA Standard 509 compilation — Tuitions and Fees/Living Expenses/Cond. Scholarships (2022)
- Covers
- Report year 2022
- Retrieved
- Sep 23, 2026
- Status
- Verified · Sep 23, 2026
- Living off campus$24,050
- Living at home$17,166
Annual estimates for single students, as reported by the school. Books, transportation and insurance are not itemized in ABA disclosures.
Estimated annual cost (calculation)
- Tuition$37,900
- Mandatory fees$700
- Living expenses (off campus, school estimate)$24,050
PreLaw Advisor total$62,650
Sum of the school-published figures above. It is not the school’s official cost of attendance and assumes no scholarship.
Model costs with your own scholarship offers →Grants & scholarships (2022–2023 students)
Source
- Organization
- American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
- Document
- ABA Standard 509 compilation — Grants and Scholarships (2022)
- Covers
- Report year 2022
- Retrieved
- Sep 23, 2026
- Status
- Verified · Sep 23, 2026
| Measure | All | Full-time | Part-time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total students | 1,032 | 843 | 189 |
| Receiving grants | 772 | 639 | 133 |
| % receiving grants | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported |
| Less than half tuition | 738 | 606 | 132 |
| Half to full tuition | 34 | 33 | 1 |
| Full tuition | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| More than full tuition | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25th percentile grant | Not applicable | $2,500 | $1,725 |
| Median grant | Not applicable | $9,000 | $3,211 |
| 75th percentile grant | Not applicable | $12,836 | $4,836 |
The ABA publishes grant percentiles by full-time/part-time status only. These describe past awards; they do not indicate what any applicant will receive.
Conditional scholarships
Source
- Organization
- American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
- Document
- ABA Standard 509 compilation — Tuitions and Fees/Living Expenses/Cond. Scholarships (2022)
- Covers
- Report year 2022
- Retrieved
- Sep 23, 2026
- Status
- Verified · Sep 23, 2026
The report does not state whether conditional scholarships are offered.
- Entering 2019-2020204 received · 82 reduced or eliminated
- Entering 2018-2019216 received · 106 reduced or eliminated
- Entering 2017-2018226 received · 99 reduced or eliminated
Figures are School reported to the ABA under Standard 509.