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Houston, Texas

University of Houston Law Center

Accreditation
ABA approved since 1950
Institution type
Public
J.D. formats
Full-time and Part-time J.D.
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Median LSAT
163
Fall 2025 entering class
Median GPA
3.79
Fall 2025 entering class
Resident tuition
$31,326
Full-time, 2025-2026
First-year class
249
Enrolled fall 2025
Bar-required jobs
84.9%
Class of 2025, full-time long-term
First-time bar passage
84.5%
2025 graduates

Latest verified values from ABA required disclosures. Each dataset describes a different class, as labelled. The job share is PreLaw Advisor’s arithmetic (full-time, long-term bar-passage-required positions ÷ total graduates), not an ABA-published figure.

Tuition & mandatory fees — 2024-2025

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 (2024)
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Report year 2024
Retrieved
Sep 23, 2026
Status
Verified · Sep 23, 2026
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Tuition and fees by program and residency
ProgramTuitionFees
Full-time · resident$31,327$6,567
Full-time · nonresident$46,207$6,567
Part-time · resident$21,221$4,779
Part-time · nonresident$31,301$4,779
Full-time · per credit (resident)$1,011$6,567
Part-time · per credit (resident)$1,011$4,779

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 (2024)
Covers
Report year 2024
Retrieved
Sep 23, 2026
Status
Verified · Sep 23, 2026
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  • Living on campus$21,028
  • Living off campus$25,920
  • Living at home$15,790

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$31,327
  • Mandatory fees$6,567
  • Living expenses (off campus, school estimate)$25,920
PreLaw Advisor total$63,814

Sum of the school-published figures above. It is not the school’s official cost of attendance and assumes no scholarship.

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Grants & scholarships (2024–2025 students)

Source
Organization
American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
Document
ABA Standard 509 compilation — Grants and Scholarships (2024)
Covers
Report year 2024
Retrieved
Sep 23, 2026
Status
Verified · Sep 23, 2026
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Grant recipients and amounts
MeasureAllFull-timePart-time
Total students79470688
Receiving grants56853830
% receiving grants72%76%34%
Less than half tuition43441420
Half to full tuition106988
Full tuition000
More than full tuition28262
25th percentile grantNot applicable$4,905$5,000
Median grantNot applicable$11,500$10,000
75th percentile grantNot applicable$17,500$17,000

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 (2024)
Covers
Report year 2024
Retrieved
Sep 23, 2026
Status
Verified · Sep 23, 2026
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The school reports that it does not offer conditional scholarships.

  • Entering 2023-20240 received · 0 reduced or eliminated
  • Entering 2022-20230 received · 0 reduced or eliminated
  • Entering 2021-20220 received · 0 reduced or eliminated

Figures are School reported to the ABA under Standard 509.