South Texas College of Law

Director of admissions

Alicia K. Cramer

Application deadline

02/15

Full-time program application fee

$50

Part-time program application fee

$50

Besides the fall semester, can enter in

winter/spring

Total number of full- and part-time applicants

2,360

Total number of full- and part-time acceptances

1,067

Overall acceptance rate

Total number of full- and part-time first-year students enrolled

410

Number of full-time program applicants

2,049

Number of full-time program acceptances

945

Full-time acceptance rate

46.1%

Number of first-year full-time students enrolled

348

Number of part-time program applicants

311

Number of part-time program acceptances

122

Part-time acceptance rate

39.2%

Number of first-year part-time students enrolled

62

25th-75th percentile GPA scores for all students

25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for all students

25th-75th percentile undergraduate GPA for full-time students

2.98-3.51

25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for full-time students

150-156

25th-75th percentile undergraduate GPA for part-time students

2.96-3.61

25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for part-time students

149-153

State where the greatest number of first-time test takers took the bar

TX

School’s bar passage rate for first-time test takers

88.4%

Statewide bar passage rate for first-time test takers

84.0%

Total graduates

349

Graduates employed at graduation

N/A

Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation

25th percentile private sector starting salary

$60,000

Median private sector starting salary

$80,000

75th percentile private sector starting salary

$120,000

Percent in the private sector who reported salary information

23%

Median public service starting salary

$48,500

Percent employed in academia

2.0%

Percent employed in business and industry

23.0%

Percent employed in government

10.0%

Percent employed in all judicial clerkships

2.0%

Percent employed in law firms

61.0%

Percent employed in public interest

2.0%

Percent employed in an unknown field

0.0%

Percent employed in a judicial clerkship by an Article III federal judge

1.0%

Graduates employed in-state

92%

Graduates employed in foreign countries

0%

Number of states where graduates are employed

13

New England (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT)

0.0%

Middle Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA)

0.0%

East North Central (IL, IN, MI, OH, WI)

0.0%

West North Central (IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD)

0.2%

South Atlantic (DE, DC, FL, GA, MD, NC, SC, VA, WV)

1.8%

East South Central (AL, KY, MS, TN)

0.0%

West South Central (AR, LA, OK, TX)

94.0%

Pacific (AK, CA, HI, OR, WA)

1.8%

Mountain (AZ, CO, ID, MT, NV, NM, UT, WY)

0.2%

Employment location unknown

2.0%

Career services operations: In light of today’s competitive job market, the Career Resources Center (CRC) provides South Texas students and graduates with a full range of employment search services. In addition to on-campus recruiting, the CRC also offers workshops on resume preparation and developing interviewing skills. The CRC staff helps students explore career options while helping them build valuable job search skills.

Bar admission required or anticipated (e.g., attorney and corporate counsel positions, law clerks, judicial clerks)

80.0%

J.D. preferred, law degree enhances position (e.g., corporate contracts administrator, alternative dispute resolution specialist, government regulatory analyst, FBI special agent)

11.0%

Professional/other (jobs that require professional skills or training but for which a J.D. is neither preferred nor particularly applicable; e.g., accountant, teacher, business manager, nurse)

9.0%

Nonprofessional/other (job that does not require any professional skills or training or is taken on a temporary basis and not viewed as part of a career path)

0.0%