University of Houston Law Center - Facts

Facts

According to the 2011 ABA-LSAC Official Guide to ABA-Approved Law Schools published by the American Bar Association and Law School Admissions Council, the law school reported a total enrollment of 948 students. The law school employs 157 faculty and administrators: 50 full-time; 11 "other full-time"; four deans, librarians, and others who teach; and 82 part-time.

The school received 3,652 applications and made 903 offers of admission, with 256 matriculating. The median undergraduate GPA among all students at the school is 3.34, with the 25th percentile at 3.08 and 75th percentile at 3.62. The median LSAT score among all students was 161, with the 25th percentile at 159 and the 75th percentile at 163.

Of the most recent graduating class, nine months after graduation some 96.0 percent employed, 1.0 percent were pursuing other graduate degrees, and 2.3 percent were unemployed. Of those employed, 57.6 percent work in law firms, 21.2 percent in business and industry, 10.1 percent in government, 4.2 percent in public interest, 3.8 percent as judicial clerks, and 2.1 percent in academia. Some 90.6 percent of graduates were employed in Texas, while the remainder were employed in 14 other states or in other countries (0.7 percent). The average school bar examination passage rate among those reporting was 91.34 percent, which is 6.80 percent higher than the state average.

Of the 948 students, 467 (49.3 percent) received some grant funds. The median grant amount was $5,000. The student body was 69.3 percent white, 10.2 percent Asian American, 8.0 African American, 5.2 percent Mexican American, 4.2 percent other Hispanic, 1.4 percent from foreign nations, 0.4 percent American Indian, 0.2 percent Puerto Rican, and 0.8 percent unknown.

Annual tuition for the full-time program is $21,029 for Texas residents and $28,439 for non-Texas residents. Annual tuition for the part-time program is $15,125 for Texas residents and $20,065 for non-Texas residents.