South Texas College of Law Houston Scholarship Calculator

Enter your LSAT and GPA to see where you stand against South Texas College of Law Houston's admitted class and the grant range it actually publishes.

South Texas College of Law Houston reports a median grant of $11,000 per year for students receiving financial aid, and 85% of its students receive aid, and none of its aid reaches full tuition — every award covers part of the tuition. The median award covers about 26% of annual tuition, so the school still costs roughly $31,960 per year in tuition after aid.

What three years would actually cost you

At South Texas College of Law Houston, three years of tuition, housing and fees cost $305,754 before aid. A grant of $3,399 to $18,000 a year would leave you paying between $251,754 and $295,557 over three years. The lower figure assumes the larger award applies every year, so treat it as a floor rather than a bill.

The net figure applies this school's median award to every year and every student, so it is a floor rather than a bill — it excludes students who receive nothing, tuition increases, and living costs beyond what this school publishes. See the full cost breakdown →

Is this school worth your score?

South Texas College of Law Houston sits in the 21st percentile of law schools by median LSAT but the 11th percentile by median grant, so it gives less aid than its selectivity suggests. Among the 164 schools with both figures reported, that is a gap of 10 percentile points.

Selectivity and generosity are two different things. A school can sit high on one and low on the other — and that gap is the part worth knowing before you decide where to apply.

The comparison set is the 164 schools that report an annual tuition figure and a median grant. Schools reporting tuition per credit hour are excluded because there is no annual aid figure to line up against. Percentiles are rank positions, not estimates.

Where this school sits against the extremes

The most and least generous schools relative to their own selectivity, for reference:

Conditional scholarships at South Texas College of Law Houston

South Texas College of Law Houston gave conditional scholarships to 280 students in 2024, and 66% kept the award after review — 94 students had it reduced.

Conditional scholarships are awarded on need but have to be re-earned every year. If you drop below the GPA threshold, the award can be cut — this is the school's own reported figure, not an estimate. See the retention data for every school →

Is South Texas College of Law Houston keeping more conditional scholarships?

Between 2022 and 2024, South Texas College of Law Houston has been keeping more of them: the share of conditional scholars who kept their award moved from 48.8% to 66.4%, with 280 students entering with a conditional award in 2024.

Is South Texas College of Law Houston getting more competitive?

Applications to South Texas College of Law Houston rose from 2,010 for the 2021 entering class to 2,770 for 2025, while the class enrolled 434 students — so there were 6.4 applicants per place, against 5.8 in 2021. Between 2021 and 2025 that figure moved from 5.8 to 6.4, and competition for each place has tightened.

Applicants per place is applications divided by the number who actually enrolled. It moves with how selective the school is, not with how many offers it sends — a school can issue more offers without becoming harder to get into. The summary above judges the direction over the three most recent entering classes, not across the whole span: a single unusual year in the middle of eleven is not a trend.

How South Texas College of Law Houston compares to schools at the same level

These are the schools with the closest median LSAT to South Texas College of Law Houston's. The table sorts by median grant, because that is usually what the comparison turns on once the academic profile is close enough — and the three-year net cost column shows what each of those grants actually leaves you paying.

Applicants per place is applications divided by students who enrolled. The competition column compares the most recent three entering classes rather than the full span, because a single year in the middle of that span is not a trend. Conditional retention is the share of students who kept a need-based conditional scholarship after year one review.

What this school's numbers mean

South Texas College of Law Houston is in . It admits 33.6% of applicants, and 85% of its students receive financial aid.

The four tiers above come straight from the school's 509 disclosure. They matter because the same coverage figure can mean very different things — a school where most awards are half-tuition grants and one where most are full-tuition grants offer students something quite different.

Related pages

• South Texas College of Law Houston financial aid breakdown — coverage, award size, all four tiers and conditional outcomes
• South Texas College of Law Houston ABA 509 report — every figure from the disclosure, section by section
• South Texas College of Law Houston cost of attendance — three-year total cost, ranked against every school
• South Texas College of Law Houston admissions data — acceptance, LSAT, GPA, bar passage and class size
• All-school scholarship estimator — compare every ABA law school at once