Texas Southern University Scholarship Calculator

Enter your LSAT and GPA to see where you stand against Texas Southern University's admitted class and the grant range it actually publishes.

Texas Southern University reports a median grant of $7,363 per year for students receiving financial aid, and 51% of its students receive aid, with 1% of aid recipients covering full tuition or more. The median award covers about 38% of annual tuition, so the school still costs roughly $11,839 per year in tuition after aid.

Enter your LSAT and/or GPA to see where you stand against this school's admitted class.

How this school's aid is distributed

Texas Southern University splits its aid across four tiers. The share of students in each tier is what the school reports to the ABA — it is not a projection.

Half or less: 33% Above half, below full: 17% Full tuition: 1% Above full tuition: 0%

What three years would actually cost you

At Texas Southern University, three years of tuition, housing and fees cost $146,466 before aid. A grant of $3,500 to $10,519 a year would leave you paying between $114,909 and $135,966 over three years. The lower figure assumes the larger award applies every year, so treat it as a floor rather than a bill.

ComponentPer yearThree years
Tuition$19,202$57,606
Housing (off campus)$27,784$83,352
Mandatory fees$1,836$5,508
Total before aid$48,822$146,466
Median grant (applied to all three years)$7,363$22,089
Net cost—$124,377

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?

Texas Southern University sits in the 2nd percentile of law schools by median LSAT but the 3rd percentile by median grant, so it gives about what its selectivity would predict. Among the 164 schools with both figures reported, that is a gap of 1 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.

MeasureThis schoolAmong 164 comparable schools
Median LSAT of admitted students1502th percentile
Median grant for students receiving aid$7,3633th percentile
Gap+1 pointsabout what its selectivity would predict

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:

SchoolLSAT percentileGrant percentileGap
New England Law/Boston12th88th+76
California Western School of Law21th86th+65
Mitchell/Hamline School of Law16th79th+63
The University of Chicago98th20th-78
Brigham Young University87th15th-72
New York University93th30th-63

Conditional scholarships at Texas Southern University

Texas Southern University gave conditional scholarships to 83 students in 2024, and 33% kept the award after review — 56 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 Texas Southern University getting more competitive?

Applications to Texas Southern University rose from 1,188 for the 2015 entering class to 2,032 for 2025, while the class enrolled 207 students — so there were 9.8 applicants per place, against 5 in 2015. Between 2021 and 2025 that figure moved from 9.1 to 9.8, and competition for each place has stayed roughly level.

Entering classApplicationsOffersEnrolledApplicants per place
20151,1886572365
20211,7714991949.1
20241,9146821949.9
20252,0326732079.8

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 Texas Southern University compares to schools at the same level

These are the schools with the closest median LSAT to Texas Southern University'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.

SchoolMedian grant / yrGrant vs. selectivityThree-year net cost% receiving aidApplicants per placeCompetition, last 3 yearsConditional retention
Texas Southern University (this school)$7,363+1 pt
in line
$124,37751%9.8level32.5%
Roger Williams University$28,0000 pt$140,41865%5.4easing86.5%
Widener University Commonwealth Law School$25,000——95%5.9tightening—
Capital University Law School$21,0000 pt$136,70496%5tightening89.6%
Ohio Northern University$17,2500 pt$119,412
excludes fees
79%10.5tightening—
Barry University$16,0000 pt$177,47479%6.2tightening41.5%
Faulkner University$15,9600 pt$171,12072%3.9level—
Oklahoma City University$14,000——77%4.6tightening66.7%
North Carolina Central University$12,9820 pt$103,50072%10level—
Southern Illinois University$9,500——64%5.6level—
University of District of Columbia$8,2920 pt$117,54370%10.4level27.9%
Northern Illinois University$8,2740 pt$115,60578%7.3level—
University of North Dakota$3,875——52%4.1easing100.0%

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

Texas Southern University is in . It admits 33.1% of applicants, and 51% 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.

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Common questions

How much scholarship does Texas Southern University give?

Texas Southern University reports a median grant of $7,363 per year for students receiving financial aid, and 51% of its students receive aid, with 1% of aid recipients covering full tuition or more. The median award covers about 38% of annual tuition, so the school still costs roughly $11,839 per year in tuition after aid.

What LSAT and GPA does Texas Southern University admit?

Texas Southern University admitted students with LSAT scores between 148 and 152, with a median of 150. Its 25th-percentile undergraduate GPA is 2.99 and its 75th-percentile GPA is 3.62, with a median of 3.33.

Does Texas Southern University reduce conditional scholarships?

Texas Southern University gave conditional scholarships to 83 students in 2024, and 33% kept the award after review — 56 students had it reduced.

What do the position labels mean?

Above the median means your LSAT is above the school's 75th-percentile LSAT, so you sit in the top quarter of its entering class. Competitive means your LSAT falls between the school's median and 75th-percentile LSAT, which is the range where most admitted students sit. Below the median means your LSAT is between the school's 25th and 50th-percentile LSAT, inside the bottom half of its entering class. Below the 25th percentile means your LSAT is under the bottom quarter of the school's admitted class, and its published aid figures describe students who were admitted rather than your case.

Is Texas Southern University keeping more conditional scholarships than before?

Texas Southern University does not report enough years of conditional scholarship data to show a trend.

Is Texas Southern University becoming more competitive?

Applications to Texas Southern University rose from 1,188 for the 2015 entering class to 2,032 for 2025, while the class enrolled 207 students — so there were 9.8 applicants per place, against 5 in 2015. Between 2021 and 2025 that figure moved from 9.1 to 9.8, and competition for each place has stayed roughly level.

Is Texas Southern University worth its score compared with other law schools?

Texas Southern University sits in the 2nd percentile of law schools by median LSAT but the 3rd percentile by median grant, so it gives about what its selectivity would predict. Among the 164 schools with both figures reported, that is a gap of 1 percentile points.

Is this an estimate of my offer?

No, and it cannot be. The ABA Standard 509 disclosures publish each school's overall aid distribution, not a mapping from LSAT scores to award amounts. This page shows you Texas Southern University's real published figures and where your scores land against its admitted class. A tool that prints a single dollar figure for your score is running a model, and the error is invisible to you.