South Texas College of Law Students and Faculties

    Class Size and Student Population

    There are 1,093 students enrolled in South Texas College of Law - all JD enrollment. The number of enrolled students increased by 57 compared to last year.

    First-year Enrollment

    In the acadmic year 2024-2025, 399 students newly enrolled to the law school - 172 men and 226 women. By enrolled status, 315 students enrolled as full-time and 172 students enrolled as part-time. South Texas College of Law is bigger than other law schools compared to their average number of students 707.
    ApplicantsAdmittedEnrolledPre-AdmittedTotal First year Enrollment
    2025 Admission 2,298 891 395 4 399
    TotalMenWomenOther
    2021Total 356 170 186 0
    Full-time 308 151 157 0
    Part-time 48 19 29 0
    2022Total 529 255 274 0
    Full-time 455 218 237 0
    Part-time 74 37 37 0
    2023Total 365 164 201 0
    Full-time 308 145 163 0
    Part-time 57 19 38 0
    2024Total 376 148 226 2
    Full-time 294 113 180 1
    Part-time 82 35 46 1
    2025Total 399 172 226 1
    Full-time 316 135 180 1
    Part-time 83 37 46 0
    First Year Enrollment Trends by Gender at South Texas College of Law Chart

    Total Law Student Population

    In the academic year 2024-2025, there are 1,093 law school students and all students enrolled in J.D. program at South Texas College of Law.
    You can compare South Texas College of Law with law schools that have similar student population between 1000 and 1200
    The following table and chart shows the changes of total student population by year at South Texas College of Law.
    TotalJD EnrollmentNon-JD Enrollment
    20219999990
    20229799790
    20231,0031,0030
    20241,0361,0360
    20251,0931,0930
    South Texas College of Law Total Enrollment Trends Chart

    Diversity of Student Population

    For first-year law school students, the percentage of White students at South Texas College of Law is 46.58%. The percentage of African-american students is 8.86% with 35 students and the percentage of Asian students is 6.84% with 27 students.
    The following table and chart visualize the student demographics by race/ethnicity and gender at South Texas College of Law.
    TotalMenWomen
    American Indian / Alaska Native0 00
    African-American / Black35
    (8.86%)    		 1223
    Asian27
    (6.84%)    		 1116
    Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander1
    (0.25%)    		 01
    Hispanic116
    (29.37%)    		 5462
    White184
    (46.58%)    		 82101
    Two or More16
    (4.05%)    		 214
    Race Unknown20
    (5.06%)    		 119
    South Texas College of Law Enrollment by Race Chart

    2024 Faculties & Staffs

    136 faculties and 5 law librarians work for South Texas College of Law. With the 1,093 law school students, its students to faculty ratio is 8 to 1.

    Faculty & Staffs Summary and Comparison

    FacultiesStaffsStudents to Faculty
    South Texas College of Law13658 to 1
    All Law Schools14276 to 1
    Public12776 to 1
    Private15476 to 1
    Texas Law Schools15466 to 1
    Public15276 to 1
    Private15856 to 1

    Faculty by Gender and Job Type

    By gender, there are 77 men (61.11%) and 49 women (38.89%) faculties teaching/advising students at South Texas Law. By employment status, 61 full-time and 65 part-time faculties work for the school.
    2022202320242025
    Total125113126136
    Full-time52556163
    Men31333434
    Women21222729
    Other0000
    Part-time73586573
    Men46374347
    Women27212226
    Other0000

    Law School Librarians

    Other than teaching faculties, 5 law librarians work and help the law school students and faculties at South Texas College of Law.
    2022202320242025
    Librarians5555
    Full-time5555
    Part-time0000
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