2023 Best Value Law Schools in the Southwest Region
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Law School for You
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The Best Value Law Schools in the Southwest Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 13 schools in the Southwest Region to see which ones offered the best value programs for law students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.
Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
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2023 Best Value Law Schools in the Southwest Region
Check out the law programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.
Top 10 Best Law Schools
Our 2023 rankings named The University of Texas at Austin the best value school in the Southwest Region for law students. Located in the large city of Austin, UT Austin is a public college with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UT Austin are $40,996 a year. On average, law graduates from UT Austin take out $19,500 in student loans while working on their degree.
UT Austin also made our Best Law Schools in the Southwest Region list, coming in at #2.
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The excellent programs at Oklahoma City University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best law schools in the Southwest Region . Located in the large city of Oklahoma City, OCU is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at OCU are $32,744 a year.
Out of the 13 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Tech University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the city of Lubbock, Texas Tech is a public school with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Texas Tech are $24,121 a year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Texas Tech also is in the top 10% of our Best Law Schools in the Southwest Region ranking.
A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of Houston is a great value for law students. UH is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Houston.
UH undergraduate students pay an average of $21,891 in tuition and fees each year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, UH also is in the top 20% of our Best Law Schools in the Southwest Region ranking.
Out of the 13 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - College Station landed the # 5 spot on the list. Texas A&M College Station is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of College Station.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Texas A&M College Station are $38,855 a year.
Texas A&M College Station did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Law Schools in the Southwest Region list.
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Arizona State University - Tempe ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Law Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the midsize city of Tempe, ASU - Tempe is a public college with a very large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at ASU - Tempe are $29,438 per year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, ASU - Tempe also did well on our Best Law Schools in the Southwest Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
With a ranking of #7, St. Mary’s University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for law students. Located in the large city of San Antonio, St. Mary's is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at St. Mary’s are $34,564 per year.
University of Oklahoma Norman Campus did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for law students. It came in at #8 on the list. University of Oklahoma is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Norman.
University of Oklahoma undergraduate students pay an average of $25,116 in tuition and fees each year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, University of Oklahoma also is in the top 20% of our Best Law Schools in the Southwest Region ranking.
University of Tulsa came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Law Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in the large city of Tulsa, University of Tulsa is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at University of Tulsa are $45,138 a year.
Southern Methodist University ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Law Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the large suburb of Dallas, SMU is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.
SMU undergraduate students pay an average of $60,236 in tuition and fees each year.
SMU not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #5 on our Best Law Schools in the Southwest Region list.
Best Law Colleges by State
Explore the best law colleges for a specific state in the Southwest region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Texas | 2,044 |
| Arizona | 393 |
| Oklahoma | 395 |
| New Mexico | 105 |
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Law Related Majors for Law
Law is one of 4 different types of programs to choose from.
Most Popular Related Majors
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Legal Support Services | 11,545 |
| Legal Research | 6,874 |
| Non-Professional General Legal Studies | 4,407 |
| Legal Professions (Other) | 2,013 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 13 schools only.
- The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
- Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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