2023 Most Popular Law Schools in Texas
Finding the Best Law School for You
In 2020-2021, 2,044 degrees and certificates were awarded to law students who went to a Texas college or university. This makes it the #31 most popular major in the state.
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Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Most Popular Law Schools in Texas to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 10 schools in Texas to see which programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Law program at each school on the list.
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2023 Most Popular Law Schools in Texas
The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Law Colleges.
Top 10 Most Popular Law Schools
Our 2023 rankings named The University of Texas at Austin the most popular school in Texas for law students. UT Austin is a fairly large public school located in the city of Austin.
Law majors at UT Austin take out an average of $19,500 in student loans while working on their egree.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend South Texas College of Law. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Most Popular Law Schools in Texas list. Located in the city of Houston, South Texas College of Law is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly small student population.
A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Houston is a great place for law students. Located in the city of Houston, UH is a public school with a very large student population.
A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Southern Methodist University is a great place for law students. SMU is a large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Dallas.
The excellent programs at St. Mary’s University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best law schools in Texas. St. Mary's is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of San Antonio.
Texas A&M University - College Station did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for law students. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public school with a fairly large student population.
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Texas Southern University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular law programs. Located in the city of Houston, TSU is a public school with a medium-sized student population.
Baylor University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for law students. It came in at #8 on the list. Baylor is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Waco.
Texas Tech University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Law Schools in Texas ranking. Texas Tech is a very large public school located in the city of Lubbock.
University of North Texas at Dallas came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Law Schools in Texas ranking. Located in the city of Dallas, UNT Dallas is a public college with a small student population.
Best Law Colleges in the Southwest Region
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State | Degrees Awarded |
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Arizona | 393 |
Oklahoma | 395 |
New Mexico | 105 |
Majors Related to Law
One of 4 majors within the area of study, law has other similar majors worth exploring.
Majors Similar to Law
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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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 10 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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