Official ABA Data

University of Houston Law Center

100 Law Center
Houston, TX 77204-6060
Phone: 713.743.2280; Fax: 713.743.2194
lawadmissions@uh.eduhttp://www.law.uh.edu/

ABA
Approved
Since
1950

The Basics

Type of school Public
Term Semester
Application deadline 11/15, 2/15, 5/15
Application fee $70
Financial aid deadline 4/1
Can first year start other than fall? No
Student to faculty ratio 11.3 to 1
# of housing spaces available
restricted to law students		  
graduate housing for which law students are eligible 935  

Faculty and Administrators

  Total Spr Total Fall Men Spr Men Fall Women Spr Women Fall Minorities Spr Minorities Fall
Full-time 63 51 46 35 17 16 8 8
Other Full-time 11 0 4 0 7 0 0 0
Deans, librarians, & others who teach 4 3 4 3 0 0 0 0
Part-time 91 68 67 50 24 18 16 11
Total 169 122 121 88 48 34 24 19

Tuition and Fees

Resident—full-time $28,130
Resident—part-time $19,889
Nonresident—full-time $38,805
Nonresident—part-time $27,006
Tuition Guarantee Program N

Living Expenses (estimated living expenses for singles)

Estimated Living Expenses for Singles
Living on campus Living off campus Living at home
$12,974 $16,122 $9,822

Curriculum

Typical first-year section size—full-time 70
Typical first-year section size—part-time 50
Is there typically a "small section" of the first-year class, other than Legal Writing, taught by full-time faculty—full-time Yes
If yes, typical size offered last year—full-time 35
Is there typically a "small section" of the first-year class, other than Legal Writing, taught by full-time faculty—part-time Yes
If yes, typical size offered last year—part-time 25
# of classroom course titles beyond first-year curriculum 219
# of seminars 20
# of seminar positions available 284
# of seminar positions filled—full-time 199
# of seminar positions filled—part-time 37
# of positions available in simulation courses 750
# of simulation positions filled—full-time 534
# of simulation positions filled—part-time 75
# of positions available in faculty supervised clinical courses 235
# of faculty supervised clinical positions filled—full-time 92
# of faculty supervised clinical positions filled—part-time 12
# involved in field placements—full-time 258
# involved in field placements—part-time 12
# involved in law journals—full-time 125
# involved in law journals—part-time 14
# involved in moot court or trial competitions—full-time 80
# involved in moot court or trial competitions—part-time 13
# of credit hours required to graduate 90
# of upper division courses, excluding seminars, with an enrollment
Under 25 131
25–49 41
50–74 20
75–99 7
100+ 0

JD Enrollment and Ethnicity

Men
#		 Men
%		 Women
#		 Women
%		 Full-time
#		 Full-time
%		 Part-time
#		 Part-time
%		 1st-year
#		 1st-year
%		 Total
#		 Total
%		 JD
Degs
Awd.
All Hispanics 38 8.1 44 12.3 70 10.4 12 7.8 29 11.6 82 9.9 31
American Indian/Alaska Native 6 1.3 4 1.1 9 1.3 1 0.6 2 0.8 10 1.2 0
Asian 63 13.3 50 14.0 91 13.5 22 14.3 41 16.3 113 13.6 27
Black/African American 16 3.4 44 12.3 45 6.7 15 9.7 18 7.2 60 7.2 20
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0
2 or more races 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0
Subtotal (Minority) 123 26.1 142 39.7 215 31.8 50 32.5 90 35.9 265 31.9 78
Nonresident Alien 0 0.0 1 0.3 1 0.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.1 6
White/Caucasian 339 71.8 210 58.7 450 66.6 99 64.3 160 63.7 549 66.1 196
Unknown 10 2.1 5 1.4 10 1.5 5 3.2 0 0.0 15 1.8 1
Total 472 56.9 358 43.1 676 81.4 154 18.6 251 30.2 830   281

Transfers

Transfers in 24
Transfers out 3

GPA and LSAT Scores

Total Full-Time Part-Time
# of applicants 3,357 2,774 583
# of offers 903 807 96
# of matrics 252 199 53
75% GPA 3.60 3.61 3.53
Median GPA 3.42 3.43 3.28
25% GPA 3.16 3.22 2.90
75% LSAT 163 164 162
Median LSAT 161 162 160
25% LSAT 157 159 156

Grants and Scholarships (from prior year)

Total
#		 Total
%		 Full-Time
#		 Full-Time
%		 Part-Time
#		 Part-Time
%
Total # of students 877   701   176  
Total # receiving grants 498 56.8 498 71.0 0 0.0
Less than 1/2 tuition 458 52.2 458 65.3 0 0.0
Half to full tuition 38 4.3 38 5.4 0 0.0
Full tuition 1 0.1 1 0.1 0 0.0
More than full tuition 1 0.1 1 0.1 0 0.0
Median grant amount full-time $2,200
Median grant amount part-time $0

Employment (9 months after graduation)

The ABA now collects and publishes detailed law graduate employment information. For school-by-school data on the graduating classes of 2010 and 2011, go to http://employmentsummary.abaquestionnaire.org/ on the ABA website.

Informational and Library Resources

Total amount spent on library materials $1,395,760
Study seating capacity inside the library 550
# of full-time equivalent professional librarians 11
Hours per week library is open 168
# of open, wired connections available to students 0
# of networked computers available for use by students 10
Has wireless network? Y
Requires computer? N

JD Attrition (from prior year)

Academic
#		 Other
#		 Total
#		 Total
%
1st year 0 1 1 0.4
2nd year 2 9 11 4.2
3rd year 0 4 4 1.3
4th year 0 0 0 0.0

Bar Passage Rates

First-time takers 277
Reporting % 95.67
Average school % 89.43
Average state % 82.68
Average pass difference 6.75
Bar Passage Rates
Jurisdiction Takers Passers Pass % State % Diff %
Texas 265 237 89.43 82.68 6.75