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2023 Best Value Legal Professions Schools in Texas

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

6 Colleges
$25,068 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$46,794 Avg Salary

In 2020-2021, legal professions students earned 2,357 degrees and certificates from a Texas school, making the subject the 7th in the state.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

The Best Value Legal Professions Schools in Texas ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 6 schools in Texas to see which ones offered the best value programs for legal professions 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.

Check out the legal professions programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

$11,752 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found The University of Texas at Austin to be the best value school for legal professions students who want to pursue a degree in Texas. Located in the large city of Austin, UT Austin is a public college with a fairly large student population.

UT Austin undergraduate students pay an average of $11,752 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

UT Austin did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Legal Professions Schools in Texas list.

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$12,204 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Texas A&M University - College Station is a great value for legal professions students. Texas A&M College Station is a very large public school located in the midsize city of College Station.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Texas A&M College Station are $12,204 per year.

Texas A&M College Station not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #4 on our Best Legal Professions Schools in Texas list.

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#3

University of Houston

Houston, TX
$9,699 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Houston. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Legal Professions Schools in Texas list. UH is a fairly large public school located in the city of Houston.

UH undergraduate students pay an average of $9,699 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, UH also did well on our Best Legal Professions Schools in Texas list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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$8,637 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 6 schools in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Southern University landed the # 4 spot on the list. TSU is a medium-sized public school located in the large city of Houston.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at TSU are $8,637 a year.

Full Legal Professions at Texas Southern University Report

#5

St. Mary's University

San Antonio, TX
$34,564 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at St. Mary’s University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best legal professions schools in Texas. Located in the large city of San Antonio, St. Mary's is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at St. Mary’s are $34,564 per year.

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$60,236 Average Tuition & Fees

Southern Methodist University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for legal professions students. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the suburb of Dallas, SMU is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at SMU are $60,236 a year.

SMU also made our Best Legal Professions Schools in Texas list, coming in at #5.

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Explore all the Best Value Legal Professions Colleges in the Southwest Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 955
Oklahoma 632
New Mexico 108

Major Annual Graduates
Law 36,216
Legal Research 6,659
Legal Professions (Other) 1,424
Legal Support Services 446
Non-Professional General Legal Studies 444

Related Major Annual Graduates
Public Administration & Social Service 53,252
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting 13,045
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies 10,452
Military Technologies & Applied Sciences 1,613

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 6 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).
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