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The Texas law school acceptance rate is 14.0 percent: 881 offers on 6,297 completed applications for fall 2025. Medians were 172 and 3.89, with 25th percentiles of 166 and 3.75; grants reach 94 percent of students. Here is how to get in against those numbers.
14.0 percent for the fall 2025 entering class: 881 offers of admission on 6,297 completed applications, per Texas's own 2025 ABA 509 report.
Resident tuition of $38,236 against a $25,174 living estimate makes this the cheapest elite legal education in America by a wide margin.
Verified figureValueAcceptance rate14.0% (881 offers on 6,297 applications)LSAT 25/50/75166 / 172 / 173GPA 25/50/753.75 / 3.89 / 3.96Annual cost of attendance$63,634Median grant / share receiving$23,375 to 94% of studentsClass of 2025 graduates308Firms of 101+ attorneys43.8% (135 graduates)Federal clerkships14.3% (44 graduates)Employed at 10 months99.7%Top marketsTX 227, NY 29, CA 10CityAustin, TXCar neededNoJanuary average low / July average high41.8F / 96.6F
Sources: Texas's 2025 ABA 509 report (https://law.utexas.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/12/TexasLaw_2025_Std509InfoReport_2025.pdf), its class of 2025 ABA Employment Summary (https://law.utexas.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2026/04/EQSummary-co2025.pdf), and its admissions pages (https://law.utexas.edu/admissions/apply/early-decision-admissions/). Climate from NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals. Verified July 26, 2026.
The enrolled class tells you what Texas actually takes. LSAT percentiles were 166 at the 25th, 172 at the median and 173 at the 75th.
A 172 clears the median and makes you numbers-competitive. A 173 puts you in the top quarter, which is where merit money conversations start. Below 166 you are under the disclosed floor and the rest of the file has to carry an unusual amount.
Moderately friendly.
GPA percentiles were 3.75 at the 25th, 3.89 at the median and 3.96 at the 75th. The 25th percentile is the number that matters most if your transcript is the weaker half of your file, because it is the disclosed floor rather than the advertised middle.
The spread between the median and the 25th is 0.14, which is moderate, so a below-median GPA needs the LSAT to compensate.
Moderately friendly.
No school publishes admit rates by score band, so this grid is directional and built strictly from where each combination sits against the disclosed percentiles above.
Your positionRead on your oddsWhat to doLSAT 173+ and GPA 3.96+Above both 75th percentilesApply early and negotiate; you are who the aid budget exists forLSAT 172-173 and GPA 3.89-3.96At or above both mediansCompetitive; timing and the essay decide the marginLSAT 172+ and GPA below 3.75SplitterLSAT carries the file; addendum only if the GPA has a real storyLSAT 166-172 and GPA 3.89+Reverse splitterRetake is usually the highest-value moveLSAT 166-172 and GPA 3.75-3.89Below the class midpoint, inside the rangeEverything early and flawless; expect little aidBelow 166 or below 3.75Below the 25th percentileRetake, then rebuild the list
Percentile anchors from the 2025 ABA 509; the readings are our framework, not published admit rates.
Moderately friendly. Moderately friendly.
The disclosed evidence behind that: the GPA spread is 0.14 and the LSAT spread is 6 points. A wide GPA spread means the school routinely enrolls students well below its own transcript midpoint; a wide LSAT spread means the same on the test.
Yield protection: High for out-of-state applicants, because UT is statutorily oriented toward Texas residents.
94.2% of students receive grants, averaging $23,375, and UT awards no conditional scholarships, meaning your money cannot be revoked for grades.
The disclosed figures: a median grant of $23,375 reaching 94 percent of students, against a cost of attendance of $63,634. That puts the median student at roughly $40,259 a year before interest.
Since July 1, 2026 federal borrowing for professional students is capped at $50,000 a year and $200,000 in aggregate with Grad PLUS eliminated, under the Reimagining and Improving Student Education final rule, which attributes the change to the Working Families Tax Cuts Act (https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/01/2026-08556/reimagining-and-improving-student-education-federal-student-loan-program-final-regulations). That leaves about $13,634 a year at sticker to close privately, our arithmetic.
Early decision: Binding, Nov 1
Interviews: Yes: invitation-only virtual
Both lines come from the school's own admissions pages (https://law.utexas.edu/admissions/apply/early-decision-admissions/), verified July 26, 2026. Terms reflect the most recently posted cycle; re-verify in September.
One caution for anyone cross-checking us against a secondary summary. Widely circulated write-ups of this school's early decision and interview policy are out of date on this point, which is why every line above carries the school's own URL rather than a citation to a compilation.
Texas ties are a genuine advantage, and the school reads for them. If you have any, foreground them.
Work experience: Neutral.
Texan-dominated but not parochial. Confident, sociable, politically varied, and unusually likely to stay in state and rise through it.
The best value in American legal education, in a booming legal market, with a clerkship record that beats most of the top ten.
The outcomes: 43.8 percent into firms of 101 or more attorneys, 14.3 percent into federal clerkships, 99.7 percent employed at ten months, concentrated in TX 227, NY 29, CA 10.
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The fall 2025 enrolled medians were 172 LSAT with a 166 twenty-fifth percentile and a 173 seventy-fifth. A 172 is numbers-competitive; 173 puts you in the top quarter.
14.0 percent for fall 2025, 881 offers on 6,297 completed applications, per its 2025 ABA 509 report.
Median 3.89, with a 3.75 twenty-fifth percentile and a 3.96 seventy-fifth. The spread of 0.14 between median and floor is what tells you how far below the middle the school will go.
94.2% of students receive grants, averaging $23,375, and UT awards no conditional scholarships, meaning your money cannot be revoked for grades. The disclosed median grant is $23,375 reaching 94 percent of students.
Moderately friendly.
Written by Ali, Georgetown Law, founder of Lovare Institut.
July 30, 2026
July 30, 2026