Everyone knows law school isn’t cheap, but a tough economy and a tighter job market have focused educators on helping ease the student loan debt burden on their graduates.
The good news is that 2011 data (the most recent available) provided by eight of Texas’ nine American Bar Association-accredited law schools show that graduates of the state’s three public law schools had an average student loan debt of $74,209 2 percent less than the $75,387 nationwide average for all public law schools. 2011 graduates of five of Texas’ six private law schools had an average student loan debt of $104,985 16 percent less than the $124,950 nationwide average for all private law schools.
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