The University of Texas at Austin

Austin is considered one of the top cities to live in as part of the United States for a number of reasons.

The city is home to some of the best higher educational institutes, with the University of Texas at Austin, being a prominent name.

Further, the place is home to a number of popular technology giants such as Tesla, Apple & Dell Technologies.

The place is famous for its culture, food, festivals, & most importantly, music, with 400+ live music venues scattered across the city, that is also known as the music capital of the world.

Austin is known to have 300+ sunny days a year, with fairly hot conditions during the summer, however, the conditions for the most part of the academic year, are pleasant, offering the perfect environment to go out & have fun.

Austin houses over 200+ miles of trails for cycling & jogging with the Lady Bird Lake & Hike-and-Bike trail some popular hangout destinations among students.

Both UT Austin & University of Chicago Law School are among the top 20 law schools in the United States, ranking #17 & #5 respectively.

Thus, it comes as no surprise, securing admissions at either, is not a cakewalk. UT Austin Law school's acceptance rate of 15.6% is marginally better than Chicago Law school's: 12.7%, making it relatively easier to secure admissions at.

UT Austin School of Law & UC Berkeley are some of the best ranking law schools in the country, securing US-wide ranks #17 & #7 as part of the latest Shiksha Popularity Rankings.

Acceptance rate wise, they are largely similar, with the UC Berkeley acceptance rate of 17%, making it marginally easier to secure admissions at the UT Austin with an acceptance rate of 15.6%.  

Check out the table below for a more detailed comparison between the two:

UT Austin Law school is a popular recruitment destination for a number of popular law firms in the country, including: Alston & Bird LLP, Anderson, Bright & Associates, AWA Legal, Dentons, & Foley & Lardner LLP, among others.

Graduates are paid handsomely for their contributions related to legal matters & are employed across a number of countries abroad.

As per the latest employment data made available by the institute, the average salary earned by UT Austin Law graduates stands at USD 225,000 (INR 1.92 Cr), which is an increase from the previous year's average salary that stood at USD 215,000 (INR 1.83 Cr).

The below table gives a detailed year-on-year comparison of the institute's placement stats:

The UT Austin Law school placement rate for the Class of 2024, stood at 99%, giving it a near 100% placement rate.

Its solid placement record is one of the key reasons why students prefer to pursue their studies from the institute.

Further, among all graduates to have secured employment, 63% were able to do so at some of the best law firms in the country, while the rest are employed across other private & government organizations, part of the United States judicial system.

Indian students may or may not need to provide valid language test scores such as IELTS & TOEFL based on their first language of education in past academics being English or not.

Students with first language of past education being English are not required to submit language test scores.

However, Indian students whose first language of education was not English, must satisfy the test scores listed below:

As per country-level rankings, given by Shiksha, the UT Austin School of Law secures a rank #17, in the latest popularity rankings, highlighting the standard of education, students are exposed to at the institute.

Further, another popular global university ranking publication, ranks its parent institute: University of Texas at Austin, #66 in its the latest rankings of global universities for the year 2025.