Comparing SMU Law and UT Austin Law Side by Side
The following statements compares Dedman School of Law (SMU Law) and University of Texas School of Law (UT Austin Law) with important law school statistics. All data is for the academic year 2025-2026, except bar passage and employment data for 2024-2025.
- SMU Law tuition of $70,750 is more expensive than UT Austin Law tuition of $56,822.
- UT Austin Law offers the better financial aid of $23,375 which is 41.14% of tuition amount.
- UT Austin Law acceptance rate of 24.59% is lower than SMU Law of 13.99%.
- UT Austin Law's LSAT score of 172 is higher than SMU Law of 167.
- UT Austin Law's GPA of 3.89 is higher than SMU Law of 3.81.
- UT Austin Law with 960 students is larger than SMU Law with 746 students.
- UT Austin Law has higher bar exam pass rate than SMU Law.
- UT Austin Law founded in 1883 is older than SMU Law founded in 1911.
- SMU Law requires more expensive application fees than SMU Law.