Comparing USD Law and Maryland Law Side by Side

The following statements compares University of San Diego School of Law (USD Law) and University of Maryland School of Law (Maryland Law) with important law school statistics. All data is for the academic year 2025-2026, except bar passage and employment data for 2024-2025.
  • USD Law tuition of $70,091 is more expensive than Maryland Law tuition of $64,362.
  • USD Law offers the better financial aid of $32,000 which is 45.65% of tuition amount.
  • USD Law acceptance rate of 26.08% is lower than Maryland Law of 23.51%.
  • Maryland Law's LSAT score of 164 is higher than USD Law of 163.
  • USD Law's GPA of 3.84 is higher than Maryland Law of 3.72.
  • USD Law with 972 students is larger than Maryland Law with 717 students.
  • USD Law has higher bar exam pass rate than Maryland Law.
  • Maryland Law founded in 1823 is older than USD Law founded in 1954.