Dedman School of Law Enrollments and Faculty Statistics

Class Size and Student Population

There are 725 students enrolled in Dedman School of Law - 663 JD and 62 non-JD enrollment. The number of enrolled students decreased by 44 compared to last year.

First-year Enrollment

In the acadmic year 2023-2024, 190 students newly enrolled to the law school - 85 men and 105 women. Dedman School of Law has similar number of students as other law schools' average 714.
ApplicantsAdmittedEnrolledPre-AdmittedTotal First year Enrollment
2024 Admission 2,175 711 187 3 190
TotalMenWomenOther
2020205 92 113 0
2021273 124 149 0
2022226 97 129 0
2023226 96 130 0
2024190 85 105 0

Total Law Student Population

In the academic year 2023-2024, 725 students enrolled, of which 663 are J.D. students and 62 are Non-JD students. The proportion of J.D. students is 91.45% at Dedman School of Law.
You can compare Dedman School of Law with law schools that have similar student population between 700 and 1000
The following table and chart shows the changes of total student population by year at Dedman School of Law.
TotalJD EnrollmentNon-JD Enrollment
202076670066
202176469668
202279571976
202376968782
202472566362

Diversity of Student Population

For first-year law school students, the percentage of White students at Dedman School of Law is 80.21%. The percentage of African-american students is 5.88% with 11 students and the percentage of Asian students is 9.63% with 18 students.
The following table and chart visualize the student demographics by race/ethnicity and gender at Dedman School of Law.
TotalMenWomen
American Indian / Alaska Native2
(1.07%)
11
African-American / Black11
(5.88%)
38
Asian18
(9.63%)
612
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0 00
Hispanic25
(13.37%)
718
White150
(80.21%)
6981
Two or More12
(6.42%)
66
Race Unknown4
(2.14%)
22
Nonresident Aliens4
(2.14%)
22

2024 Faculties & Staffs

166 faculties and 7 law librarians work for Dedman School of Law. With the 725 law school students, its students to faculty ratio is 5 to 1.

Faculty & Staffs Summary and Comparison

FacultiesStaffsStudents to Faculty
Dedman School of Law16675 to 1
All Law Schools14276 to 1
Public12776 to 1
Private15376 to 1
Texas Law Schools14766 to 1
Public14876 to 1
Private14556 to 1

Faculty by Gender and Job Type

By gender, there are 112 men (67.47%) and 54 women (32.53%) faculties teaching/advising students at SMU Law. By employment status, 51 full-time and 115 part-time faculties work for the school.
202220232024
Total142145166
Full-time484251
Men241926
Women242325
Other000
Part-time94103115
Men717986
Women232429
Other000

Law School Librarians

Other than teaching faculties, 7 law librarians work and help the law school students and faculties at Dedman School of Law.
202220232024
Librarians577
Full-time577
Part-time000