The following statements compares Dedman School of Law (SMU Law) and Baylor Law School (Baylor Law) with important law school statistics. All data is for the academic year 2025-2026, except bar passage and employment data for 2024-2025.
Both schools are private.
SMU Law tuition of $70,750 is more expensive than Baylor Law tuition of $69,605.
Baylor Law offers the better financial aid of $33,518 which is 48.15% of tuition amount.
Baylor Law acceptance rate of 24.59% is lower than SMU Law of 20.59%.
SMU Law's LSAT score of 167 is higher than Baylor Law of 164.
SMU Law's GPA of 3.81 is higher than Baylor Law of 3.77.
SMU Law with 746 students is larger than Baylor Law with 448 students.
Baylor Law has higher bar exam pass rate than SMU Law.
Baylor Law founded in 1845 is older than SMU Law founded in 1911.
