The following statements compares Dedman School of Law (SMU Law) and Thurgood Marshall School of Law (TSU 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 TSU Law tuition of $27,318.
SMU Law offers the better financial aid of $26,000 which is 36.75% of tuition amount.
SMU Law acceptance rate of 33.12% is lower than TSU Law of 24.59%.
SMU Law's LSAT score of 167 is higher than TSU Law of 150.
SMU Law's GPA of 3.81 is higher than TSU Law of 3.33.
SMU Law with 746 students is larger than TSU Law with 572 students.
SMU Law has higher bar exam pass rate than TSU Law.
SMU Law founded in 1911 is older than TSU Law founded in 1947.
SMU Law requires more expensive application fees than TSU Law.
