Comparing South Texas Law and SMU Law Side by Side
The following statements compares Dedman School of Law (SMU Law) and South Texas College of Law (South Texas 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 South Texas Law tuition of $46,864.
SMU Law offers the better financial aid of $26,000 which is 36.75% of tuition amount.
SMU Law acceptance rate of 33.65% is lower than South Texas Law of 24.59%.
SMU Law's LSAT score of 167 is higher than South Texas Law of 155.
SMU Law's GPA of 3.81 is higher than South Texas Law of 3.41.
South Texas Law with 1,144 students is larger than SMU Law with 746 students.
South Texas Law has higher bar exam pass rate than SMU Law.
SMU Law founded in 1911 is older than South Texas Law founded in 1923.
SMU Law requires more expensive application fees than South Texas Law.
