The following statements compares Dedman School of Law (SMU Law) and St. Mary's University School of Law (St. Mary's Law) with important law school statistics. All data is for the academic year 2023-2024, except bar passage and employment data for 2022-2023.
Both schools are private.
SMU Law tuition of $63,502 is more expensive than St. Mary's Law tuition of $44,854.
SMU Law offers the better financial aid of $25,000 which is 39.37% of tuition amount.
SMU Law acceptance rate of 35.94% is lower than St. Mary's Law of 32.69%.
SMU Law's LSAT score of 164 is higher than St. Mary's Law of 152.
SMU Law's GPA of 3.83 is higher than St. Mary's Law of 3.38.
St. Mary's Law with 884 students is larger than SMU Law with 725 students.
SMU Law has higher bar exam pass rate than St. Mary's Law.
SMU Law founded in 1911 is older than St. Mary's Law founded in 1927.
SMU Law requires more expensive application fees than St. Mary's Law.
