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 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 St. Mary's Law tuition of $47,298.
SMU Law offers the better financial aid of $26,000 which is 36.75% of tuition amount.
SMU Law acceptance rate of 25.98% is lower than St. Mary's Law of 24.59%.
SMU Law's LSAT score of 167 is higher than St. Mary's Law of 153.
SMU Law's GPA of 3.81 is higher than St. Mary's Law of 3.49.
St. Mary's Law with 987 students is larger than SMU Law with 746 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.
