The following statements compares Dedman School of Law (SMU Law) and University of Houston Law Center (Houston 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 Houston Law tuition of $52,279.
SMU Law offers the better financial aid of $26,000 which is 36.75% of tuition amount.
Houston Law acceptance rate of 24.59% is lower than SMU Law of 22.99%.
SMU Law's LSAT score of 167 is higher than Houston Law of 163.
SMU Law's GPA of 3.81 is higher than Houston Law of 3.79.
Houston Law with 913 students is larger than SMU Law with 746 students.
SMU Law has higher bar exam pass rate than Houston Law.
SMU Law founded in 1911 is older than Houston Law founded in 1947.
SMU Law requires more expensive application fees than Houston Law.
