Dedman School of Law

The law school of Southern Methodist University, known as Dedman School of Law, is a Private, 4 years school in Dallas, TX. The law school tuition & fees at Dedman School of Law is $63,502. Its average LSAT score submitted by enrolled students is 164 and the average GPA is 3.83 for the academic yera 2023-2024. Total 725 students are attending the law school and 187 first-year students enrolled last year.

LSAT Average: 164
Tuition & Fees (JD): $63,502
LLM Tuition & Fees: $68,294
Acceptance Rate: 32.69%
Student Population: 725
First-Year Student: 187

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2023-2024 Tuition & Fees

The 2023-2024 tuition & fees at Dedman School of Law is $63,502 for law school students. The tuition increased by 4.00% compared to last year. The average living costs besides tuition & fees is $21,237 including costs for room & boards, transportation, and other personal expenses. The living costs does not include the fees for health insurance.

The average tuition & fees of law schools in Texas is $38,227 for Texas residents and $46,485 for out-of-state students. For all laws schools in United States, the average law school tuition & fees is $42,924 for State residents and $48,063 for out-of-state students.

The tuition & fees of Dedman School of Law is more expensive than the average tuition & fees of Texas law schools, as well as costs of all law schools in United States.

The next table shows the Dedman School of Law tuition & fees and compare it to the Texas law schools and all U.S. Law schools. The 2024 statistics for comparison is not available yet due to the lack of data.

Dedman School of Law 2023 Tuition & Fees
	2022	2023	2024
Dedman School of Law	$44,494	$61,058	$63,502
Texas Law Schools	$40,398	$40,826	-
All U.S. Law Schools	$46,359	$47,510	-

LSAT score and GPA in Average

The average LSAT scores submitted by enrolled students is 164 and the average GPA is 3.83 at Dedman School of Law.

The LSAT score of Dedman School of Law is higher than the average LSAT score of Texas law schools, as well as all law schools in United States.

The undergraduate GPA of Dedman School of Law is higher than the average LSAT score of Texas law schools, as well as all law schools in United States.

The next table shows the submitted LSAT scores and GPA by 25^th/50^th/75^th percentile and full-time/part-time status and compare each score to last year scores.

LSAT Scores
GPA

Dedman School of Law LSAT scores distribution
	Dedman School of Law	Texas Law Schools	All Law Schools
25^th percentile	160	156	155
50^th percentile	164	159	159
75^th percentile	166	161	161

Dedman School of LawGPA distribution
	Dedman School of Law	Texas Law Schools	All Law Schools
25^th percentile	3.67	3.33	3.33
50^th percentile	3.83	3.61	3.61
75^th percentile	3.91	3.78	3.79

Acceptance Rate & Admission Statistics

For the academic year 2023-2024, total 2,175 students have applied to Dedman School of Law. Among them, 711 students have accepted to admit and 187 have enrolled into Dedman School of LawThe acceptance rate is 32.69% and the yield is 26%.

The acceptance rate of Dedman School of Law is higher than the acceptance rate of Texas law schools.

The next table illustrates the admission counts, acceptance rate, and yield at Dedman School of Law.

Dedman School of Law Admission Statistics
	Dedman School of Law	Texas Law Schools	All Law Schools
Applicants	2,175	26,977	414,758
Admitted	711	7,070	130,837
Enrolled	187	2,076	36,756
Acceptance Rate	32.69%	30.00%	42.40%
Yield (Enrollment Rate)	26.30%	29.05%	30.97%

Law School Student Population

For the academic year 2023-2024, total 725 students enrolled to Dedman School of Law. Among them 663 students enrolled in JD (Juris Doctor degree) program and 62 students enrolled in Non-JD program.

For the first class, 187 students newly joined to to Dedman School of Law. By gender, there are 85 men and 105 women first-time students at Dedman School of Law. All students enrolled as full-time status at Dedman School of Law.

Total Enrollment
First-Class Students

Dedman School of Law Student Population
	2023	2024
Total Enrollment	769	725
JD Enrollment	687	663
Non-JD Enrollment	82	62

First-year Student Population
	2023	2024
Total	221	187
Men	96	85
Women	130	105

Bar Exam Pass Rate

For the first time bar exam takers, the bar exam pass rate is 84.86% where 218 students took the exam and 185 students passed the exam. The pass rate is higher than average pass rate of Texas law schools (78.97%).

Bar Exam Pass Rate
	2023	2024
Number of Graduates	269	216
First-Time Bar Exam Takers Total	265	218
New Graduates	251	201
Prior Year Graduates	12	14
Early Takers	2	3
No Exam Takers	18	12
Exam Passer	226	185
Exam Pass Rate	85.28%	84.86%
Texas Pass Rate	75.44%	78.97%