St. Mary's University School of Law

St. Mary's University School of Law is a Private, 4 years school in San Antonio, TX. The law school tuition & fees at St. Mary's University School of Law is $44,779.Its average LSAT score submitted by enrolled students is 152 and the average GPA is 3.32. Total 880 students are attending the law school and 224 first-year students enrolled last year.

LSAT Average: 152
2024 Tuition & Fees (JD): $44,779
LLM Tuition & Fees: $38,442
Acceptance Rate: 50.27%
Student Population: 880
First-Year Student: 224

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2023-2024 Tuition & Fees

The 2023-2024 tuition & fees at St. Mary's University School of Law is $44,779 for law school students. The tuition increased by 4.91% compared to last year. The average living costs besides tuition & fees is $16,898 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 $37,286 for Texas residents and $45,078 for out-of-state students. For all laws schools in United States, the average law school tuition & fees is $41,844 for State residents and $47,084 for out-of-state students.

The tuition & fees of St. Mary's University School of Law is cheaper than the average tuition & fees of Texas law schools.

The next table shows the St. Mary's University 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.

St. Mary's University School of Law 2023 Tuition & Fees
	2022	2023	2024
St. Mary's University School of Law	$41,058	$42,682	$44,779
Texas Law Schools	$37,995	$45,078	-
All U.S. Law Schools	$43,395	$47,084	-

LSAT score and GPA in Average

The average LSAT scores submitted by enrolled students is 152 and the average GPA is 3.32 at St. Mary's University School of Law.

The LSAT score of St. Mary's University School of Law is lower than the average LSAT score of Texas law schools.

The undergraduate GPA of St. Mary's University School of Law is lower than the average LSAT score of Texas law schools.

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

St. Mary's University School of Law LSAT scores distribution
	St. Mary's University School of Law	Texas Law Schools	All Law Schools
25^th percentile	150	155	155
50^th percentile	152	159	158
75^th percentile	155	161	161

St. Mary's University School of LawGPA distribution
	St. Mary's University School of Law	Texas Law Schools	All Law Schools
25^th percentile	3.03	3.29	3.29
50^th percentile	3.32	3.56	3.58
75^th percentile	3.56	3.75	3.76

Acceptance Rate & Admission Statistics

For the academic year 2022-2023, total 1,319 students have applied to St. Mary's University School of Law. Among them, 663 students have accepted to admit and 224 have enrolled into St. Mary's University School of LawThe acceptance rate is 50.27% and the yield is 34%.

The acceptance rate of St. Mary's University 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 St. Mary's University School of Law.

St. Mary's University School of Law Admission Statistics
	St. Mary's University School of Law	Texas Law Schools	All Law Schools
Applicants	1,319	26,508	427,103
Admitted	663	7,245	128,500
Enrolled	224	2,055	36,795
Acceptance Rate	50.27%	32.37%	40.93%
Yield (Enrollment Rate)	33.79%	28.57%	31.46%

Law School Student Population

For the academic year 2022-2023, total 880 students enrolled to St. Mary's University School of Law. Among them 761 students enrolled in JD (Juris Doctor degree) program and 119 students enrolled in Non-JD program.

For the first class, 224 students newly joined to to St. Mary's University School of Law. By gender, there are 101 men and 133 women first-time students at St. Mary's University School of Law. By attending status, 228 students enrolled as full-time and 6 students enrolled as part-time status.

Total Enrollment
First-Class Students

St. Mary's University School of Law Student Population
	2022	2023
Total Enrollment	868	880
JD Enrollment	747	761
Non-JD Enrollment	121	119

First-year Student Population
	2022			2023
	Total	Full time	Part time	Total	Full time	Part time
Total	255	222	70	224	228	6
Men	139	98	29	101	98	3
Women	165	124	41	133	130	3

Bar Exam Pass Rate

For the first time bar exam takers, the bar exam pass rate is 71.63% where 215 students took the exam and 154 students passed the exam. The pass rate is lower than average pass rate of Texas law schools (75.29%).

Bar Exam Pass Rate
	2022	2023
Number of Graduates	215	228
First-Time Bar Exam Takers Total	196	215
New Graduates	156	189
Prior Year Graduates	36	26
Early Takers	4	0
No Exam Takers	54	39
Exam Passer	138	154
Exam Pass Rate	70.41%	71.63%
Texas Pass Rate	0%	75.29%