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 $44,854. Its average LSAT score submitted by enrolled students is 152 and the average GPA is 3.38 for the academic yera 2023-2024. Total 884 students are attending the law school and 281 first-year students enrolled last year.

LSAT Average: 152
Tuition & Fees (JD): $44,854
LLM Tuition & Fees: $38,442
Acceptance Rate: 35.94%
Student Population: 884
First-Year Student: 281

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2024-2025 Tuition & Fees

The 2024-2025 tuition & fees at St. Mary's University School of Law is $44,854 for law school students. The tuition increased by 0.17% 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 $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 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 2025 statistics for comparison is not available yet due to the lack of data.

St. Mary's University School of Law 2023 Tuition & Fees
	2023	2024	2025
St. Mary's University School of Law	$42,682	$44,779	$44,854
Texas Law Schools	$40,826	$46,485	-
All U.S. Law Schools	$47,510	$48,063	-

LSAT score and GPA in Average

The average LSAT scores submitted by enrolled students is 152 and the average GPA is 3.38 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
	Full-time	Part-time	Texas Law Schools	All Law Schools
25^th percentile	150	154	156	155
50^th percentile	152	157	159	159
75^th percentile	155	158	161	161

St. Mary's University School of LawGPA distribution
	St. Mary's University School of Law		Texas Law Schools	All Law Schools
	Full-time	Part-time	Texas Law Schools	All Law Schools
25^th percentile	3.04	3.02	3.33	3.33
50^th percentile	3.38	3.34	3.61	3.61
75^th percentile	3.64	3.79	3.78	3.79

Acceptance Rate & Admission Statistics

For the academic year 2023-2024, total 2,279 students have applied to St. Mary's University School of Law. Among them, 819 students have accepted to admit and 281 have enrolled into St. Mary's University School of LawThe acceptance rate is 35.94% 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	2,279	26,977	414,758
Admitted	819	7,070	130,837
Enrolled	281	2,076	36,756
Acceptance Rate	35.94%	30.00%	42.40%
Yield (Enrollment Rate)	34.31%	29.05%	30.97%

Law School Student Population

For the academic year 2023-2024, total 884 students enrolled to St. Mary's University School of Law. Among them 803 students enrolled in JD (Juris Doctor degree) program and 81 students enrolled in Non-JD program.

For the first class, 281 students newly joined to to St. Mary's University School of Law. By gender, there are 67 men and 89 women first-time students at St. Mary's University School of Law. All students enrolled as full-time status at St. Mary's University School of Law.

Total Enrollment
First-Class Students

St. Mary's University School of Law Student Population
	2023	2024
Total Enrollment	880	884
JD Enrollment	761	803
Non-JD Enrollment	119	81

First-year Student Population
	2023	2024
Total	224	281
Men	98	67
Women	130	89

Bar Exam Pass Rate

For the first time bar exam takers, the bar exam pass rate is 73.47% where 196 students took the exam and 144 students passed the exam. The pass rate is lower than average pass rate of Texas law schools (79.21%).

Bar Exam Pass Rate
	2023	2024
Number of Graduates	228	201
First-Time Bar Exam Takers Total	215	196
New Graduates	189	150
Prior Year Graduates	26	35
Early Takers	0	11
No Exam Takers	39	40
Exam Passer	154	144
Exam Pass Rate	71.63%	73.47%
Texas Pass Rate	75.29%	79.21%