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Dedman School of Law's 2027 tuition & fees is $70,750 for its prospective students. The law school tuition is increased by 3.00% from last year.

For law school students, the average living costs including room & board, books, and other personal expenses is $27,862. Including living costs and tuition & fees, the total costs of attendance of Dedman School of Law is $98,612.

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The average GPA is 3.81 and the average LSAT score is 167 for 2027 Dedman School of Law admission.

The GPA is the average value of submitted scores from 251 pre-admitted and enrolled first-year students and the average LSAT score is computed over submitted scores from 253 students.

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For the academic year 2025-2026, total 3,038 students have applied to Dedman School of Law and 747 students have accepted to get into the school.

Among the admitted students, 254 students finally have enrolled into the school. The acceptance rate is 24.59% and the yield, also known as enrollment rate, is 34.00% at Dedman School of Law.

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At Dedman School of Law, 94.14% of enrolled students received grants and/or scholarships. The average grant amount is $27,040. 3.76% of students received more than full tuition amount, and 28.31% received more than half, but not the full tuition amount.

You can view more detailed financial aid statistics at Dedman School of Law costs and financial aid page.

Dedman School of Law enrolled 254 first-year students in total. Among them, 94.09% identified their race/ethnicity. By race and ethnicity, 159 White, 19 Asian, 6 Black or African American, 45 Hispanic students enrolled. By gender, 129 male and 110 female students enrolled at Dedman School of Law.

By race and ethnicity, White has the most enrollment share at 62.60%, followed by Hispanics with 17.72%.

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Last year, total 265 students took the bar exam first time at Dedman School of Law. Among them, 226 students passed the exam and the bar exam pass rate is 85.28%. For reference, the average pass rate at Texas law schools is 75.44%. The following table shows the bar exam pass rate for first time exam takers at Dedman School of Law.

In 2025, 218 students graduated from Dedman School of Law. Of them, 196 graduates employed where bar passage required and 14 got J.D. Advantage jobs. By employed status, 211 graduates employed as full-time and 0 employed as part-time status. Check more employment statistics at Dedman School of Law employement summary page.