Dedman School of Law

The 2021-2022 tuition & fees at Dedman School of Law is $55,764. This cost is different from the costs of other undergraduate and graduate programs. For major programs other than law at Southern Methodist University, the average undergraduate tuition & fees are $60,236. The average graduate program tuition & fees are $35,802. The average living costs including room & board and other living expenses is $20,038 when a student lives on-campus (i.e. dormitory, school owned apartment) and $11,300 when a student lives off-campus. The following table summarizes the tuition & fees, and other college costs for Dedman School of Law

The average GPA of Dedman School of Law is 3.76 and the average LSAT score is 163. The GPA is the average value of submitted scores from 225 pre-admitted and enrolled first-year students and the average LSAT score is computed over submitted scores from 223 students. The following table summarizes the GPA and LSAT scores by 25^th, 50^th, and 75^th percentiles.

For the academic year 2021-2022, total 2,334 students have applied to Dedman School of Law and 780 students have accepted to get into the school. Among the admitted students, 224 students finally have enrolled into the school. The acceptance rate is 33.42% and the yield, also known as enrollment rate, is 28.72% at Dedman School of Law. With 2 pre-admitted students, total 226 first-year students enrolled in Dedman School of Law.

Last year, total 189 students took the bar exam first time at Dedman School of Law. Among them, 161 students passed the exam and the bar exam pass rate is 85.18%. For reference, the average pass rate at Texas law schools is 0%. The following table shows the bar exam pass rate for first time exam takers at Dedman School of Law.