Comparing CU Boulder Law and SMU Law Side by Side

The following statements compares Dedman School of Law (SMU Law) and University of Colorado Boulder School of Law (CU Boulder Law) with important law school statistics. All data is for the academic year 2023-2024, except bar passage and employment data for 2022-2023.
  • SMU Law tuition of $63,502 is more expensive than CU Boulder Law tuition of $42,217.
  • SMU Law offers the better financial aid of $25,000 which is 39.37% of tuition amount.
  • SMU Law acceptance rate of 34.24% is lower than CU Boulder Law of 32.69%.
  • Both schools have same LSAT scores of 164 of 164.
  • SMU Law's GPA of 3.83 is higher than CU Boulder Law of 3.81.
  • SMU Law with 725 students is larger than CU Boulder Law with 525 students.
  • SMU Law has higher bar exam pass rate than CU Boulder Law.
  • CU Boulder Law founded in 1892 is older than SMU Law founded in 1911.
  • SMU Law requires more expensive application fees than CU Boulder Law.