Comparing Houston Law and SMU Law Side by Side

The following statements compares Dedman School of Law (SMU Law) and University of Houston Law Center (Houston 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 Houston Law tuition of $50,132.
  • SMU Law offers the better financial aid of $25,000 which is 39.37% of tuition amount.
  • Houston Law acceptance rate of 32.69% is lower than SMU Law of 32.27%.
  • SMU Law's LSAT score of 164 is higher than Houston Law of 161.
  • SMU Law's GPA of 3.83 is higher than Houston Law of 3.72.
  • Houston Law with 866 students is larger than SMU Law with 725 students.
  • Houston Law has higher bar exam pass rate than SMU Law.
  • SMU Law founded in 1911 is older than Houston Law founded in 1947.
  • SMU Law requires more expensive application fees than Houston Law.