Law at Southern Methodist University
What traits are you looking for in a law school? To help you decide if Southern Methodist University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's law program.SMU is located in Dallas, Texas and approximately 12,373 students attend the school each year.
Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Law section at the bottom of this page.
SMU Law Degrees Available
SMU Law Rankings
Concentrations Within Law
If you plan to be a law major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Southern Methodist University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.
Concentration | Annual Degrees Awarded |
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Law | 221 |
Related Majors
Careers That Law Grads May Go Into
A degree in law can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for TX, the home state for Southern Methodist University.
Occupation | Jobs in TX | Average Salary in TX |
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Lawyers | 42,590 | $150,250 |
Law Professors | 1,270 | $110,360 |
Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers | 1,090 | $116,320 |
Arbitrators, Mediators, and Conciliators | 450 | $62,390 |
References
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
- College Factual
- National Center for Education Statistics
- O*NET Online
- Image Credit: By Jeffrey Beall under License
More about our data sources and methodologies.