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San Antonio, Texas

St. Mary's University School of Law

Accreditation
ABA approved since 1948
Institution type
Private
J.D. formats
Full-time and Part-time and Distance education J.D.
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Median LSAT
153
Fall 2025 entering class
Median GPA
3.49
Fall 2025 entering class
Resident tuition
$44,910
Full-time, 2025-2026
First-year class
282
Enrolled fall 2025
Bar-required jobs
80.6%
Class of 2025, full-time long-term
First-time bar passage
84.6%
2025 graduates

Latest verified values from ABA required disclosures. Each dataset describes a different class, as labelled. The job share is PreLaw Advisor’s arithmetic (full-time, long-term bar-passage-required positions ÷ total graduates), not an ABA-published figure.

First-time bar passage — 2023 graduates

Source
Organization
American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
Document
ABA Bar Passage compilation — first-time takers (2024 report)
Covers
Report year 2024
Retrieved
Sep 23, 2026
Status
Verified · Sep 23, 2026
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School pass rate
73.5%
Weighted jurisdiction rate
79.2%
Difference
-5.74 pts
First-time takers
196
144 passed

The weighted jurisdiction rate is the average first-time pass rate in the jurisdictions where this school’s graduates tested, weighted by the number of takers. It gives context for the school’s own rate.

First-time results by jurisdiction
JurisdictionTakersPassersSchool %Jurisdiction %Difference
Texas19414273.2%79.2%-5.97
2 Remaining Jurisdictions22100%82.8%+17.17

Ultimate bar passage — 2021 graduates

Source
Organization
American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
Document
ABA Bar Passage compilation — two-year ultimate (2024 report)
Covers
Report year 2024
Retrieved
Sep 23, 2026
Status
Verified · Sep 23, 2026
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Ultimate pass rate
91.7%
Within two years of graduation
Graduates
200
Takers
193
Passers
177

Ultimate passage counts graduates who passed any bar exam within two years of graduating. It is a different measure from first-time passage and covers an earlier graduating class.

First-time passage history

First-time pass rate by graduating class
Graduating classSchoolJurisdictions
202584.6%82.6%
202465.8%81.5%
202373.5%79.2%
202271.6%75.3%
202171.2%77.5%
202070.4%75.3%
201969.7%77.3%
201861.7%73.1%
201778.5%76.6%