Southern Methodist University
Cost & Tuition
Student Debt
Median total debt: $15,311
Students with federal loans: 21.7%
Students with Pell grants: 11.9%
Career Outcomes
All graduates median earnings:
After 1 year: $67,114
After 5 years: $86,158
Majors(70 programs)
- Finance and Financial Management Services.(287 graduates)
- Economics.(165 graduates)
- Mathematics.(109 graduates)
- Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication.(98 graduates)
- Health and Physical Education/Fitness.(86 graduates)
- Marketing.(83 graduates)
- Mechanical Engineering.(79 graduates)
- Accounting and Related Services.(77 graduates)
- Biology, General.(72 graduates)
- Psychology, General.(67 graduates)
- Political Science and Government.(58 graduates)
- Computer Science.(50 graduates)
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities.(47 graduates)
- Business Administration, Management and Operations.(46 graduates)
- Statistics.(43 graduates)
- Journalism.(42 graduates)
- Public Policy Analysis.(41 graduates)
- Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, Other.(40 graduates)
- Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics.(38 graduates)
- Operations Research.(37 graduates)
- Music.(37 graduates)
- Real Estate.(32 graduates)
- Communication and Media Studies.(29 graduates)
- Fine and Studio Arts.(25 graduates)
- History.(25 graduates)
- International/Global Studies.(24 graduates)
- Philosophy.(23 graduates)
- Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering.(22 graduates)
- Civil Engineering.(20 graduates)
- English Language and Literature, General.(17 graduates)
- Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft.(17 graduates)
- Film/Video and Photographic Arts.(17 graduates)
- Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies.(14 graduates)
- Chemistry.(14 graduates)
- Sociology.(14 graduates)
- Anthropology.(12 graduates)
- Dance.(12 graduates)
- Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering.(11 graduates)
- Natural Resources Conservation and Research.(9 graduates)
- Area Studies.(9 graduates)
- Education, General.(9 graduates)
- Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology.(9 graduates)
- Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions.(8 graduates)
- Design and Applied Arts.(7 graduates)
- Religion/Religious Studies.(6 graduates)
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas.(5 graduates)
- Computer Engineering.(4 graduates)
- Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics.(2 graduates)
- Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences.(2 graduates)
- Physics.(2 graduates)
- East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics.(1 graduates)
- Medieval and Renaissance Studies.(1 graduates)
- Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies.
- Engineering, General.
- Engineering-Related Fields.
- Middle/Near Eastern and Semitic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics.
- Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics.
- Non-Professional General Legal Studies (Undergraduate).
- Neurobiology and Neurosciences.
- Cognitive Science.
- Sustainability Studies.
- Data Science.
- Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other.
- Social Sciences, General.
- Arts, Entertainment,and Media Management.
- Health/Medical Preparatory Programs.
- Business/Commerce, General.
- Management Information Systems and Services.
- Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods.
- Insurance.
Institution Details
Undergraduate Enrollment: 7,106 students
Admission Rate: 61.2%
Retention Rate: 89.6%
Graduation Rate: 83.3%
Student Demographics
White (58.4%)
Hispanic (16.4%)
Black (5.4%)
Asian (8.1%)
Two or More (4.7%)
International (3.6%)
Gender Distribution
Men (48.9%)
Women (51.1%)