Total Staff and Administrators – 1,558
Faculty
79.7 percent of full-time faculty members hold the doctorate or highest degree in their fields. The student- faculty ratio is 11-to-1.
Total Fall 2012 Full-time Faculty – 723
Faculty Demographic Profile
Male – 61.5%
Female – 38.5%
Minority – 18.3%
Total Fall 2012 Enrollment – 10,893
Undergraduate students – 6,249
Graduate students – 4,644
Total new first-year undergraduate students – 1,426
Undergraduate Enrollment by Gender
Female – 51%
Male – 49%
Graduate Enrollment by Gender
Male – 58%
Female – 42%
Average Age
Undergraduate – 20
Graduate – 31
Diversity
Total Fall 2012 Identified Minority Enrollment – 2,695
Hispanic – 1,067
Black/African American – 702
Asian – 679
American Indian/Alaska Native – 41
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander – 20
Two or more races – 186
Minority percentage of total enrollment – 24.7%
Minority percentage of undergraduates – 27%
Socio-economic – Seventy percent of SMU undergraduate students receive some form of financial assistance from the University, including merit- or need-based aid.
National – Approximately 50 percent of SMU students come from outside Texas. With students from all 50 states, the leading home states (after Texas) for undergraduate students are, in descending order, California, Florida and Illinois.
International – A record fall 2012 international enrollment of 1,282 students (10 percent of the student population) represents 89 foreign countries, with China, India and Saudi Arabia the largest sources of international students.
Religious – Among students reporting a religious preference, 26 percent are Catholic, and 17 percent are Methodist; 51 percent are from other Protestant denominations, and 6 percent represent other religions (including Judaism, Islam and Hinduism). Diverse Campus Ministries organizations support and nurture students in the development of faith and ethics.
Total Degrees Conferred 2011-12 – 3,521
Bachelor’s – 1,716
Master’s – 1,457
Doctoral-Professional (J.D.) – 281
Doctoral-Research/Scholarship – 67
Degrees Awarded by School in 2011-12
Cox School of Business – 967
Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences – 899
Lyle School of Engineering – 523
Dedman School of Law – 358
Meadows School of the Arts – 351
Annette Caldwell Simmons School of Education and Human Development – 302
Perkins School of Theology – 81
The GuildHall – 40