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Rankings & Recognition

The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching has raised SMU’s classification to a research university with “high research activity.”
Cox School of Business is one of the few schools in the nation with three M.B.A. programs ranked in the top 15, according to Bloomberg Businessweek.
Dedman School of Law ranks among the nation’s top 50 law schools in U.S. News & World Report.
SMU has ranked as the top school in its conference for 11 of the last 13 years in the Directors’ Cup Division I overall athletic rankings.