SMU by the numbers

Dallas Hall with students sitting on the grass

Excellent University

  • Top 20%

    of national universities
    (U.S. News & World Report 2023)

  • No. 1

    Dallas-area schools
    (U.S. News & World Report 2023)

  • 12,050

    Students representing 50 states and 88 countries

  • 32


    Average ACT score of incoming first-years in 2021

  • Best

    Undergraduate
    teaching
    (U.S. News & World Report 2023)

  • No. 33

    Best Graduate Schools
    Cox School of Business full-time MBA
    (U.S. News & World Report 2024)

  • No. 45

    Best Graduate Schools
    Dedman School of Law
    (U.S. News & World Report 2024)

  • No. 49

    Best Graduate Schools
    Simmons School of Education
    and Human Development
    (U.S. News & World Report 2024)

Excellent results

  • 71%

    The average salary for SMU grads is 71% more than the average salary nationwide for college graduates with bachelor’s degrees.
    (College Factual 2023)

  • No. 31 worldwide

    for alumni employment among 19,788 institutions
    (Center for World University Rankings)

  • Top 7%

    of best colleges for salary potential
    (PayScale College Salary Report)

  • Top performer

    - Social mobility

    (U.S. News & World Report 2023)

Excellent athletics

  • Football

    Ranked in 2019, 2020 and 2021
    Received votes in 2022

  • Men’s Basketball

    Ranked or receiving votes in 8 of the last 9 seasons

  • 9

    Team national championships

  • 100+

    Individual national championships

  • 17

    Since 2017, all 17 sports have advanced to postseason

  • 32

    Football wins in the last four seasons
    The most in a P6 school in Texas

  • 67%

    Cumulative GPAs of 3.0 or higher

  • 33%

    Cumulative GPAs of 3.5 or higher

  • 91%

    Graduation rate

  • 15

    Different sports have won conference titles in the past 10 years

  • 150+

    NCAA top 10 team finishes

  • Almost 200

    Conference titles

 

Over $250 million invested

In championship-caliber facilities since 2013

Excellent network

  • 134,000+

    Alumni worldwide

  • 60,000+

    Alumni in DFW area

  • 15

    Cities with active alumni chapters

  • 3

    Alumni affinity groups

Excellent location

  • No. 4
    U.S. metro area

    Dallas-Fort Worth is projected to become the third largest (surpassing Chicago) sometime in the 2030s

  • 2

    Major airports:
    DFW International
    and Love Field

  • 23

    Dallas area is home to 23 Fortune 500 companies – placing us among the top 5 U.S. metro areas

  • No. 1

    Dallas is the Best Sports City
    (Sports Business Journal 2023)