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)

  • 32


    Average ACT score of incoming first-years in 2021

  • Best

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

  • 12,050

    Students representing 50 states and 88 countries

Excellent academics

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

  • 135,000+

    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)

Find your place

SMU has myriad resources for students to tap into unique internship opportunities and utilize the SMU alumni network throughout Dallas-Fort Worth to succeed in the workplace.