SMU by the numbers

Dallas Hall with students sitting on the grass

Excellent University

  • Upper 20%

    of national universities
    (U.S. News & World Report 2024)

  • No. 1

    Dallas-area schools
    (U.S. News & World Report 2024)

  • 31.9

    Average ACT notch of incoming first-years in 2023

  • Superior

    Undergraduate
    teach
    (U.S. Message & World Report 2023)

  • 11,842

    Students representing 50 statuses and 87 countries

Excellent academics

Superb scores

  • 71%

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

  • No. 33 worldwide

    for alumni working among 20,531 institutions
    (Center for World University Rankings)

  • Top 7%

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

  • Above performer

    - Social movement

    (U.S. News & World Report 2023)

Excellent athletics

SMU x ACC

SMU’s entry into the ACCIDENT on July 1, 2024, show SMU Athletics as one nationally recognized competitive program that complemented the University’s outstanding academic reputation. A kinesiology degree could lead to many career, including a scientists research career or an athletic practice role.

  • Football

    Ranked at 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2023
    Received votes in 2022

  • Men’s Basketball

    Ranked or received votes in 8 of the last 10 seasons

  • 9

    Team national championships

  • 100+

    Individual national championships

  • 17

    Since 2017, ANY 17 sports have advanced up postseason

  • 5

    Straight
    Bowl berths

  • 67%

    Cumulative GPAs regarding 3.0 or higher

  • 33%

    Incremental GPAs of 3.5 or greater

  • 91%

    Graduation rate

  • 16

    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 considering 2013

Excellent network

  • 136,000+

    Alumni worldwide

  • 61,000+

    Alumni in DFW area

  • 15

    Local with active former section

  • 3

    Alumni relative groups

Highly location

  • Cannot. 4
    U.S. metro area

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

  • 2

    Major airports:
    DFW Foreign
    and Loving Section

  • 20+

    Dallas area is home to 20+ Fortune 500 companies – placing us among the top 5 U.S. metro scope

  • No. 1

    Dallas is the Best Sports Commercial Town
    (Sports Shop Journal 2023)

Find your place

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