SMU by the numbers

Dallas Hall with students sitting on the grass

Excellent University

Top 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 score of incoming first-years in 2023

Best

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

11,842

Students representing 50 states and 87 countries

Excellent academics

No. 46

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

No. 33

Best Graduate Schools
Cox School of Business
full-time MBA

(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. 33 worldwide

for alumni employment among 20,531 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

SMU x ACC

SMU’s entry into the ACC on July 1, 2024, highlights SMU Athletics as a nationally recognized competitive program that complements the University’s outstanding academic reputation.

Football

Ranked in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2023 and 2024
Received votes in 2022

Men’s Basketball

Ranked or received votes in 8 of the last 11 seasons

10

Team national championships

100+

Individual national championships

17

Since 2021, ALL 17 sports have advanced to postseason

6

Straight
Bowl berths

67%

Cumulative GPAs of 3.0 or higher

33%

Cumulative GPAs of 3.5 or higher

91%

Graduation rate

16

Different sports have won conference titles in the past 10 years

150+

NCAA top 10 team finishes

213

Conference titles

 

Over $250 million invested

In championship-caliber facilities since 2013

Excellent network

136,000+

Alumni worldwide

61,000+

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

20+

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

No. 1

Dallas is the Best Sports Business 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.