Southern Methodist University

Southern Methodist University, or SMU, was established on April 17, 1911. The university is presently owned by the South Central Jurisdiction of the United Methodist Church. The main campus of SMU encompasses more than 200 acres in Dallas, Texas. In addition, the university has campuses in Plano, New Mexico, and Taos. SMU has several degree and certificate programs and attracts students from around 100 different countries. The academic divisions of the university are organized into the following schools and colleges:

Annette Caldwell Simmons School of Education & Human Development
Cox School of Business
Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences
Dedman School of Law
Lyle School of Engineering
Meadows School of the Arts
Perkins School of Theology

SMU has officially recognized many fraternities and sororities which are governed by the Interfraternity Council, Pan-Hellenic Council, National Pan-Hellenic Council, and National Multicultural Greek Council. In addition, the college has one Christian fraternity and one Christian sorority.

Campus Location

6425 Boaz St
Dallas, TX 75275-0221
USA
Main Tel: (214) 768-2000
Web Site

The campus is in a large city.

Highlights

Where the school stands out most compared to other schools (details below):

United Methodist religious affiliation.
Many students concentrating in religion and philosophy, law, drama and performing arts, fine arts, media, music, engineering, computer science and engineering, and business and management.
Large number of programs of study offered.
High faculty salary.
Large number of students.
High SAT scores (combined Verbal and Math).
Good faculty-to-student ratio.
High male/female ratio.
Selective admissions.

Other important characteristics:

Faculty tenure system
Library on-campus
Campus housing available
Student meal (board) plan
Study abroad option
Distance learning available
Part-time classes available
ROTC
Athlete financial aid

Degrees Awarded (in 2008-2009)

Degree	Total Earned	Different Programs
Bachelor	1,541	77
Master	1,207	78
First-professional degree	355	2
Postbaccalaureate certificate	77	10
Doctorale	58	23

Students

Student enrollment was 10,829 in 2007-2008 (8,633 full-time equivalent).

About 46% of the freshmen class in 2008-2009 was male and women were 54% of the class.

Undergrads are 55% of enrolled students, graduate students are 34%, and those seeking first-professional graduate degrees represent 11%.

About 3% of freshmen are from countries other than the US. Students living in the US make up 97% of incoming freshmen.

Among freshmen students, 100% are full-time and 0% are part-time.

Tuition and Other Costs (2008-2009)

Item	Cost
State Tuition and fees	$ 33,170
Room	$ 7,585
Board	$ 4,220
Books and supplies	$ 800
Other	$ 1,600

Financial Aid: SMU participates in US Title IV financial assistance programs.

Please refer to BrainTrack's financial aid articles section for background information.

Similar Schools

Based on computer comparisons against all other US colleges, these schools appear to be most similar to SMU:

	School	Location	Enrollment
1	Chapman University	Orange, CA	6,022
2	University of San Diego	San Diego, CA	7,504
3	Rochester Institute of Technology	Rochester, NY	14,849
4	New York University	New York, NY	41,783
5	Boston University	Boston, MA	32,053
6	American University	Washington, DC	11,449
7	Clark University	Worcester, MA	3,210
8	Marquette University	Milwaukee, WI	11,516
9	University of Southern California	Los Angeles, CA	33,408
10	Loyola University New Orleans	New Orleans, LA	4,360

Faculty

Tenure (2008-2009):

Full-Time Faculty		Total
With tenure		342
Without tenure; working toward tenure		128
Without tenure; tenure not available		189

Housing and Meals

SMU provides on-campus housing for 2,210 of its 8,633 (full-time) students (as of 2008-2009). The school requires freshmen to live on campus.

Students may purchase a meal plan which includes 21 meals weekly.

Athletics

School sports include football, basketball, baseball, and track. The school is in the Conference USA for major sports.

The school offers financial aid for athletes. Of students receiving athletic financial aid, 25 male students received the aid (men were 61% of those receiving aid) and 16 women were awarded financial aid based on athletics (representing 39% of students receiving such aid) .

Admissions (2008-2009)

Applicants	Admitted
Men	48%
Women	51%
All	50%

SAT Test Scores:

SAT	Middle 50%
Verbal	560-660
Math	590-680
Writing	560-660

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees awarded in 2008-2009 in parentheses)

ART STUDIES (0 awarded)

Arts Management

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (873 awarded)

Accounting
Accounting and Business/Management
Business Administration and Management
Business, Management, Marketing & Related Support Services
E-Commerce/Electronic Commerce
Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies
Finance and Financial Management Services
Finance
Financial Planning and Services
Labor and Industrial Relations
Management Information Systems
Management Science
Marketing/Marketing Management
Organizational Behavior Studies

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (105 awarded)

Computer Engineering
Computer Science
Computer Software Engineering
Computer/Info Tech Services Administration & Management
Information Technology

CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (2 awarded)

Environmental Science
Environmental Studies

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (50 awarded)

Dance
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (122 awarded)

Bilingual and Multilingual Education
Education
Education/Teaching Individuals - Specific Learning Disabilities
Music Teacher Education
Special Education and Teaching

ENGINEERING (315 awarded)

Archeology
Civil Engineering
Construction Engineering
Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering
Engineering Science
Engineering
Engineering/Industrial Management
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering
Manufacturing Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Operations Research
Systems Engineering

ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN (57 awarded)

Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/Technicians
Hazardous Materials Management and Waste Technology/Technician
Telecommunications Technology/Technician

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (15 awarded)

Facilities Planning and Management
Public Policy Analysis

FINE ARTS (50 awarded)

Art History, Criticism and Conservation
Fine/Studio Arts

LAW (339 awarded)

American/US Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence (LLM, MCJ, JSD/SJD)
Law (LLB, JD)
Programs for Foreign Lawyers (LLM, MCL)
Tax Law/Taxation (LLM, JSD/SJD)

LIBERAL ARTS (576 awarded)

African-American/Black Studies
Anthropology
Applied Economics
Creative Writing
Economics
English Language and Literature
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, and Gender Studies
French Language and Literature
General Studies
German Language and Literature
German Studies
Hispanic-American,Puerto Rican & Mexican-American/Chicano Studies
History
Humanities/Humanistic Studies
International Relations and Affairs
International/Global Studies
Italian Language and Literature
Italian Studies
Latin American Studies
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
Medieval and Renaissance Studies
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies
Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution
Political Science and Government
Social Sciences
Sociology
Spanish Language and Literature
Women's Studies

MATHEMATICS (53 awarded)

Applied Mathematics
Computational Mathematics
Mathematics
Statistics

MEDIA (239 awarded)

Advertising
Animation, Interactive Tech, Video Graphics and Special Effects
Journalism
Mass Communication/Media Studies
Public Relations/Image Management
Radio and Television

MUSIC (63 awarded)

Conducting
Music History, Literature, and Theory
Music Performance
Music Theory and Composition
Music
Piano and Organ
Voice and Opera

PHOTOGRAPHY AND COMMERCIAL ART (35 awarded)

Cinematography and Film/Video Production
Film/Cinema Studies

REAL ESTATE AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT (28 awarded)

Real Estate

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (122 awarded)

Divinity/Ministry (BD, MDiv)
Philosophy
Religion/Religious Studies
Religious/Sacred Music
Theology/Theological Studies

SCIENCE (88 awarded)

Biochemistry
Biology/Biological Sciences
Chemistry
Geology/Earth Science
Geophysics and Seismology
Physics

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (106 awarded)

Clinical Psychology
Music Therapy/Therapist
Psychology