Southern Methodist University Graduate Programs

Southern Methodist University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Dallas, Texas. Dallas is considered a suburb and offers tranquility and safety near the excitement of a city center.

Where Is Southern Methodist University?

Contact details for SMU are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	6425 Boaz St, Dallas, TX 75275-0221
Phone:	214-768-2000
Website:	www.smu.edu

Southern Methodist University Graduate Student Diversity

Gender Diversity

Of the 5,477 graduate students at SMU, 52% are male and 48% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Southern Methodist University graduate students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	393
Black or African American	539
Hispanic or Latino	731
White	2,864
International Students	695
Other Races/Ethnicities	255

Geographic Diversity

Texas students aren't the only ones who study at Southern Methodist University. At this time, 43 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 99 countries are represented at SMU. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, India, and Saudi Arabia.

Online Learning at Southern Methodist University

In 2022-2023, 1,598 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at SMU has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 2nd most popular in Texas for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2022-2023.

The following table shows the 1-year growth rate of SMU majors that offer at least one online course. This table only includes majors with positive growth.

Major	1-Year Growth Rate
Business, Management & Marketing	7%
Computer & Information Sciences	11%
Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies	44%

Southern Methodist University Graduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	0	501	0	501
Law	0	0	268	268
Other Education	0	128	2	130
Information Science	0	89	0	89
Theological & Ministerial Studies	0	76	12	88
Accounting	0	86	0	86
Educational Administration	0	65	20	85
Applied Mathematics	0	81	4	85
Graphic Communications	39	41	0	80
Mental & Social Health Services	0	60	0	60
Legal Research	0	58	1	59
Business Administration & Management	0	57	0	57
Music	15	37	0	52
Engineering-Related Fields	0	48	2	50
Liberal Arts General Studies	9	27	8	44
Manufacturing Engineering	0	43	0	43
Systems Engineering	0	40	1	41
Electrical Engineering	0	29	7	36
Health & Physical Education	0	36	0	36
Taxation	0	31	0	31
Computer Engineering	0	25	3	28
Computer Science	0	22	2	24
Statistics	0	20	3	23
Peace Studies & Conflict Resolution	0	20	0	20
Economics	0	15	4	19
Public Relations & Advertising	1	16	0	17
Information Technology	0	16	0	16
Mechanical Engineering	0	9	7	16
Other Engineering	0	15	0	15
Arts & Media Management	0	13	0	13
Health Sciences & Services	0	12	0	12
Multilingual Education	0	10	0	10
Teacher Education Subject Specific	0	10	0	10
Drama & Theater Arts	0	10	0	10
General English Literature	0	3	6	9
Chemistry	0	0	9	9
Fine & Studio Arts	0	6	3	9
General Biology	0	4	4	8
Civil Engineering	0	4	4	8
Environmental Engineering	0	8	0	8
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	0	5	3	8
History	0	6	1	7
Sustainability Science	0	7	0	7
Physics	0	6	1	7
Anthropology	0	3	4	7
Geological & Earth Sciences	0	3	3	6
Operations Research	0	3	2	5
Sacred Music	0	2	3	5
Biomathematics & Bioinformatics	0	0	4	4
Ethnic Studies	3	0	0	3
Religious Studies	0	0	3	3
General Engineering	0	2	0	2
General Psychology	0	2	0	2
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology	0	0	0	0
Entrepreneurial Studies	0	0	0	0
Finance & Financial Management	0	0	0	0
Insurance	0	0	0	0
Marketing	0	0	0	0
Management Information Systems	0	0	0	0
Real Estate	0	0	0	0
Communication & Media Studies	0	0	0	0
Journalism	0	0	0	0
Computer Systems Analysis	0	0	0	0
General Education	0	0	0	0
Special Education	0	0	0	0
Electronics Engineering Technology	0	0	0	0
Electrical and Computer Engineering.	0	0	0	0
Engineering Science	0	0	0	0
Writing Studies	0	0	0	0
Area Studies	0	0	0	0
Housing	0	0	0	0
East Asian Languages	0	0	0	0
Germanic Languages	0	0	0	0
Romance Languages	0	0	0	0
Health & Medical Administrative Services	0	0	0	0
Other Health Professions	0	0	0	0
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	0	0	0	0
Mathematics	0	0	0	0
Data Science	0	0	0	0
International Studies	0	0	0	0
Medieval Studies	0	0	0	0
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies	0	0	0	0
Natural Resources Conservation	0	0	0	0
Philosophy	0	0	0	0
General Social Sciences	0	0	0	0
Political Science & Government	0	0	0	0
Sociology	0	0	0	0
Public Policy	0	0	0	0
Dance	0	0	0	0
Design & Applied Arts	0	0	0	0
Film, Video & Photographic Arts	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	67	1,810	394	2,271

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Jeffrey Beall under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.