Business Administration & Management at Southern Methodist University

If you plan to study business administration and management, take a look at what Southern Methodist University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

SMU is located in Dallas, Texas and has a total student population of 12,373. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 80 students received their master's degree in business administration.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Business Administration & Management section at the bottom of this page.

SMU Business Administration & Management Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Business Administration

Online Classes Are Available at SMU

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? SMU offers distance education options for business administration at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

SMU Business Administration & Management Rankings

Business Administration Student Demographics at SMU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the business administration majors at Southern Methodist University.

SMU Business Administration & Management Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 80 students graduated with a master's degree in business administration from SMU. About 48% were men and 53% were women.

Of the students who received a business administration master's degree from SMU, 68% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Southern Methodist University with a master's in business administration.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	54
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Related Majors

• Taxation
• Accounting
• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods

Careers That Business Administration Grads May Go Into

A degree in business administration can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for TX, the home state for Southern Methodist University.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
General and Operations Managers	195,730	$125,870
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	117,010	$59,580
Retail Sales Supervisors	96,740	$45,570
Production and Operating Worker Supervisors	48,880	$70,580
Mechanic, and Repairer Supervisors	40,420	$68,350

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
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Jeffrey Beall under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.