Information Technology at Southern Methodist University

What traits are you looking for in a IT school? To help you decide if Southern Methodist University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's IT program.

SMU is located in Dallas, Texas and has a total student population of 12,373. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 5 students received their master's degree in IT.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Information Technology section at the bottom of this page.

SMU Information Technology Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in IT

Online Classes Are Available at SMU

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

SMU does offer online education options in IT for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Master’s Degree

SMU Information Technology Rankings

IT Student Demographics at SMU

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

SMU Information Technology Master’s Program

Of the 5 IT students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from SMU, about 60% were men and 40% were women.

In the IT master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 60% of degree recipients. That is 31% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• Computer Science
• Information Science

Careers That IT Grads May Go Into

A degree in IT 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
Computer User Support Specialists	60,380	$52,250
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	35,100	$89,500
Computer Workers	25,620	$90,290
Computer and Information Systems Managers	22,350	$154,650
Managers	20,710	$122,130

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.