University

Southern Methodist University

Dallas, Texas, United States

Verified · last verified 2026-09-02

University details

Institution type: Private, nonprofit
Campus setting: Suburban
Application platforms: Not available
Testing policy: Not available
In-state tuition: $67,040
Out-of-state tuition: $67,040
Cost of attendance: Not available (2024–2025)
Undergraduate enrollment: 7,277

Website

Common Data Set

Institution-reported facts by reporting cycle. Missing and withheld values are shown explicitly.

2025–2026 · most recent available

First-year admission rate

47.6%

Calculated from applications and admissions reported in CDS C1. This is a factual calculation, not a CollegePath rating.

Enrollment

Undergraduate enrollment (B1): 7,545 students; Sum of the official CDS B1 full-time and part-time undergraduate totals.
Full-time undergraduate enrollment (B1): 7,398 students; Sum of the official CDS B1 full-time undergraduate totals.
Part-time undergraduate enrollment (B1): 147 students; Sum of the official CDS B1 part-time undergraduate totals.

Majors

Accounting and Related Services
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services
Anthropology
Social Sciences
Area Studies
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies
Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management
Visual and Performing Arts
Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology
Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Biology, General
Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Business Administration, Management and Operations
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services
Business/Commerce, General
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services

Deadlines

Early action · 2026–2027
2026-11-01 — First-year deadline listed in the Common App 2026–2027 Requirements Grid, updated 2026-08-14.
https://content.commonapp.org/Files/ReqGrid.pdf
Early decision · 2026–2027
2026-11-01 — First-year deadline listed in the Common App 2026–2027 Requirements Grid, updated 2026-08-14.
https://content.commonapp.org/Files/ReqGrid.pdf
Early decision II · 2026–2027
2027-01-15 — First-year deadline listed in the Common App 2026–2027 Requirements Grid, updated 2026-08-14.
https://content.commonapp.org/Files/ReqGrid.pdf
Regular decision · 2026–2027
2027-01-15 — First-year deadline listed in the Common App 2026–2027 Requirements Grid, updated 2026-08-14.
https://content.commonapp.org/Files/ReqGrid.pdf

Supplemental essays

No supplemental essays are required for this university.

Application requirements

2026–2027

Application fee · Required
Value: $0
First-year U.S. application fee listed in the Common App 2026–2027 Requirements Grid, updated 2026-08-28.
https://content.commonapp.org/Files/ReqGrid.pdf
Fee waiver · Optional
Value: Accepted
Common App fee-waiver availability listed in the 2026–2027 Requirements Grid, updated 2026-08-28.
https://content.commonapp.org/Files/ReqGrid.pdf
Personal essay · Required
The Common App personal essay is marked required in the Common App 2026–2027 Requirements Grid, updated 2026-08-28.
https://content.commonapp.org/Files/ReqGrid.pdf
Supplemental essays · Not required

Sources

Direct sources supporting this university’s facts, with retrieval dates.

Secondary source · supports requirements:2026–2027
https://content.commonapp.org/Files/ReqGrid.pdf
Retrieved 2026-09-02 — Common App member-reported first-year fee, waiver, and personal-essay fields; grid updated 2026-08-28.
Common App 2026–2027 Requirements Grid · supports deadlines:2026–2027
https://content.commonapp.org/Files/ReqGrid.pdf
Retrieved 2026-08-20 — Common App member-reported first-year deadlines; grid updated 2026-08-14.
Official source
https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/school/?228246
Retrieved 2026-06-10

First-year admission

First-year applications (C1): 24,053 applicants; Official CDS C1 total first-time, first-year applicants for Fall 2025.
First-year students admitted (C1): 11,459 students; Official CDS C1 total first-time, first-year admits for Fall 2025.
First-year students enrolled (C1): 1,715 students; Official CDS C1 total first-time, first-year enrollees for Fall 2025.
High-school GPA distribution · GPA 4.0 (C11): 39.5%
High-school GPA distribution · GPA 3.75-3.99 (C11): 30.1%
High-school GPA distribution · GPA 3.50-3.74 (C11): 15.9%
High-school GPA distribution · GPA 3.25-3.49 (C11): 6.8%
High-school GPA distribution · GPA 3.00-3.24 (C11): 6.1%
High-school GPA distribution · GPA 2.50-2.99 (C11): 1.6%
High-school GPA distribution · GPA 2.00-2.49 (C11): 0%; Official CDS reports 0.00%.
High-school GPA distribution · GPA 1.00-1.99 (C11): 0%; Official CDS reports 0.00%.
High-school GPA distribution · GPA below 1.0 (C11): 0%; Official CDS reports 0.00%.
Average high-school GPA (C12): 3.69 GPA; Official CDS reports the average high-school GPA as 3.69.

Testing

Enrolled students submitting scores · SAT (C9): 9.4%; Official CDS C9 reports 9.40 percent submitting SAT scores, or 161 students.
Enrolled students submitting scores · ACT (C9): 8.6%; Official CDS C9 reports 8.60 percent submitting ACT scores, or 148 students.
SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing · 25th percentile (C9): 670 score
SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing · 75th percentile (C9): 730 score
SAT Math · 25th percentile (C9): 670 score
SAT Math · 75th percentile (C9): 750 score
ACT Composite · 25th percentile (C9): 31 score
ACT Composite · 75th percentile (C9): 34 score

Academics and class size

Student-to-faculty ratio (I2): 11:1; Official CDS reports an 11-to-1 Fall 2025 student-to-faculty ratio, based on 9,910 students and 876 faculty.

Source: Southern Methodist University Common Data Set 2025-2026 · Retrieved 2026-09-02

Open the official institutional source

Document ID: page:https://www.smu.edu/provost/assessment/university-decision-support/statistics/commondatasets/2025 · Import: cds-2026-09-v115-smu

2024–2025 · earlier reporting cycle

First-year admission rate

63.3%

Calculated from applications and admissions reported in CDS C1. This is a factual calculation, not a CollegePath rating.

First-year admission

High-school GPA distribution · GPA 4.0 (C11): Not reported by institution
High-school GPA distribution · GPA 3.75-3.99 (C11): Not reported by institution
High-school GPA distribution · GPA 3.50-3.74 (C11): Not reported by institution
High-school GPA distribution · GPA 3.25-3.49 (C11): Not reported by institution
High-school GPA distribution · GPA 3.00-3.24 (C11): Not reported by institution
High-school GPA distribution · GPA 2.50-2.99 (C11): Not reported by institution
High-school GPA distribution · GPA 2.00-2.49 (C11): Not reported by institution
High-school GPA distribution · GPA 1.00-1.99 (C11): Not reported by institution
High-school GPA distribution · GPA below 1.0 (C11): Not reported by institution
Average high-school GPA (C12): Not reported by institution
First-year applications (C1): 15,245 applicants; IPEDS 2024 provisional statistic discovered via CollegeData.FYI; verify against the institution CDS
First-year students admitted (C1): 9,657 students; IPEDS 2024 provisional statistic discovered via CollegeData.FYI; verify against the institution CDS
First-year students enrolled (C1): 1,716 students; IPEDS 2024 provisional statistic discovered via CollegeData.FYI; verify against the institution CDS

Academics and class size

Student-to-faculty ratio (I2): Not reported by institution

Enrollment

Undergraduate enrollment (B1): 7,285 students; IPEDS 2024 provisional statistic discovered via CollegeData.FYI; verify against the institution CDS
Full-time undergraduate enrollment (B1): 7,146 students; IPEDS 2024 provisional statistic discovered via CollegeData.FYI; verify against the institution CDS
Part-time undergraduate enrollment (B1): 139 students; IPEDS 2024 provisional statistic discovered via CollegeData.FYI; verify against the institution CDS

Testing

Enrolled students submitting scores · SAT (C9): 16%; IPEDS 2024 provisional statistic discovered via CollegeData.FYI; verify against the institution CDS
Enrolled students submitting scores · ACT (C9): 9%; IPEDS 2024 provisional statistic discovered via CollegeData.FYI; verify against the institution CDS
SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing · 25th percentile (C9): 670 score; IPEDS 2024 provisional statistic discovered via CollegeData.FYI; verify against the institution CDS
SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing · 75th percentile (C9): 740 score; IPEDS 2024 provisional statistic discovered via CollegeData.FYI; verify against the institution CDS
SAT Math · 25th percentile (C9): 670 score; IPEDS 2024 provisional statistic discovered via CollegeData.FYI; verify against the institution CDS
SAT Math · 75th percentile (C9): 750 score; IPEDS 2024 provisional statistic discovered via CollegeData.FYI; verify against the institution CDS
ACT Composite · 25th percentile (C9): 30 score; IPEDS 2024 provisional statistic discovered via CollegeData.FYI; verify against the institution CDS
ACT Composite · 75th percentile (C9): 34 score; IPEDS 2024 provisional statistic discovered via CollegeData.FYI; verify against the institution CDS

Source: Southern Methodist University Common Data Set 2024-2025 (institutional data not reported) · Retrieved 2026-09-02

Open the official institutional source

Document ID: url:https://www.smu.edu/ · Import: cds-2026-09-v85

Civil Engineering

Engineering

Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics

Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics

Cognitive Science

Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies

Communication and Media Studies

Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs

Computer Engineering

Engineering

Computer Science

Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services

Dance

Visual and Performing Arts

Data Science

Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies

Design and Applied Arts

Visual and Performing Arts

Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft

Visual and Performing Arts

East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics

Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics

Economics

Social Sciences

Education, General

Education

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Engineering

Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering

Engineering

Engineering-Related Fields

Engineering Technologies and Engineering-Related Fields

Engineering, General

Engineering

English Language and Literature, General

English Language and Literature/Letters

Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering

Engineering

Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies

Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies

Film/Video and Photographic Arts

Visual and Performing Arts

Finance and Financial Management Services

Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services

Fine and Studio Arts

Visual and Performing Arts

Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences

Physical Sciences

Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics

Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics

Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, Other

Health Professions and Related Programs

Insurance

Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services

International/Globalization Studies

Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies

Journalism

Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs

Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities

Management Information Systems and Services

Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services

Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods

Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services

Marketing

Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services

Mathematics

Mathematics and Statistics

Mechanical Engineering

Engineering

Medieval and Renaissance Studies

Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies

Middle/Near Eastern and Semitic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics

Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics

Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other

Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies

Music

Visual and Performing Arts

Natural Resources Conservation and Research

Natural Resources and Conservation

Non-Professional Legal Studies

Legal Professions and Studies

Operations Research

Engineering

Philosophy

Philosophy and Religious Studies

Physics

Physical Sciences

Political Science and Government

Social Sciences

Psychology, General

Psychology

Public Policy Analysis

Public Administration and Social Service Professions

Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication

Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs

Real Estate

Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services

Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions

Health Professions and Related Programs

Religion/Religious Studies

Philosophy and Religious Studies

Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies

English Language and Literature/Letters

Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics

Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics

Social Sciences, General

Social Sciences

Sociology

Social Sciences

Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness

Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies

Statistics

Mathematics and Statistics

Sustainability Studies

Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies

Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas

Education

No supplemental essays are required for this university.