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Southern Methodist University
Dallas, TX · Private (nonprofit) · 7,277 students · mostly bachelor degrees
337th-cheapest of 340 Texas colleges by net price.
Official site →Net price / year
$40,892
after grant aid
Sticker cost / year
$85,606
Graduation rate
84%
Admission rate
63%
Median graduate earnings
$78,354
~10 yrs after entry
Median student debt
$19,500
Average SAT
1428
Median ACT
33
Pell grant recipients
13%
3-yr loan default rate
0%
Fields of study
182 programsBusiness Administration and Management, General · Master's Degree51 grads/yr$188,716Information Science/Studies · Master's Degree0 grads/yr$173,816Computer Systems Analysis/Analyst · Master's Degree0 grads/yr$172,353Systems Engineering · Master's Degree63 grads/yr$163,769Finance, General · Master's Degree0 grads/yr$155,769Law · First Professional Degree221 grads/yr$153,614Real Estate · Master's Degree0 grads/yr$147,770Financial Mathematics · Master's Degree78 grads/yr$144,761Manufacturing Engineering · Master's Degree40 grads/yr$141,296Management Science · Master's Degree690 grads/yr$140,799Finance, General · Bachelor's Degree326 grads/yr$133,852Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies · Master's Degree0 grads/yr$133,137Computer Science · Bachelor's Degree95 grads/yr$126,590Marketing/Marketing Management, General · Master's Degree0 grads/yr$124,730Accounting · Master's Degree78 grads/yr$112,268Mathematics, General · Bachelor's Degree48 grads/yr$111,773Business Administration and Management, General · Bachelor's Degree71 grads/yr$106,799Accounting · Bachelor's Degree62 grads/yr$103,675French Language and Literature · Bachelor's Degree32 grads/yr$93,769Econometrics and Quantitative Economics · Bachelor's Degree139 grads/yr$91,701Mechanical Engineering · Bachelor's Degree49 grads/yr$90,649Public Relations/Image Management · Bachelor's Degree107 grads/yr$89,330Marketing/Marketing Management, General · Bachelor's Degree88 grads/yr$88,627Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution · Master's Degree16 grads/yr$84,703Legal Research and Advanced Professional Studies, Other · Master's Degree38 grads/yr$84,447
Earnings shown where the Department of Education reports them; programs with too few graduates are suppressed.
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Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard (most recent cohorts). Net price is for students receiving federal aid; earnings are a past cohort measured years after entry, not a guarantee.