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Southern Methodist University

Southern Methodist University
6425 Boaz Lane
Dallas, TX 75275

Official telephone: (214) 768-2000
Fax number: (214) 768-0103
Website: https://www.smu.edu/
Screen last updated on: December 2024
STUDENT PROFILE
Total undergraduates: 7,115
Full-time undergraduates: 6,948
Part-time undergraduates: 167
Total graduate students: 4,997
Full-time graduate students: 2,404
Part-time graduate students: 2,593
Degree seeking undergraduate student breakdown:
0.4% American Indian or Alaskan Native
8.1% Asian, non-Hispanic/Latino
5.4% Black or African American, non-Hispanic/Latino
16.4% Hispanic/Latino
0.1% Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic/Latino
58.3% White, non-Hispanic/Latino
4.7% Two or more races non-Hispanic/Latino
3.6% Nonresident Alien
3.0% Race and/or Ethnicity unknown

Southern Methodist University
CAMPUS ENVIRONMENT
Campus size: 234 acres
Nearest major city: Dallas-Fort Worth

LIVING ON CAMPUS
Institution offers housing: yes
Housing types (% in housing type, if given):
  • coed dorms
  • cooperative housing
Percent of students who live in school housing: 48%
Percent of students who live off campus: 52%

STUDY FACILITIES
Every student is required to lease or own a computer: no
Computer equipment is provided in: computer center/lab(s)
Total number of microcomputers available to students: 758
Other computer facilities/services: online billing/payment processing
School has a library on campus: yes
Additional library facilities/collections:
Other libraries on campus.

ASSISTANCE SERVICES
Additional services offered:
placement service, health service, women's center
Counseling services:
career, psychological
Career placement services:
interest inventory, on-campus job interviews, resumé assistance, alumni services, interview training, Job fairs are available to students through the career center.

SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
Student activities:
student newspaper, radio station, television station
Other student organizations, musical groups, activities, and committees:
Program Council; Student Senate; Student Foundation; Residence Hall Association; SPARC (Students Promoting Awareness, Responsibility, and Citizenship)

ATHLETICS
Athletic conference memberships: NCAA Division 1

Sports offered Scholarships? Athletic Assoc.
Men's baseball  
Men's basketball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's basketballyes 
Men's cheerleadingyes 
Men's cheerleading  
Men's fencing  
Men's footballyes 
Men's football NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's golf NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's golfyes 
Men's ice hockey  
Men's lacrosse  
Men's rowing NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's rugby  
Men's socceryes 
Men's soccer NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's swimming and diving NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's swimming and divingyes 
Men's tennisyes 
Men's tennis NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's wrestling  
Women's basketballyes 
Women's basketball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's cheerleadingyes 
Women's cheerleading  
Women's crew  
Women's crewyes 
Women's cross-country runningyes 
Women's cross-country running NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's equestrian sports NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's equestrian sportsyes 
Women's fencing  
Women's golf NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's golfyes 
Women's rugby  
Women's soccer NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's socceryes 
Women's swimming and divingyes 
Women's swimming and diving NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's tennis NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's tennisyes 
Women's track and field NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's volleyball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's volleyballyes 

Intramural/Recreational sports:
rock climbing; basketball; bowling; equestrian sports; football; golf; racquetball; soccer; softball; tennis; ultimate Frisbee; volleyball; water polo; weight lifting; rowing; swimming and diving; track and field; table tennis; cross-country running

GETTING AWAY
Nearest international airport: Dallas-Fort Worth Internationa

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