Student Population at SMU

The following chart compares SMU's student enrollment with similarly ranked schools, all colleges nationwide, Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges, 4-Years Colleges, and Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in Texas.

SMU has similar enrollment size to similarly ranked schools (average: 15,108 students). The enrollment is larger than the Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in Texas average (2,095 students).

The below chart compares the student population between Southern Methodist University and similar colleges.

By gender, there are 6,048 male and 6,068 female students attending SMU. The male-to-female student ratio is 1.00 to 1 and the ratio is than national average (the national average is 0.75 to 1).

The following table and chart show the student population by gender and attending status at SMU.

By age, there are 8,730 students whose age under twenty five and 1,741 students whose age is over thirty years old at Southern Methodist University.

Especially, 56 students are younger than eighteen and 38 students are older than sixty five.

The following table and chart show the student population by student age at Southern Methodist University.

At Southern Methodist University, 1,671 students (13.79% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 669 students enrolled exclusively in online classes (i.e. no off-line attendance required) and others are taking online courses with off-line courses. The following tables describe the number of students who enrolled in one or more online courses.

By location of enrolled students, 505 students live in Texas where Southern Methodist University is located in and 158 students have enrolled from other states.