Dallas, TX · Private nonprofit
63.3%
Acceptance rate
1,424
SAT Average
$41,778
Avg net price
7,106
Enrollment
| All fields, 2024-25Bachelor’s 1,939Master’s 1,602Doctoral 344 |
| Bachelor’s 498Master’s 620Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 325Master’s 11Doctoral 9 |
| Bachelor’s 195Master’s 7Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 129Master’s 67Doctoral 0 |
| Bachelor’s 125Master’s 20Doctoral 2 |
| Bachelor’s 120Master’s 2Doctoral 5 |
| Bachelor’s 94Master’s 30Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 91Master’s 105Doctoral 5 |
| Bachelor’s 86Master’s 176Doctoral 12 |
| Bachelor’s 43Master’s 84Doctoral 7 |
| Bachelor’s 35Master’s 2Doctoral 1 |
| Bachelor’s 31Master’s 16Doctoral 14 |
| Bachelor’s 27Master’s 0Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 25Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 23Master’s 113Doctoral 18 |
| Bachelor’s 23Master’s 2Doctoral 14 |
| Bachelor’s 18Master’s 2Doctoral 2 |
| Bachelor’s 18Master’s 1Doctoral 1 |
| Bachelor’s 16Master’s 63Doctoral 0 |
| Bachelor’s 15Master’s 76Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 2Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 0Master’s 41Doctoral 0 |
| Bachelor’s 0Master’s 0Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s None reportedMaster’s 53Doctoral 227 |
| Bachelor’s None reportedMaster’s 73Doctoral 27 |
| Bachelor’s None reportedMaster’s 38Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s None reportedMaster’s 0Doctoral None reported |
NCAA program details
- Primary division
- Division I
- Primary conference
- Atlantic Coast Conference
Projected sponsored sports17
Athletic participation
428 unique student-athletes · 15 varsity teams
Early Decision I
Binding · FAFSA, CSS Profile due Nov 15
Early Action
FAFSA, CSS Profile due Nov 15
Early Decision II
Binding · FAFSA, CSS Profile due Feb 1
Regular Decision
FAFSA, CSS Profile due Feb 1
FAFSA due Feb 15
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Published on-campus price, 2024–25
- Tuition
- $59,500
- Required fees
- $7,540
- Food and housing
- $19,064
- Books and supplies
- $800
- Other expenses
- $2,698
- Total
- $89,602
- $76,7102019–2019–20
- $79,0502020–2120–21
- $81,0742021–2221–22
- $83,1302022–2322–23
- $86,0902023–2423–24
- $89,6022024–2524–25
Net price by family income, 2022–23
Students of all incomes paid $41,778 on average. Grants and scholarships covered the rest of the cost.
Net price covers first-time, full-time students who received federal aid.
Need-based aid, 2025–26
- First-years with need-based aid
- 35%
- Average share of need met
- 90.4%
- Average need-based grant
- $56,396
- Required forms
- FAFSA, CSS Profile, and State aid form
Sources
- IPEDS Institutional Characteristics · National Center for Education Statistics · 2025–26
- IPEDS Admissions · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024–25
- College Scorecard · U.S. Department of Education · 2025-10-03
- Application process · College websites · 2026–27
- NCAA Projected Sports Sponsorship by School · National Collegiate Athletic Association · 2025–26
- Equity in Athletics Disclosure Act · U.S. Department of Education · 2024–25
- Common Data Set · Reporting institutions · 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25, 2025–26
- IPEDS Completions · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024–25
- IPEDS Student Charges · National Center for Education Statistics · 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25
Every figure below is read directly from Southern Methodist University’s own reported data, with no scores, ratings, or estimates added. Derived from 5 Common Data Set filings (2021–22 to 2025–26).
Southern Methodist University admitted of applicants, a admit rate. Of those, enrolled, a yield, across 5 years of Common Data Set filings.
Southern Methodist University runs two binding Early Decision rounds and a nonbinding Early Action plan. ED applicants were admitted at versus for the regular pool, a edge, and ED admits fill of the class.
The enrolled class is roughly international, and about of its domestic students come from out of state. Southern Methodist University admits in-state applicants at 41.4%, out-of-state applicants at 59.8%, and international applicants at 24.7%.
Enrolled first-years by geography
1,715 first-years
Admit odds by pool
Test scores are considered but not required. SAT or ACT scores must arrive by Mar 15. Of enrolled first-years, submitted an SAT, down from 16% in 2021–22, and an ACT, down from 23%.
Some students submit both an SAT and an ACT, so the two shares overlap. They don’t add up to a single “submitted a test” rate.
SAT composite
9.4% of the class submitted an SAT
Middle 50%
Shape smoothed from reported percentiles and score bands
ACT composite
8.6% of the class submitted an ACT
Middle 50%
Shape smoothed from reported percentiles and score bands
Southern Methodist University’s enrolled first-years averaged a high-school GPA, among the 100% who submitted one. ranked in the top tenth of their high-school class, among the 24.2% who submitted class rank.
High-school GPA
shares of all enrolled first-years
Average 3.69
High-school class rank
Among the 24.2% of first-years who submitted class rank. Shares are cumulative — students in the top tenth also count in the top quarter and top half.
Southern Methodist University rates 4 factors "very important." Each column reads strongest first.
Academic
- Rigor of secondary school record
- Very important
- Academic GPA
- Very important
- Application essay
- Very important
- Recommendation(s)
- Very important
- Class rank
- Important
- Standardized test scores
- Important
Nonacademic
- Extracurricular activities
- Important
- Talent / ability
- Important
- Character / personal qualities
- Important
- First generation
- Considered
- Alumni/ae relation
- Considered
- Volunteer work
- Considered
- Work experience
- Considered
- Level of applicant's interest
- Considered
- Interview
- Not considered
- Geographical residence
- Not considered
- State residency
- Not considered
- Religious affiliation/commitment
- Not considered
Southern Methodist University's net price after grant aid, by family income. of first-years received need-based aid. The school meets of demonstrated need, split into .
What aid recipients pay, by income
net price
Each figure averages only families who received federal aid in that income band (College Scorecard); $41,778 across all aid recipients. Aid share: 598 of 1,711 first-years in the 2025–26 Common Data Set.
How need-based aid is determined
Cost of attendance − expected family contribution = demonstrated need
Forms a family files to be considered
Merit aid reached of the class, or of enrolled first-years. For international applicants, Southern Methodist University offers merit aid only: nonresidents received aid, averaging .
Southern Methodist University admitted students off the waitlist, about of the class.
89.6% of Southern Methodist University’s first-years return for a second year and 83.3% graduate within six. Median earnings ten years out are against of median federal debt, roughly a earnings-to-debt ratio.
Sources
- Common Data Set · Reporting institutions · 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25, 2025–26
- College Scorecard · U.S. Department of Education · 2025-10-03