Southern Methodist University
Common Data Set 2025-26
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Acceptance Rate
47.6%
Applications
24,053
Admitted
11,459
Enrolled
1,715
SAT Composite
1360-1470
SAT Math
670-750
SAT Reading
670-730
Federal outcomes
Federal data from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard, vintage 2022-23. Outcomes reflect earlier cohorts than the CDS year shown elsewhere on this page.
Median earnings
$78,354
10 years after enrollment
Graduation rate
84%
6-year completion
Average net price
$40,892
Sticker minus grants
Median debt at graduation
$19,500
Federal loans only
All Extracted Fields
C. First-Time, First-Year Admission
- Percent in top tenth of high school graduating class
- 48.7
- Percent in top quarter of high school graduating class
- 78.8
- Percent in top half of high school graduating class
- 93.5
- Percent in bottom half of high school graduating class
- 6.5
- Percent in bottom quarter of high school graduating class
- 0.7
- Percent of total first-time, first-year students who submitted high school class rank:
- 24.2
- Total first-time, first-year males who applied (Males)
- 11148
- Total first-time, first-year females who applied (Females)
- 12905
- Total first-time, first-year students of unknown sex who applied (Unknown)
- 0
- Total first-time, first-year males who were admitted (Males)
- 5217
- Total first-time, first-year females who were admitted (Females)
- 6242
- Total first-time, first-year students of unknown sex who were admitted (Unknown)
- 0
- Total first-time, first-year males who enrolled (Males)
- 847
- Total first-time, first-year females who enrolled (Females)
- 868
- Total full-time, first-time, first-year males who enrolled (Males)
- 845
- Total full-time, first-time, first-year females who enrolled (Females, FT)
- 866
- Percent Submitting SAT Scores
- 9.4
- Percent Submitting ACT Scores
- 8.6
- Number Submitting SAT Scores
- 161
- Number Submitting ACT Scores
- 148
- SAT Composite: 25th Percentile
- 1360
- SAT Composite: 50th Percentile
- 1410
- SAT Composite: 75th Percentile
- 1470
- SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing: 25th Percentile
- 670
- SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing: 50th Percentile
- 710
- SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing: 75th Percentile
- 730
- SAT Math: 25th Percentile
- 670
- SAT Math: 50th Percentile
- 710
- SAT Math: 75th Percentile
- 750
- ACT Composite: 25th Percentile
- 31
- ACT Composite: 50th Percentile
- 32
- ACT Composite: 75th Percentile
- 34
- ACT Math: 25th Percentile
- 28
- ACT Math: 50th Percentile
- 31
- ACT Math: 75th Percentile
- 34
- ACT English: 25th Percentile
- 31
- ACT English: 50th Percentile
- 33
- ACT English: 75th Percentile
- 35