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Finance at Southern Methodist University

Finance at Southern Methodist University

If you plan to study finance, take a look at what Southern Methodist University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

SMU is located in Dallas, Texas and has a total student population of 12,373.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Finance section at the bottom of this page.

SMU Finance Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Finance

SMU Finance Rankings

The finance major at SMU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Finance. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Finance Student Demographics at SMU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the finance majors at Southern Methodist University.

SMU Finance Bachelor’s Program

25% Women
23% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 75% of finance bachelor's degrees went to men and 25% went to women.

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About 71% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in finance at SMU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Southern Methodist University with a bachelor's in finance.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 24
Black or African American 7
Hispanic or Latino 36
White 232
International Students 16
Other Races/Ethnicities 10

Careers That Finance Grads May Go Into

A degree in finance can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for TX, the home state for Southern Methodist University.

Occupation Jobs in TX Average Salary in TX
General and Operations Managers 195,730 $125,870
Financial Managers 39,580 $149,990
Financial Analysts 26,850 $94,980
Loan Officers 19,950 $83,910
Personal Financial Advisors 10,830 $110,820

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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