Advertising at Southern Methodist University

Every advertising school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the advertising program at Southern Methodist University stacks up to those at other schools.

SMU is located in Dallas, Texas and approximately 12,373 students attend the school each year.

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

SMU Advertising Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Advertising
• Master’s Degree in Advertising

SMU Advertising Rankings

The advertising major at SMU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Advertising. 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.

Advertising Student Demographics at SMU

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

SMU Advertising Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 9% of advertising bachelor's degrees went to men and 91% went to women.

About 70% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in advertising 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 advertising.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	32
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

SMU Advertising Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 0% of advertising master's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	4
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• Public Relations
• General Organizational Communication

Careers That Advertising Grads May Go Into

A degree in advertising 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
Communications Professors	2,460	$68,900
Advertising and Promotions Managers	1,590	$98,960

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Jeffrey Beall under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.