Computer Science at Southern Methodist University

If you are interested in studying computer science, you may want to check out the program at Southern Methodist University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

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 Computer Science section at the bottom of this page.

SMU Computer Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science
• Master’s Degree in Computer Science

Online Classes Are Available at SMU

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

For those who are interested in distance learning, SMU does offer online courses in computer science for the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

SMU Computer Science Rankings

The computer science major at SMU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Computer Science. 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.

There were 3 students who received their doctoral degrees in computer science, making the school the #80 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Computer Science Student Demographics at SMU

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

SMU Computer Science Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 84% of computer science bachelor's degrees went to men and 16% went to women.

About 52% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in computer science at SMU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 6% more racial-ethnic minorities in its computer science bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	21
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	49
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

SMU Computer Science Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 68% of computer science master's degrees went to men and 32% 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 computer science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	13
International Students	24
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Careers That Computer Science Grads May Go Into

A degree in computer science 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
Software Applications Developers	71,260	$108,760
Systems Software Developers	28,720	$110,740
Computer Workers	25,620	$90,290
Computer and Information Systems Managers	22,350	$154,650
Computer Programmers	20,960	$91,970

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

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