Engineering at Southern Methodist University

If you plan to study engineering, 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. In 2021, 147 engineering majors received their bachelor's degree from SMU.

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

SMU Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering
• Master’s Degree in Engineering
• Doctorate Degree in Engineering

Online Classes Are Available at SMU

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

SMU does offer online education options in engineering for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Master’s Degree

SMU Engineering Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks engineering programs across the country. The following shows how SMU performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

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

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Engineering Graduate Certificate Schools	113
Most Popular Engineering Doctor’s Degree Schools	130
	142

In 2021, 199 students received their master’s degree in engineering from SMU. This makes it the #71 most popular school for engineering master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 19 students who received their doctoral degrees in engineering, making the school the #131 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Engineering Student Demographics at SMU

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

SMU Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 62% of engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 38% went to women. The typical engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% women. So female students are more repesented at SMU since its program graduates 13% more women than average.

About 65% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in engineering 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 engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	11
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	19
White	95
International Students	10
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

SMU Engineering Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 199 engineering majors earned their master's degree from SMU. Of these graduates, 69% were men and 31% were women.

In the engineering master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 37% of degree recipients. That is 8% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	17
Black or African American	19
Hispanic or Latino	31
White	76
International Students	50
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

SMU also has a doctoral program available in engineering. In 2021, 19 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Engineering

The following engineering concentations are available at Southern Methodist University. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Southern Methodist University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Mechanical Engineering	89
Electrical Engineering	66
Manufacturing Engineering	57
Systems Engineering	43
Operations Research	43
Civil Engineering	22
Computer Engineering	17
Environmental Engineering	13
Other Engineering	10
General Engineering	5

Related Majors

• Natural Resources & Conservation
• Physical Sciences
• Engineering Technologies
• Communications Technologies & Support
• Biological & Biomedical Sciences

Careers That Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in engineering 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
Civil Engineers	24,460	$102,990
Mechanical Engineers	20,820	$105,570
Petroleum Engineers	19,260	$169,010

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.