Mathematics at Southern Methodist University

What traits are you looking for in a math school? To help you decide if Southern Methodist University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's math program.

SMU is located in Dallas, Texas and has a total student population of 12,373. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 86 students received a bachelor's degree in math from SMU.

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

SMU Mathematics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Math

SMU Mathematics Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the math progam at SMU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The math major at SMU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Mathematics. 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
Best Mathematics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	15
Most Popular Mathematics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	45

Earnings of SMU Math Graduates

The median salary of math students who receive their bachelor's degree at SMU is $68,463. This is 59% higher than $43,164, which is the national average for all math bachelor's degree recipients.

Math Student Demographics at SMU

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

SMU Mathematics Bachelor’s Program

Of the 86 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in math from SMU in 2021, 55% were men and 45% were women. The typical math bachelor's degree program is made up of only 39% women. So female students are more repesented at SMU since its program graduates 6% more women than average.

About 53% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in math 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 math.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	46
International Students	23
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

SMU also has a doctoral program available in math. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Applied Mathematics
• Statistics

Careers That Math Grads May Go Into

A degree in math 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
High School Teachers	110,420	$58,190
Mathematical Science Professors	4,780	$83,460
Natural Sciences Managers	2,620	$127,270
Statisticians	1,860	$84,940

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.