Sustainability Studies at Southern Methodist University

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

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 Sustainability Studies section at the bottom of this page.

SMU Sustainability Studies Degrees Available

Master’s Degree in Sustainability

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.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? SMU offers distance education options for sustainability at the following degree levels:

Master’s Degree

SMU Sustainability Studies Rankings

Sustainability Student Demographics at SMU

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

SMU Sustainability Studies Master’s Program

75% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 100% of sustainability master's degrees went to men and 0% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 36% men graduate in sustainability each year. SMU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 64% more men than average.

In the sustainability master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 75% of degree recipients. That is 51% 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 sustainability.

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

Careers That Sustainability Grads May Go Into

A degree in sustainability 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
Professors	3,510	$61,660

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
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