Public Policy at Southern Methodist University

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

SMU is located in Dallas, Texas and approximately 12,373 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 49 public policy majors received their bachelor's degree from SMU.

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

SMU Public Policy Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Policy

SMU Public Policy Rankings

The public policy major at SMU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Public Policy. 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.

Earnings of SMU Public Policy Graduates

The median salary of public policy students who receive their bachelor's degree at SMU is $26,063. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $37,566 for all public policy students.

Public Policy Student Demographics at SMU

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

SMU Public Policy Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 49 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in public policy from SMU. About 31% were men and 69% were women.

About 59% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in public policy 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 2% more racial-ethnic minorities in its public policy 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 public policy.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	29
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Related Majors

Careers That Public Policy Grads May Go Into

A degree in public policy 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
Medical and Health Services Managers	30,010	$105,450
Health Specialties Professors	13,930	$139,540
Education Professors	4,620	$65,520
Social Scientists	1,970	$80,430
Political Science Professors	1,910	$81,070

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.