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Art & design at SMU

SMU graduates about 34 art & design majors a year, 2% of its graduating class. That puts it 28th of 828 schools we score for art & design, a standout program at 90 out of 100. Research spending in the field runs about $4 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

90/100Standout#28 of 828 for art & design →
Graduates a year342% of the class
Research in the field$4Ma year, NSF
Admit rate48%whole school
SAT middle 50%1360–1470whole school

Around SMU

The Owen Arts Center on the campus of Southern Methodist University in Universit
Southern Methodist University July 2016 142 (Owen Arts Center)Photo: Michael Barera · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
The Crain Family Centennial Promenade on the campus of Southern Methodist Univer
Southern Methodist University July 2016 058 (Crain Family Centennial Promenade)Photo: Michael Barera · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
The Crain Family Centennial Promenade on the campus of Southern Methodist Univer
Southern Methodist University July 2016 057 (Crain Family Centennial Promenade)Photo: Michael Barera · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Boaz Commons on the campus of Southern Methodist University in University Park,
Southern Methodist University July 2016 117 (Boaz Commons)Photo: Michael Barera · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Where art & design happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Meadows Museum, Owens Arts Center.

Named buildings on the campus map: Dorm 38 · Academic 26 · Dining 10 · Chapel 4 · Athletics 4 · Arts 3.

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Nearby in the art & design ranking

  1. Washington University in St. Louis 91
  2. Binghamton University–SUNY 91
  3. Yale University 91
  4. Arizona State University 91
  5. University of Georgia 90
  6. Tulane University of Louisiana 90
  7. CUNY–Hunter College 90
  8. Brigham Young University 90

Other strong majors at SMU

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares SMU with every school we score in art & design. It weighs what graduates earn four years out against the same major nationally (25%), research spending in the field (20%, NSF), how many undergraduate courses the department lists (20%), the student body's test scores (20%) and the size of the program (15%, capped so size alone can't win). 80+ is a standout program, 65+ strong, 45+ solid. Sources: US Department of Education (College Scorecard, IPEDS), NSF HERD, each school's current course catalog, OpenStreetMap and Wikimedia Commons.

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