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Education at SMU

SMU graduates about 16 education majors a year. That puts it 17th of 814 schools we score for education, a standout program at 84 out of 100. Research spending in the field runs about $11 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

84/100Standout#17 of 814 for education →
Graduates a year16under 1% of the class
Research in the field$11Ma year, NSF
Admit rate48%whole school
SAT middle 50%1360–1470whole school

Around SMU

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
Boaz Commons on the campus of Southern Methodist University in University Park,
Southern Methodist University July 2016 116 (Boaz Commons)Photo: Michael Barera · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Where education happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: James M. Collins Executive Education 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 education ranking

  1. University of Delaware 86
  2. University of Connecticut 85
  3. Northwestern University 85
  4. Florida State University 84
  5. Texas A&M University 84
  6. CUNY Brooklyn College 84
  7. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 84
  8. University of California, Riverside 83

Other strong majors at SMU

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares SMU with every school we score in education. It weighs what graduates earn four years out against the same major nationally (35%), research spending in the field (20%, NSF), how many undergraduate courses the department lists (20%), the student body's test scores (15%) and the size of the program (10%, 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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