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Music at SMU

SMU graduates about 27 music majors a year, 1% of its graduating class. That puts it 12th of 749 schools we score for music, a standout program at 94 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.

94/100Standout#12 of 749 for music →
Graduates a year271% of the class
Research in the field$4Ma 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 music happens

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 music ranking

  1. Harvard University 95
  2. University of California, Berkeley 95
  3. Columbia University 94
  4. Brown University 94
  5. University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill 93
  6. Dartmouth College 93
  7. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 93
  8. University of Wisconsin–Madison 92

Other strong majors at SMU

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares SMU with every school we score in music. 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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