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Public policy & social work at SMU

SMU graduates about 40 public policy & social work majors a year, 2% of its graduating class. That puts it 16th of 406 schools we score for public policy & social work, a standout program at 85 out of 100.

85/100Standout#16 of 406 for public policy & social work →
Graduates a year402% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$40,000
Research in the field$671Ka year, NSF
Admit rate48%whole school
SAT middle 50%1370–1510whole 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 public policy & social work 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 public policy & social work ranking

  1. University of Maryland, College Park 85
  2. The University of Texas–Austin 85
  3. University of Maryland Baltimore County 85
  4. University of California, Berkeley 85
  5. Gettysburg College 85
  6. New York University 84
  7. Stanford University 84
  8. Brown University 84

Other strong majors at SMU

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares SMU with every school we score in public policy & social work. It weighs the school's overall strength; how many students graduate in the major and what share of the class they are; research spending in the field (NSF); early pay against the same major nationally; how many courses the catalog lists; and test scores. 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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