Student Population at Southern Methodist University

2023 Student Population	Undergraduate	Graduate
12,053	7,056	4,997

For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 12,053 students have enrolled in Southern Methodist University with 7,056 undergraduate and 4,997 graduate students.

By gender, 6,040 male and 6,013 female students are attending the school.

It has relatively many students compared to similar colleges (10,434 students in average - private (not-for-profit) Research University (high research activity)).

892 students are enrolled exclusively, and 706 students are enrolled in some online courses.

You can check the student demographics by gender ratio, race/ethnicity, age distribution, and online enrollment.

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Student Population by Gender

Southern Methodist University has a total of 12,053 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 7,056 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 4,997 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 6,040 male and 6,013 female students (the male-female ratio is 50:50) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	12,053	7,056	4,997
Men	6,040	3,478	2,562
Women	6,013	3,578	2,435

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 6,824 White, 846 Black, and 960 Asian students out of a total of 12,053 are attending at Southern Methodist University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the next chart (Academic year 2022-2023 data).

All Students

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Total)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	27	13	14
Asian	960	459	501
Black	846	392	454
Hispanic	1,680	772	908
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	8	6	2
White	6,824	3,462	3,362
Two or more races	466	212	254
Race Unknown	235	137	98

Undergraduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	20	10	10
Asian	586	270	316
Black	349	178	171
Hispanic	1,026	480	546
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	6	5	1
White	4,278	2,143	2,135
Two or more races	327	139	188
Race Unknown	172	99	73

Graduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	7	3	4
Asian	374	189	185
Black	497	214	283
Hispanic	654	292	362
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	2	1	1
White	2,546	1,319	1,227
Two or more races	139	73	66
Race Unknown	63	38	25

Student Age Distribution

By age, SMU has 72 students under 18 years old and 39 students over 65 years old. There are 8,478 students under 25 years old, and 3,575 students over 25 years old out of 12,053 total students.

SMU has 6,937 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 119 students aged 25 and over.

It has 1,541 graduate students aged under 25 and 3,456 students aged 25 and over.

All Students

Student Age Distribution (Total)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	72	54	18
18-19	2,975	1,643	1,332
20-21	3,285	1,638	1,647
22-24	2,146	1,039	1,107
25-29	1,633	729	904
30-34	761	303	458
35-39	431	187	244
40-49	470	250	220
50-64	241	148	93
Over 65	39	22	17

Undergraduate

Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	72	54	18
18-19	2,975	1,643	1,332
20-21	3,213	1,592	1,621
22-24	677	242	435
25-29	77	27	50
30-34	21	9	12
35-39	10	4	6
40-49	9	5	4
50-64	2	2	0

Graduate

Student Age Distribution (Graduate)
Age	Total	Men	Women

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially who want to continue education and work in field. At Southern Methodist University, 892 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 706 students are enrolled in some online courses.

678 students lived in Texas or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 214 students live in other State or outside of the United States.

Online Student Population
	All Students	Enrolled Exclusively Online Courses	Enrolled in Some Online Courses
All Students	12,053	892	706
Undergraduate	7,056	1	392
Graduate	4,997	891	314

Online Student Population by Locality
	Texas Residents	Other States in U.S.	Outside of U.S.
All Students	678	197	17
Undergraduate	1	-	0
Graduate	677	197	17

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 7,056 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 269 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 3.81%.260 students have transferred in as full-time status and 9 students transferred in as part-time status.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
	Number of Students
Regular Full-time	6,620
Transfer-in Full-time	260
Regular Part-time	167
Transfer-in Part-time	9

Student Population at Southern Methodist University

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