Enrollment Trends at SMU

The student population at Southern Methodist University is 12,053 (7,056 undergraduate and 4,997 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 1,160 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at SMU is 58.54% which is increased by 807 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 353 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.00 to 1 which means that the numbers of female and male students are similar.

892 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 311.06% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 11,686 where 12,053 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

58.54% of total students is undergraduate students and 41.46% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 807 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 353 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.00 to 1 and it means that there are similar numbers of female and male students enrolled in SMU.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Southern Methodist University since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	10,893	6,249	3,069	3,180	4,644	2,685	1,959
2013-14	10,929 36	6,357 108	3,137 68	3,220 40	4,572 -72	2,674 -11	1,898 -61
2014-15	11,272 343	6,391 34	3,164 27	3,227 7	4,881 309	2,703 29	2,178 280
2015-16	11,643 371	6,411 20	3,191 27	3,220 -7	5,232 351	2,842 139	2,390 212
2016-17	11,739 96	6,521 110	3,258 67	3,263 43	5,218 -14	2,824 -18	2,394 4
2017-18	11,789 50	6,452 -69	3,257 -1	3,195 -68	5,337 119	2,828 4	2,509 115
2018-19	11,649 -140	6,479 27	3,325 68	3,154 -41	5,170 -167	2,716 -112	2,454 -55
2019-20	11,824 175	6,710 231	3,413 88	3,297 143	5,114 -56	2,647 -69	2,467 13
2020-21	12,373 549	6,827 117	3,507 94	3,320 23	5,546 432	2,887 240	2,659 192
2021-22	12,385 12	6,908 81	3,486 -21	3,422 102	5,477 -69	2,872 -15	2,605 -54
2022-23	12,053 -332	7,056 148	3,478 -8	3,578 156	4,997 -480	2,562 -310	2,435 -170
Average	11,686	6,578	3,299	3,280	5,108	2,749	2,359

Southern Methodist University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 6,578 where 7,056 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Southern Methodist University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	6,249	5,999	2,951	3,048	250	118	132
2013-14	6,357	6,119	3,019	3,100	238	118	120
2014-15	6,391	6,193	3,057	3,136	198	107	91
2015-16	6,411	6,160	3,062	3,098	251	129	122
2016-17	6,521	6,296	3,134	3,162	225	124	101
2017-18	6,452	6,240	3,150	3,090	212	107	105
2018-19	6,479	6,273	3,206	3,067	206	119	87
2019-20	6,710	6,519	3,316	3,203	191	97	94
2020-21	6,827	6,616	3,386	3,230	211	121	90
2021-22	6,908	6,728	3,401	3,327	180	85	95
2022-23	7,056	6,880	3,383	3,497	176	95	81
Average	6,578	6,578	3,188	3,178	6,578	111	102

Southern Methodist University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 5,108 where 4,997 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Southern Methodist University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	4,644	2,458	1,496	962	2,186	1,189	997
2013-14	4,572	2,422	1,500	922	2,150	1,174	976
2014-15	4,881	2,549	1,514	1,035	2,332	1,189	1,143
2015-16	5,232	2,700	1,572	1,128	2,532	1,270	1,262
2016-17	5,218	2,713	1,565	1,148	2,505	1,259	1,246
2017-18	5,337	2,813	1,560	1,253	2,524	1,268	1,256
2018-19	5,170	2,622	1,424	1,198	2,548	1,292	1,256
2019-20	5,114	2,634	1,381	1,253	2,480	1,266	1,214
2020-21	5,546	2,688	1,400	1,288	2,858	1,487	1,371
2021-22	5,477	2,638	1,325	1,313	2,839	1,547	1,292
2022-23	4,997	2,404	1,174	1,230	2,593	1,388	1,205
Average	5,108	5,108	1,446	1,157	5,108	1,303	1,202

Southern Methodist University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 56.62%. The percentage was 63.33% 10 years ago and SMU still has a high percentage of white students. 7.96% of enrolled students is Asian and 7.02% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Southern Methodist University over the past 12 years (2012-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2012-13	41	679	702	1,067	20	6,899	186
2013-14	38	695	662	1,081	16	6,815	242
2014-15	31	671	669	1,172	15	6,812	291
2015-16	38	715	701	1,251	16	6,851	309
2016-17	35	722	722	1,231	7	6,840	335
2017-18	29	755	691	1,295	11	6,774	362
2018-19	33	795	725	1,356	13	6,677	397
2019-20	25	824	727	1,453	9	6,859	417
2020-21	24	929	855	1,618	9	7,226	452
2021-22	23	974	871	1,675	10	7,198	470
2022-23	27	960	846	1,680	8	6,824	466
Average	31	793	743	1,353	12	6,889	357

Southern Methodist University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

892 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 7% of total students. The number of online students has increased 311.06% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Southern Methodist University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	11,272	217	210	10,845
2015-16	11,643	296	267	11,080
2016-17	11,739	420	339	10,980
2017-18	11,789	503	687	10,599
2018-19	11,649	501	603	10,545
2019-20	11,824	515	647	10,662
2020-21	12,373	3,213	626	8,534
2021-22	12,385	912	703	10,770
2022-23	12,053	892	706	10,455
Average	11,859	830	532	10,497

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