Business Administration & Management at Southern Methodist University

If you are interested in studying business administration and management, you may want to check out the program at Southern Methodist University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

SMU is located in Dallas, Texas and approximately 12,373 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 54 business administration majors received their bachelor's degree from SMU.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Business Administration & Management section at the bottom of this page.

SMU Business Administration & Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration
• Master’s Degree in Business Administration

Online Classes Are Available at SMU

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? SMU offers distance education options for business administration at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

SMU Business Administration & Management Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks business administration programs across the country. The following shows how SMU performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The business administration major at SMU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Business Administration & Management. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
	37
	71
	368
	544
	1,126

In 2021, 80 students received their master’s degree in business administration from SMU. This makes it the #368 most popular school for business administration master’s degree candidates in the country.

Business Administration Student Demographics at SMU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the business administration majors at Southern Methodist University.

SMU Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 54 students earned a bachelor's degree in business administration from SMU. About 59% of these graduates were women and the other 41% were men.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 6% more racial-ethnic minorities in its business administration bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Southern Methodist University with a bachelor's in business administration.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	13
White	27
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

SMU Business Administration & Management Master’s Program

Of the 80 students who earned a master's degree in Business Administration & Management from SMU in 2020-2021, 48% were men and 53% were women.

Of the students who received a business administration master's degree from SMU, 68% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Southern Methodist University with a master's in business administration.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	54
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

SMU also has a doctoral program available in business administration. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Business Administration & Management

If you plan to be a business administration major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Southern Methodist University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Office Administration	117
General Business Administration and Management	17

Related Majors

• Taxation
• Real Estate
• Marketing
• Accounting
• Finance & Financial Management

Careers That Business Administration Grads May Go Into

A degree in business administration can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for TX, the home state for Southern Methodist University.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
General and Operations Managers	195,730	$125,870
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	117,010	$59,580
Retail Sales Supervisors	96,740	$45,570
Production and Operating Worker Supervisors	48,880	$70,580
Mechanic, and Repairer Supervisors	40,420	$68,350

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Jeffrey Beall under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.