Finance at Southern Methodist University

If you are interested in studying finance, 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, 297 finance majors received their bachelor's degree from SMU.

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

SMU Finance Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance

SMU Finance Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks finance 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 finance major at SMU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Finance. 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
	14
	19
	27
	32
	154

In 2021, 0 student received their master’s degree in finance from SMU. This is the #154 most popular school for finance master’s degree candidates in the country.

Finance Student Demographics at SMU

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

SMU Finance Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 297 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in finance from SMU. About 68% were men and 32% were women. The typical finance bachelor's degree program is made up of only 30% women. So female students are more repesented at SMU since its program graduates 2% more women than average.

About 76% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in finance at SMU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	14
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	19
White	227
International Students	22
Other Races/Ethnicities	12

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

Related Majors

• Financial Planning & Services

Careers That Finance Grads May Go Into

A degree in finance 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
Financial Managers	39,580	$149,990
Financial Analysts	26,850	$94,980
Loan Officers	19,950	$83,910
Personal Financial Advisors	10,830	$110,820

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.