Real Estate at Southern Methodist University

If you plan to study real estate, take a look at what Southern Methodist University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

SMU is located in Dallas, Texas and approximately 12,373 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 39 real estate majors received their bachelor's degree from SMU.

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

SMU Real Estate Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Real Estate

SMU Real Estate Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the real estate progam at SMU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The real estate major at SMU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Real Estate. 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
	9
	20
	30
	30
	56
	114

In 2021, 0 student received their master’s degree in real estate from SMU. This is the #30 most popular school for real estate master’s degree candidates in the country.

Real Estate Student Demographics at SMU

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

SMU Real Estate Bachelor’s Program

Of the 39 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Real Estate from SMU in 2020-2021, 82% were men and 18% were women.

About 82% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in real estate 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 real estate.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	32
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Concentrations Within Real Estate

If you plan to be a real estate 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
Real Estate	39

Related Majors

• Taxation
• Marketing
• Business Administration & Management
• Accounting
• Finance & Financial Management

Careers That Real Estate Grads May Go Into

A degree in real estate 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
Real Estate Sales Agents	17,580	$70,520
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers	13,800	$78,420
Real Estate Appraisers	5,400	$59,310
Real Estate Brokers	2,170	$96,630

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.