Southern Methodist University Student Population and Demographics

SMU Student Population

There are 12,116 students including 7,285 undergraduate and 4,831 graduate students at Southern Methodist University for the academic year 2024-2025. By attending status, there are 9,679 full-time and 2,437 part-time students with gender distribution of 6,048 male and 6,068 female students.

Southern Methodist University is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 669 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

Southern Methodist University has a total enrollment of 12,116 with a gender distribution of 49.92% male (6,048 students) and 50.08% female (6,068 students). There are 3,557 male and 3,728 female students in undergraduate school and 2,491 male and 2,340 female students are attending graduate school at Southern Methodist University.

Student Population By Gender
Southern Methodist University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	12,116	6,048	6,068
Undergraduate	7,285	3,557	3,728
Graduate	4,831	2,491	2,340
Full-time	9,679	4,742	4,937
Part-time	2,437	1,306	1,131

[Chart] Southern Methodist University 2025 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

Southern Methodist University has 9,679 full-time and 2,437 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 7,146 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 139 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 2,533 students are full-time and 2,298 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
Southern Methodist University
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	12,116	9,679	2,437
Undergraduate	7,285	7,146	139
Graduate	4,831	2,533	2,298
Men	6,048	4,742	1,306
Women	6,068	4,937	1,131

[Chart] Southern Methodist University Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At Southern Methodist University, 669 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 1,002 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 12,116 students.

In undergraduate schools, 491 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 1,180 students are attending some online courses.

2025 Distance Learning Enrollment
Southern Methodist University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	12,116	7,285	4,831
Online Exclusively	669	0	669
In Some Online Classes	1,002	491	511
Not In Online Classes	10,445	6,794	3,651

[Chart] Southern Methodist University Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at Southern Methodist University. There are 35 American Indian/Native American, 6,260 White, 927 Black/African American, 980 Asian, 1,967 Hispanic, 11 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 413 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
Southern Methodist University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	12,116	6,048	6,068
American Indian/Native American	35	21	14
Asian	980	459	521
Black/African American	927	417	510
Hispanic	1,967	917	1,050
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	11	6	5
White	6,260	3,198	3,062
Two More	504	232	272
Race Un-Known	315	181	134

[Chart] Southern Methodist UniversityRace/Ethnicity Distribution

Student Age Distribution

The following table and chart show the student enrollment by age distribution at Southern Methodist University.

Age Distribution
Southern Methodist University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	12,116	7,285	4,831
Under 18	56	56	0
Age 18-19	3,074	3,074	0
Age 20-21	3,404	3,294	110
Age 22-24	2,196	704	1,492
Age 25-29	1,645	94	1,551
Age 30-34	656	32	624
Age 35-39	411	18	393
Age 40-49	419	9	410
Age 50-64	217	4	213
Over 64	38	0	38
Age Un-Known	0	0	0

[Chart] Southern Methodist University 2025 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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