Southern Methodist University

Dallas, TX · IPEDS UNITID 228246 · Common Data Set 2018-19 to 2025-26

In 2025-26: 24,053 applied, 11,459 admitted (47.6%), 1,715 enrolled. ✓ matches IPEDS; ! differs from IPEDS (the college filed different numbers in the two places, or see the verification table).

Common Data Set year2018-192019-202020-212021-222023-242024-252025-26
Applied13,959 ✓14,010 ✓15,685 ✓15,092 ✓15,245 ✓24,053
Admitted6,601 ✓7,379 ✓8,333 ✓9,240 ✓9,657 ✓11,459
Admit rate47.3%52.7%53.1%61.2%63.3%47.6%
Enrolled1,5921,7161,715
Yield17.2%17.8%15.0%
Waitlist offered2,4072,0431,7871,7031,4804,249
Waitlist admitted4534023629267243
SAT 25th–75th1320–14501250–14401350–14901340–14701340–14801360–1470
ACT 25th–75th29–33 ✓29–33 ✓31–34 ✓30–34 ✓30–34 ✓31–34
Average GPA3.643.633.683.703.673.69
Early decision offeredYesYesYesYesYesYes
Tuition
Tuition, in-state
Tuition, out-of-state
Need met, average85.4%85.2%85.5%88.6%89.7%90.4%
Average aid package$45,742$47,014$47,782$55,763$62,094$65,143
Student-faculty ratio11.011.011.011.0

Every number

2018-19 JSON / CSV · 2019-20 JSON / CSV · 2020-21 JSON / CSV · 2021-22 JSON / CSV · 2023-24 JSON / CSV · 2024-25 JSON / CSV · 2025-26 JSON / CSV

Sources

Original filings: 2018-19 · 2019-20 · 2020-21 · 2021-22 · 2023-24 · 2024-25 · 2025-26. Read from the file by Claude Haiku (section by section, page images), or taken exactly from the official spreadsheet answer key where the college filed one. Each JSON row carries the method and the IPEDS verification status.