	Southern Methodist University 2016 University Academic Rankings
Southern Methodist University (SMU) is a private research university in Dallas, University Park, and Highland Park, Texas. Founded in 1911 by the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, SMU operates satellite campuses in Plano, Texas, and Taos, New Mexico. SMU is owned by the South Central Jurisdiction of the United Methodist Church. Of the university's 11,643 students, 6,411 are undergraduates. History The university was chartered on April 17, 1911 by the five Annual Conferences in Texas of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Classes were originally planned to start in 1913 but were postponed until 1915. SMU was established as the attempt to relocate Southwestern University from Georgetown, Texas, to either Fort Worth or Dallas was unsuccessful. The first relocation effort by Polytechnic College president Hiram A. Boaz and spearheaded by Southwestern president Robert Stewart Hyer involved merging Southwestern with Polytechnic College (now Texas Wesleyan University). The post-merger university would retain the Southwestern name while occupying Polytechnic's campus in Fort Worth. The merger never came to fruition, primarily because the Dallas Chamber of Commerce set up a committee to raise funds and entice Southwestern to relocate to Dallas. This proposal gained considerable traction since Southwestern was operating a medical school in Dallas. Plans were drawn for the campus's first building, Memorial Hall, which inspired SMU's first building, Dallas Hall. Southwestern's trustees rejected the relocation plan, prompting Hyer's resignation and move to Dallas to establish Southern Methodist University. SMU retained close connections to Southwestern and Polytechnic. Southwestern president Hyer became SMU's first president and Hiram A. Boaz, a Southwestern graduate, resigned as president of Polytechnic to become SMU's second president. Polytechnic attempted to become a feeder school of SMU before becoming a women's college. SMU acquired Southwestern's medical school in Dallas and operated it until 1915. Southwestern and SMU were athletic rivals until Southwestern became a small liberal arts college. The effort to establish a new university in Dallas drew the attention of the General Conference of the Methodist Church, which was seeking to create a new connectional institution in the wake of a 1914 Tennessee Supreme Court decision stripping the church of authority at Vanderbilt University. The church decided to support the establishment of SMU and dramatically increase the size of Emory University at a new location in DeKalb County, Georgia. At the 1914 meeting of the General Conference, SMU was designated the connectional institution for all Conferences west of the Mississippi River. Classes were planned to officially begin in 1913, but construction delays on the university's first building prevented classes from starting until 1915. In the interim, the only functioning academic department at SMU was the medical college it had acquired from Southwestern University. SMU named its first building Dallas Hall in gratitude for the support of Dallas leaders and local citizens, who had pledged $300,000 to secure the university's location. It remains the university's symbol and centerpiece. Designed by Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge after the Rotunda at the University of Virginia, Dallas Hall opened its doors in 1915 and housed the entire university as well as a bank and a barbershop. It is registered in the National Register of Historic Places. SMU's nickname "The Hilltop" was inspired by Dallas Hall, which was built on a hill. The university's first president, Robert Stewart Hyer, selected Harvard crimson and Yale blue as the school colors in order to associate SMU with the high standards of ... [more on wikipedia]

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Southern Methodist University Details

Southern Methodist University Details
detail	value
state	Texas
conference	American Athletic Conference
public	Private
scores	1940/1293/29
level	Excellent
rank	[80
overall ROI rank	[73
size	medium-small
undergrads	6391
grads	4881
price	63985
drop	24
stem	18
research	23
scores valid	True

Common Questions...

What are the academic rankings for Southern Methodist University?

1. number 80 for Academics.

2. number 73 for ROI (Return on Investment).

What universities are similar to Southern Methodist University?

1. Villanova University

2. Santa Clara University

3. Emory University

4. College of William and Mary

5. Vanderbilt University

6. SUNY College at Geneseo

7. Washington University in St Louis

National Academic Rankings

(summary of all ranking placements)

Southern Methodist University National Academic Rankings

Southern Methodist University National Academic Rankings
category	rank	scores	difficulty	smartest	brainpower	faculty	research	salary ROI	overall ROI
Top250	80	75	100	70	120	96	145	98	73
All	92	60	72	69	89	70	80	51	75
All Nonivy	84	54	68	62	85	67	77	49	71
Div1	50	28	37	46	73	61	90	55	49
Div1 Nonivy	43	20	30	38	68	53	85	54	41
Div1 Private	22	23	24	20	22	20	26	22	19
Private	58	68	76	38	55	40	47	45	44
American Athletic Conference	5	2	3	3	7	2	9	4	5
South West Region	6	3	8	5	14	10	22	39	15
State of Texas	4	2	3	5	9	6	11	24	9
Top Ten Top250	80	75	100	70	120	96	145	98	73
Top Ten American Athletic Conference	5	2	3	3	7	2	9	4	5
Top Ten South West Region	7	2	5	5	8	9	10	9	9
Top Ten State of Texas	6	2	3	5	9	6	8	6	7

Peer Universities / Similar Universities

(mathematically similar student body, size, academics, stem, salary... etc)

Southern Methodist University Peer Universities, Similar Universities to Southern Methodist University

Southern Methodist University Peer Universities, Similar Universities to Southern Methodist University
match	university	state	conference	public	level	rank	overall ROI
92.65	Villanova University	Pennsylvania	Colonial Athletic Association ...	Private	Excellent	99	68
92.39	Santa Clara University	California	West Coast Conference	Private	Excellent	123	98
92.11	Emory University	Georgia	University Athletic Association	Private	Excellent	36	29
86.57	College of William and Mary	Virginia	Colonial Athletic Association	Public	Excellent	54	60
86.22	Vanderbilt University	Tennessee	Southeastern Conference	Private	Elite	14	8
85.79	SUNY College at Geneseo	New York	State University of New York A...	Public	Excellent	111	184
85.76	Washington University in St Louis	Missouri	University Athletic Association	Private	Elite	8	6
85.71	Yale University	Connecticut	Ivy League	Private	Elite	3	37
85.40	Tufts University	Massachusetts	New England Small College Ath Conf	Private	Elite	23	34
85.08	Wake Forest University	North Carolina	Atlantic Coast Conference	Private	Excellent	66	50
85.04	University of Notre Dame	Indiana	Atlantic Coast Conference	Private	Elite	31	12
82.58	University of Virginia	Virginia	Atlantic Coast Conference	Public	Excellent	32	27
79.84	Brown University	Rhode Island	Ivy League	Private	Elite	25	34
79.65	The College of New Jersey	New Jersey	New Jersey Athletic Conference	Public	Good	164	193
79.32	University of San Diego	California	Pioneer Football League / West...	Private	Good	203	195
79.32	University of Chicago	Illinois	University Athletic Association	Private	Elite	10	14
78.04	Northwestern University	Illinois	Big Ten Conference	Private	Elite	11	13
77.81	Dartmouth College	New Hampshire	Ivy League	Private	Elite	19	21
77.30	George Washington University	Washington DC	Atlantic 10 Conference	Private	Excellent	51	135
77.22	Brandeis University	Massachusetts	University Athletic Association	Private	Excellent	46	116
76.82	University of Richmond	Virginia	Colonial Athletic Association ...	Private	Excellent	128	150
76.42	Oberlin College	Ohio	North Coast Athletic Conference	Private	Excellent	81	55
76.41	Baylor University	Texas	Big Twelve Conference	Private	Good	134	128
76.33	Colgate University	New York	Patriot League	Private	Excellent	92	83
75.89	Gettysburg College	Pennsylvania	Centennial Conference	Private	Excellent	170	148
75.80	Dickinson College	Pennsylvania	Centennial Conference	Private	Excellent	187	201
75.73	Clark University	Massachusetts	New England Women's & Men's At...	Private	Good	201	224
75.70	Boston University	Massachusetts	Patriot League	Private	Excellent	45	116
75.66	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	North Carolina	Atlantic Coast Conference	Public	Excellent	37	64
75.61	Lewis & Clark College	Oregon	Northwest Conference	Private	Excellent	179	221
75.50	Macalester College	Minnesota	Minnesota Intercollegiate Ath Conf	Private	Excellent	133	146
75.47	Colorado College	Colorado	Southern Collegiate Athletic C...	Private	Excellent	149	160
75.46	Occidental College	California	Southern California Intercoll ...	Private	Excellent	158	162
75.45	Rhodes College	Tennessee	Southern Athletic Association	Private	Excellent	191	147
75.18	Davidson College	North Carolina	Pioneer Football League / Atla...	Private	Excellent	155	129
75.07	Kenyon College	Ohio	North Coast Athletic Conference	Private	Excellent	147	91
74.90	Whitman College	Washington	Northwest Conference	Private	Excellent	153	154
73.20	University of Rochester	New York	University Athletic Association	Private	Excellent	39	93
72.07	Tulane University of Louisiana	Louisiana	American Athletic Conference	Private	Excellent	61	106
71.79	Case Western Reserve University	Ohio	Presidents' Athletic Conferenc...	Private	Excellent	28	14
71.73	Marquette University	Wisconsin	Big East Conference	Private	AboveAverage	197	121
70.36	University of Pennsylvania	Pennsylvania	Ivy League	Private	Elite	12	7
69.72	Wesleyan University	Connecticut	New England Small College Ath Conf	Private	Elite	73	137
69.60	Yeshiva University	New York	Skyline Conference	Private	Good	141	208
69.60	Furman University	South Carolina	Southern Conference	Private	Good	232	192
69.50	Union University	Tennessee	Gulf South Conference	Private	Good	225	213
69.36	Miami University-Oxford	Ohio	Mid American Conference	Public	Good	118	67
69.33	University of Puget Sound	Washington	Northwest Conference	Private	Good	227	223
69.30	Middlebury College	Vermont	New England Small College Ath Conf	Private	Elite	90	135
69.21	Muhlenberg College	Pennsylvania	Centennial Conference	Private	Good	223	217

Academic Peer Universities / Similar Academics

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Southern Methodist University Academic Peer Universities, Similar Academic Universities to Southern Methodist University

Southern Methodist University Academic Peer Universities, Similar Academic Universities to Southern Methodist University
match	university	state	conference	public	level	rank	overall ROI
98.63	United States Air Force Academy	Colorado	Mountain West Conference	Public	Excellent	91	30
97.71	Colonial Athletic Association (Average)	-	Colonial Athletic Association	-Conf-	Excellent	-	112
97.69	Tulane University of Louisiana	Louisiana	American Athletic Conference	Private	Excellent	61	106
97.40	Wake Forest University	North Carolina	Atlantic Coast Conference	Private	Excellent	66	50
95.82	Atlantic Coast Conference (Low)	-	Atlantic Coast Conference	-Conf-	Excellent	-	42
95.73	Stevens Institute of Technology	New Jersey	Empire Eight	Private	Excellent	99	43
95.12	Villanova University	Pennsylvania	Colonial Athletic Association ...	Private	Excellent	99	68
95.03	Lehigh University	Pennsylvania	Patriot League	Private	Excellent	69	32
95.02	Oberlin College	Ohio	North Coast Athletic Conference	Private	Excellent	81	55
94.97	Barnard College	New York	Ivy League	Private	Excellent	104	176
94.88	Bucknell University	Pennsylvania	Patriot League	Private	Excellent	131	93
94.42	Reed College	Oregon	No Conference Affiliation	Private	Excellent	106	144
93.90	Fordham University	New York	Patriot League / Atlantic 10 C...	Private	Good	109	167
93.54	University of Tulsa	Oklahoma	American Athletic Conference	Private	Good	139	75
93.46	Polytechnic Institute of New York University	New York	No Reported Affiliation	Private	Good	76	72
93.32	Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art	New York	No Conference Affiliation	Private	Excellent	109	69
92.97	Colgate University	New York	Patriot League	Private	Excellent	92	83
92.75	Colorado School of Mines	Colorado	Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference	Public	Good	84	24
92.45	Boston College	Massachusetts	Atlantic Coast Conference	Private	Excellent	47	75
92.27	Vassar College	New York	Upstate Collegiate Athletic As...	Private	Elite	82	177
92.27	Middlebury College	Vermont	New England Small College Ath Conf	Private	Elite	90	135
92.09	Grinnell College	Iowa	Midwest Conference	Private	Excellent	114	123
91.07	Wellesley College	Massachusetts	New England Women's & Men's At...	Private	Elite	78	158
91.04	University of Georgia	Georgia	Southeastern Conference	Public	Good	82	65
91.01	Hamilton College	New York	New England Small College Ath Conf	Private	Elite	115	153
90.58	Big Ten Conference (Low)	-	Big Ten Conference	-Conf-	Good	-	51
90.54	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Virginia	Atlantic Coast Conference	Public	Good	75	40
90.49	Claremont McKenna College	California	Southern California Intercoll ...	Private	Elite	95	118
89.60	University of Connecticut	Connecticut	Big East Conference	Public	Good	87	139
88.71	Carleton College	Minnesota	Midwest Conference	Private	Elite	84	43
88.43	Bowdoin College	Maine	New England Small College Ath Conf	Private	Elite	64	162
88.21	Williams College	Massachusetts	New England Small College Ath Conf	Private	Elite	58	161
88.16	Baylor University	Texas	Big Twelve Conference	Private	Good	134	128
86.58	University of South Carolina-Columbia	South Carolina	Southeastern Conference	Public	AboveAverage	93	130
86.51	University of Massachusetts-Amherst	Massachusetts	Mid - American Conference / At...	Public	AboveAverage	88	144
85.20	Clemson University	South Carolina	Atlantic Coast Conference	Public	AboveAverage	98	51
85.20	Florida State University	Florida	Atlantic Coast Conference	Public	AboveAverage	76	104
84.04	University of South Florida	Florida	American Athletic Conference	Public	AboveAverage	94	113
82.70	University of Central Florida	Florida	American Athletic Conference	Public	AboveAverage	103	141
82.03	University of Colorado Boulder	Colorado	Pacific 12 Conference	Public	AboveAverage	79	59
79.35	Arizona State University-Tempe	Arizona	Pacific 12 Conference	Public	AboveAverage	101	82
78.32	University of Houston	Texas	American Athletic Conference	Public	AboveAverage	89	60

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