Financial Planning & Services at Southern Methodist University

Every financial planning and services school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the financial planning program at Southern Methodist University stacks up to those at other schools.

SMU is located in Dallas, Texas and approximately 11,649 students attend the school each year. In the 2018-2019 academic year, 6 students received a bachelor's degree in financial planning from SMU.

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

SMU Financial Planning & Services Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Financial Planning

SMU Financial Planning & Services Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks financial planning programs across the country. The following shows how SMU performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The financial planning major at SMU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Financial Planning & Services. 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
Best Financial Planning & Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools	2
Most Popular Financial Planning & Services Master’s Degree Schools	15
Most Focused Financial Planning & Services Master’s Degree Schools	15
Most Popular Financial Planning & Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools	21
Most Focused Financial Planning & Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools	26
Most Popular Financial Planning & Services Schools	35
Most Focused Financial Planning & Services Schools	45

In 2019, 0 student received their master’s degree in financial planning from SMU. This is the #15 most popular school for financial planning master’s degree candidates in the country.

Financial Planning Student Demographics at SMU

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

SMU Financial Planning & Services Bachelor’s Program

Of the 6 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Financial Planning & Services from SMU in 2018-2019, 67% were men and 33% were women. The typical financial planning bachelor's degree program is made up of only 26% women. So female students are more repesented at SMU since its program graduates 7% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 40% more racial-ethnic minorities in its financial planning bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	2
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

SMU also has a doctoral program available in financial planning. In 2019, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Finance

Careers That Financial Planning Grads May Go Into

A degree in financial planning 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
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents	43,170	$85,720
Personal Financial Advisors	10,830	$110,820
Business Professors	6,060	$110,450
Credit Counselors	2,120	$46,160

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.