<p>This data is from College Navigator. You can make your own judgements.</p>
<p>SAT and ACT ranges are from 25th to 75th percentile. ARate is the acceptance rate. GRate is the 6-year graduation rate. The order is alphabetical.</p>
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SAT CR SAT Math ACT ARate GRate</p>
<p>Austin C. 560-680 570-670 24-28 80% 78%
Baylor U. 530-640 550-650 23-29 50% 73%
Rice U. 640-750 680-780 30-34 22% 93%
Southern Methodist 560-660 580-680 25-30 53% 74%
Southwestern 570-680 570-670 25-30 63% 75%
Texas A&M 520-630 560-670 24-30 67% 78%
Texas Christian 520-630 530-650 23-28 59% 69%
Trinity U. 590-700 610-690 27-31 59% 81%
U. Texas 530-660 570-690 24-30 45% 78%
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<p>I think everything else in Texas has a graduation rate less than 60%, though I might be wrong on that.</p>
<p>UT
Texas A&M
SMU
Baylor
TCU</p>
<p>“I’m kind of surprised by some of these rankings! What is the national reputation for SMU’s business program? I’ve heard very good things about it, but then again… I am from Texas.”</p>
<p>SMU is an outstanding school that will only get more prestigious as it gets older. It’s business program is nationally recognized and ranks high both in undergraduate and graduate (especially). The campus is beautiful. It is private, so its smaller classes and small campus feel make it a great college experience. Like someone said above, “SMU is one of those places that is fashionable to dislike because it attracts a disproportionate share of wealthy kids/families who engender disproportionate amounts of disdain and/or jealousy.” So, although some like to make SMU seem like lesser of a school than it is, it does very well in the rankings and is a great school academically. Students come from all over the United States (and country), so to say it is only reputable in Dallas is false. Look at the facts.</p>
<p>“I’m kind of surprised by some of these rankings! What is the national reputation for SMU’s business program? I’ve heard very good things about it, but then again… I am from Texas.”</p>
<p>Outside Texas, the biggest impression that people will have of SMU is through sports (and the scandal of the mid 1980’s with the “Death Penalty” – I believe it was right after they won the Cotton Bowl). Like many, many other schools (we just had this debate with DePaul in Chicago), the reputation is basically centered on the city that it’s in, and people outside in will have impressions rooted in familiarity which in turn will be rooted in sports.</p>