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SMU tuition and net price

Southern Methodist University · Dallas, Texas · Private nonprofit · 7,277 undergraduates

$69,722
tuition and fees, 2025-26
$88,892
full cost of attendance a year
$39,816
average net price after aid

Grants cut the bill sharply. The average student receiving aid paid $39,816, under half of the $88,892 cost of attendance. Tuition and fees for 2025-26 come to $69,722, well above the $35,915 median for private four-year colleges. Families under $30,000 still paid $31,728 on average, 55% of what families above $110,000 paid ($57,328).

Net price by family income

Income under $30,000: $31,728Income under $30,000$31,728Income $30,001 to $48,000: $18,708Income $30,001 to $48,000$18,708Income $48,001 to $75,000: $23,206Income $48,001 to $75,000$23,206Income $75,001 to $110,000: $28,047Income $75,001 to $110,000$28,047Income over $110,000: $57,328Income over $110,000$57,328
Average yearly price after grants and scholarships for first-time, full-time students receiving federal aid.

For an estimate based on your own family's finances, use SMU's net price calculator.

Tuition and fees since 2014-15

$0k$20k$40k$60k$80k2014-152016-172018-192020-212022-232025-262014-15 $46k2015-16 $48k2016-17 $50k2017-18 $52k2018-19 $54k2019-20 $57k2020-21 $59k2021-22 $60k2022-23 $62k2023-24 $64k2024-25 no data2025-26 $70k
Published full-time undergraduate tuition and required fees. No figure was published for 2024-25.
Show the numbers by year
Academic yearTuition and fees
2025-26$69,722
2023-24$64,460
2022-23$61,980
2021-22$60,236
2020-21$58,540
2019-20$56,560
2018-19$54,492
2017-18$52,498
2016-17$50,358
2015-16$48,190
2014-15$45,940

Cost of attendance and aid

Tuition and fees (2025-26)
$69,722
Room and board on campus
$19,794
Books and supplies
$800
Full cost of attendance
$88,892 a year (most recent year reported)
Undergraduates with a Pell Grant
18%
Undergraduates with a federal loan
23%
Median federal debt at graduation
$18,750

Colleges similar to SMU

The six private nonprofit four-year colleges closest to SMU in acceptance rate and undergraduate enrollment.

CollegeAcceptance rateUndergraduatesAvg net priceEarnings after 10 yrs
American University
Washington, DC		62%7,266$41,302$85,458
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach
Daytona Beach, FL		65%7,860$40,539$92,069
Sacred Heart University
Fairfield, CT		65%7,087$45,827$80,896
Elon University
Elon, NC		66%6,452$35,785$82,524
Chapman
Orange, CA		65%7,478$46,708$80,694
The New School
New York, NY		63%6,563$48,163$64,471

Tuition and fees for 2025-26, cost of attendance and net price come from the College Scorecard; earlier tuition years come from IPEDS via the Urban Institute. Net price is what first-time, full-time students receiving federal aid paid after grants and scholarships, and it lags the tuition year. College Scorecard data updated November 2, 2026. How these figures are built · SMU on College Scorecard