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Career test for Southern Methodist students

See which careers fit your traits — based on what 755+ Southern Methodist alumni actually went on to do.

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What Southern Methodist grads actually do

Based on 755 notable Southern Methodist alumni with Wikipedia pages. Data: Wikidata (CC0).

American football player
111
politician
90
lawyer
74
actor
63
basketball player
51
television actor
50
association football player
47
film actor
42
businessperson
40
university teacher
35
judge
33
swimmer
31

Notable Southern Methodist alumni

Ray R. Sutton
Ray R. Sutton
Anglican bishop
Fritz Von Erich
Fritz Von Erich
actor · American football player
Clark Hunt
Clark Hunt
association football player · businessperson
Regina Taylor
Regina Taylor
actor · playwright
Stephen Tobolowsky
Stephen Tobolowsky
writer · screenwriter
Reginald Ballard
Reginald Ballard
actor · television actor
Erin McLeod
Erin McLeod
association football player
Bob Dudley
Bob Dudley
businessperson · chief executive officer

Salary outlook for top Southern Methodist career paths

National median annual wage (BLS Occupational Employment Statistics).

politician
10th–90th percentile: $21,010$129,510
$47,290
median / yr
lawyer
10th–90th percentile: $69,760$239,200
$145,760
median / yr
basketball player
10th–90th percentile: $27,730$239,200
$70,280
median / yr
association football player
10th–90th percentile: $27,730$239,200
$70,280
median / yr
businessperson
10th–90th percentile: $80,000$239,200
$206,680
median / yr

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About Southern Methodist

Southern Methodist University (SMU) is a private research university in University Park, Texas, United States, with a satellite campus in Taos County, New Mexico. SMU was founded on April 17, 1911, by the Methodist Episcopal Church, South—now part of the United Methodist Church—in partnership with Dallas civic leaders. It is currently non-sectarian in its teaching and enrolls students of all religious affiliations. It is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research spending and doctorate production". As of fall 2025, the university had 12,544 students, including 7,545 undergraduates and 4,999 postgraduates. As of fall 2024, its instructional faculty is 1,163 members, with 788 being full-time. In the 2020 academic year, the university granted over 3,827 degrees, including 315 doctorates, 1,659 master's and 1,853 bachelor's degrees and offers over 32 doctoral and over 120 masters programs from eight schools: the Edwin L. Cox School of Business, the Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences, the Dedman School of Law, the Bobby B. Lyle School of Engineering, the Algur H. Meadows School of the Arts, the Moody School of Graduate and Advanced Studies, Perkins School of Theology, and the Annette Caldwell Simmons School of Education and Human Development.

Source: Wikipedia · Licensed under CC-BY-SA 4.0.

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