Southern Methodist University is a private religious university in TX, founded in 1911 and offers Bachelor’s degrees for undergraduates and Master’s and Doctoral degrees for graduate students. The undergraduate enrollment is 6,827, and the graduate enrollment is 5,546. Southern Methodist University is a moderately selective school, receiving 14,010 applications and accepting 52.7% of applicants. Southern Methodist University’s athletics teams compete at the club, intramural, and varsity levels. Additionally, Southern Methodist University employs 767 full-time instructional staff (85% of whom hold doctorate degrees) and has an 11:1 student to faculty ratio.