smu.edu

Southern Methodist University is a private university in University Park near Dallas offering 123 undergraduate, 127 graduate and professional programs, and 23 doctorates across seven degree-granting schools. It serves more than 11,000 students from all 50 states and nearly 90 countries, with campuses in Dallas, Plano, and Northern New Mexico.

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Safety

90/100

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Safety evidence

No unexpired threat-feed result; name-similarity check available (recorded about 40 days ago); 3/3 transport and email checks available (oldest recorded about 40 days ago). This is evidence coverage, not a probability that a website is safe.

No caution flags in the available scoring observations; this is not a complete safety assessment

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2006
First tracked by AboutUs (Jun 21, 2006); profile edited 8 times through 2013.
2026
Checked today — 2 of 4 safety checks passed (Sep 30, 2026).

✓ live verified Sep 30, 2026

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