A collaboration by The Daily Campus contributors.
47,000: The number of SMU alumni living in the Dallas area (SMU Facts)
1: The number of athletes at SMU who medaled in Rio in taekwondo (SMU Facts)
8: The number of 2016 inaugural Highland Capital Management (HCM) Tower Scholars (SMU Tower Center)
2: The number of paintings that were looted by Nazis during WWII included in the Meadows Museum collection (Meadows Museum)
16: The number of football seasons SMU has had the Boulevard (SMU Facts)
23: The number of countries SMU’s class of 2020 comes from (SMU Facts)
9: The number of athletes who competed in the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics with ties to SMU (SMU Facts)
3: The number of international players on the SMU men’s basketball team (SMU Basketball)
1: The number of electronic scooters stolen from Nick Chao (“Scooter Boy”) this year (GoFundMe)
$1,067: The amount raised to buy “Scooter Boy” a new scooter (GoFundMe)
28%: The percentage of SMU students taking out federal student loans (National Center for Education Statistics)
1: The number of treadmills for horses used by the SMU equestrian team (SMU Equestrian)
69%: The percentage of SMU students on grant or scholarship aid (National Center for Education Statistics)
1: The number of 90 mile per hour treadmills on campus (SMU Facts)
13: The number of patents held by one SMU professor in electrical engineering (Lyle School of Engineering)
364: The number of graduate assistants at SMU (National Center for Education Statistics)
33: The number of students who earned a masters in Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution in 2015 (National Center for Education Statistics)
1: The number of Heisman Trophies won by an SMU football player (Doak Walker, 1948)
13: The number of current NFL players who played football at SMU (NFL)
5: The number of SMU football alums inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame (Pro Football Hall of Fame)
42%: The percentage of people aged 18-29 who prefer reading the news, compared to 38 percent who prefer watching the news (Pew Research Center)
60,000,000: The average number of passengers a year served by DFW airport (SMU Campus Profile)
36%: The percentage of people aged 18-34 who are living with their parents (Pew Research Center)
480: The number of electronic research databases offered in the business library (SMU Cox)
6.7%: The percentage of high school football players who will play NCAA football at any division (NCAA)
4: The number of wins SMU has had against TCU in the last two decades (SMU Football)
34: The number of cases of minors in consumption of alcohol in the first month of school (SMU Crime Log)
$116,708,500: The amount of financial aid given last year to SMU students (National Center for Education Statistics)
8,998: The number of fans who can cheer on the Mustangs in Moody Coliseum (SMU Athletics)
1: The number of SMU professors rated in the top five of the Highest Rated University Professors of 2015-16 (RateMyProfessor)
8: The number of times Peruna has run from end zone to end zone, celebrating SMU touchdowns this fall (SMU Football)