Are both Lafayette College and Southern Methodist University a private institute?
Southern Methodist University Southern Methodist University (SMU) is a private research university in Dallas, University Park, and Highland Park, Texas. Founded in 1911 by the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, SMU operates satellite campuses in Plano, Texas, and Taos, New Mexico. SMU is owned by the South Central Jurisdiction of the United Methodist Church. Of the university's 11,643 students, 6,411 are undergraduates.
Silliman Institute Silliman Institute is a private coeducational school located in Clinton, Louisiana. It was founded in 1852, and reopened in 1966 by parents who opposed government intervention in education, especially desegregation of Louisiana's segregated school system. Today, the vast majority of students are still racially white, but the student body is also made up of a minority of other ethnic backgrounds. The school enrolls students from throughout East and West Feliciana Parish, and surrounding areas.