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Sam Houston State University is a public institution located in Huntsville, Texas. The location of SHSU is a good match for students who are interested in living in a college town while they pursue their degree.

931 Master's Degrees
62 Doctor's Degrees

Where Is Sam Houston State University?

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Contact details for SHSU are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 1806 Ave J, Huntsville, TX 77340
Phone: 936-294-1111
Website: www.shsu.edu

Sam Houston State University Graduate Student Diversity

3,324 Graduate Students
68% Women
44% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

Gender Diversity

Of the 3,324 graduate students at SHSU, 32% are male and 68% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Sam Houston State University graduate students is as follows.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 173
Black or African American 376
Hispanic or Latino 814
White 1,712
International Students 116
Other Races/Ethnicities 133

Geographic Diversity

Texas students aren't the only ones who study at Sam Houston State University. At this time, 29 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 79 countries are represented at SHSU. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, India, and Turkey.

Online Learning at Sam Houston State University

5,098 Took All Classes Online
14,358 Took At Least One Class Online
There are 27 bachelor’s degree and 69 master’s degree programs available online at SHSU. In 2022-2023, 14,358 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at SHSU has changed over the last few years.

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This school is the 4th most popular in Texas for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2022-2023.

The following table shows the 1-year growth rate of SHSU majors that offer at least one online course. This table only includes majors with positive growth.

Major 1-Year Growth Rate
Business, Management & Marketing 3%
Communication & Journalism 8%
Public Administration & Social Service 15%
Social Sciences 17%
Visual & Performing Arts 21%

Sam Houston State University Graduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major Graduate Certificate Master’s Doctor’s TOTAL
Criminal Justice & Corrections 8 124 13 145
Business Administration & Management 0 111 0 111
Educational Administration 0 86 20 106
Curriculum & Instruction 0 84 0 84
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology 0 68 4 72
Library & Information Science 0 50 0 50
Homeland Security 13 27 0 40
Special Education 0 31 0 31
History 3 25 0 28
Health & Physical Education 0 27 0 27
Public Administration 0 26 0 26
Teaching English or French 0 25 0 25
Accounting 0 24 0 24
Music 0 20 0 20
General Agriculture 0 19 0 19
Instructional Media Design 0 13 4 17
Teacher Education Subject Specific 1 12 4 17
Political Science & Government 5 12 0 17
Information Technology 0 16 0 16
Security Science and Technology 0 11 5 16
General English Literature 10 5 0 15
Writing Studies 0 13 0 13
Public Health 0 13 0 13
Sociology 6 7 0 13
Student Counseling 0 5 5 10
Geography & Cartography 0 9 0 9
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services 0 8 0 8
General Biology 0 7 0 7
Communication & Media Studies 2 5 0 7
Other Education 0 0 7 7
Agricultural Production 0 6 0 6
Statistics 0 6 0 6
Dance 0 6 0 6
Computer Information Systems 0 5 0 5
Chemistry 0 5 0 5
Radio, Television & Digital Communication 0 4 0 4
Romance Languages 0 4 0 4
Health Sciences & Services 0 4 0 4
Mathematics 0 4 0 4
International Education 0 3 0 3
General Psychology 0 1 0 1
Agricultural Economics & Business 0 0 0 0
Agricultural Mechanization 0 0 0 0
Agricultural Public Services 0 0 0 0
Animal Science 0 0 0 0
Plant Sciences 0 0 0 0
Business/Managerial Economics 0 0 0 0
Entrepreneurial Studies 0 0 0 0
Finance & Financial Management 0 0 0 0
General Business/Commerce 0 0 0 0
Human Resource Management 0 0 0 0
International Business 0 0 0 0
Marketing 0 0 0 0
Management Information Systems 0 0 0 0
Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing 0 0 0 0
Graphic Communications 0 0 0 0
Teacher Education Grade Specific 0 0 0 0
Computer Engineering Technology 0 0 0 0
Construction Engineering Technology 0 0 0 0
Drafting & Design Engineering Technology 0 0 0 0
General Engineering Technology 0 0 0 0
Mechanical Engineering Technology 0 0 0 0
Food, Nutrition & Related Services 0 0 0 0
General Family & Consumer Sciences 0 0 0 0
Allied Health Professions 0 0 0 0
Health & Medical Administrative Services 0 0 0 0
Medicine 0 0 0 0
Nursing 0 0 0 0
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions 0 0 0 0
Liberal Arts General Studies 0 0 0 0
Biological & Physical Science 0 0 0 0
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies 0 0 0 0
Natural Resources Conservation 0 0 0 0
Philosophy 0 0 0 0
Geological & Earth Sciences 0 0 0 0
Physics 0 0 0 0
Economics 0 0 0 0
Design & Applied Arts 0 0 0 0
Drama & Theater Arts 0 0 0 0
Film, Video & Photographic Arts 0 0 0 0
Fine & Studio Arts 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 48 931 62 1,041

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

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