Agricultural Production at Sam Houston State University

If you plan to study agricultural production, take a look at what Sam Houston State University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

SHSU is located in Huntsville, Texas and approximately 21,912 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 8 students received their master's degree in agricultural production.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Agricultural Production section at the bottom of this page.

SHSU Agricultural Production Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Agricultural Production

Online Classes Are Available at SHSU

Online courses are a good option for students who need a more flexible schedule that allows them to pursue an education when and where they want. Whether you're going to school part-time or full-time, you may find distance education the right choice for you.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? SHSU offers distance education options for agricultural production at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

SHSU Agricultural Production Rankings

Agricultural Production Student Demographics at SHSU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the agricultural production majors at Sam Houston State University.

SHSU Agricultural Production Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 8 agricultural production majors earned their master's degree from SHSU. Of these graduates, 13% were men and 88% were women.

Of the students who received a agricultural production master's degree from SHSU, 63% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the agricultural production master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 25% of degree recipients. That is 12% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Sam Houston State University with a master's in agricultural production.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

• General Agriculture

Careers That Agricultural Production Grads May Go Into

A degree in agricultural production can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for TX, the home state for Sam Houston State University.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Conservation Scientists	2,010	$57,990
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Worker Supervisors	1,280	$52,170
Agricultural Sciences Professors	1,010	$93,580
Soil and Plant Scientists	690	$68,150
Food Scientists and Technologists	620	$67,500

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Bigguill under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.