Sam Houston State University Business Programs

Sam Houston State University is a public institution situated in Huntsville, Texas. Huntsville is a good match for students who enjoy small-town life.

Sam Houston State University Rankings

Our rankings are based on an outcomes-based approach rather than subjective ones used by other media outlets. As such, we utilize data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard, among other sources. Visit our rankings and methodology section to learn more.

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at SHSU.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#8	Best Value Specialized Sales Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#10	Most Popular Online Business & Commerce Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#24	Most Popular Business & Commerce Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#49	Most Popular Human Resource Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#92	Most Popular Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards SHSU has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#3	Best Banking and Financial Support Services Colleges for Veterans	College Factual
#4	Best Banking and Financial Support Services Schools	College Factual
#86	Best Value Colleges for Finance	College Factual
#96	Best Value Colleges for Finance & Financial Management	College Factual
#106	Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Accounting	College Factual
#109	Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Accounting	College Factual

Where Is Sam Houston State University?

Contact details for SHSU are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	1806 Ave J, Huntsville, TX 77340
Phone:	936-294-1111
Website:	www.shsu.edu/
Facebook:	http://www.facebook.com/samhoustonstate
Twitter:	http://twitter.com/samhoustonstate

How Do I Get Into SHSU?

You can apply to SHSU online at: www.shsu.edu/admissions/apply-texas.html

Admission Requirements for SHSU

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	neither required nor recommended
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	recommended
Recommendations	neither required nor recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	required
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into SHSU?

Since SHSU has an acceptance rate of 92%, it is not too hard to gain acceptance into the school. Still, you need to be sure you complete your application in full and send in any other requested documents.

Approximately 33% of accepted students are men and 67% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 92%, and the acceptance rate for women is 93%.

Average Test Scores

About 77% of students accepted to SHSU submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 490 and 570. Math scores were between 480 and 550.

SHSU received ACT scores from 32% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 19 and 25. Math scores were between 16 and 23. Composite scores were between 18 and 23.

Can I Afford Sam Houston State University?

The overall average net price of SHSU is $25,328. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At SHSU, approximately 58% of students took out student loans averaging $5,910 a year. That adds up to $23,640 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at SHSU is 6.2%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.

Sam Houston State University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 18,811 undergraduate students at SHSU, with 15,020 being full-time and 3,791 being part-time.

There are also 3,101 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 15,020 full-time undergraduates at SHSU, 37% are male and 63% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	312
Black or African American	2,737
Hispanic or Latino	3,875
White	7,139
International Students	155
Other Races/Ethnicities	802

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

In 2019-2020, 13,065 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.

This school is the 5th most popular in Texas for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Affordability Rankings of SHSU

During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time undergraduate tuition at Sam Houston State University was $8,736 for in-state students. Out-of-state students paid $18,552. The following table shows how SHSU is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are not mostly online.

Major	Tuition for In-State Students	Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Project Management	#4	#4
General Business/Commerce	#52	#70
General Business/Commerce	#52	#70

Online Growth Rankings of SHSU

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Sam Houston State University was 11.9%. This is the #1,168 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at SHSU regardless of major.

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at SHSU ranks compared to all other partially online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at SHSU.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Project Management	#46
General Business/Commerce	#237
General Business/Commerce	#237

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

Sam Houston State University Business Concentrations

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

Major	Bachelor’s	Master’s	TOTAL
General Business/Commerce	243	0	243
Accounting	130	21	151
General Business Administration and Management	76	64	140
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	80	0	80
Finance	77	0	77
General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	52	0	52
Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations	41	0	41
Banking and Financial Support Services	31	0	31
General Management Information Systems	30	0	30
International Business/Trade/Commerce	23	0	23
Business Economics	21	0	21
Fashion Merchandising	18	0	18
Entrepreneurship	14	0	14
Supply Chain Management	9	0	9
Project Management	0	7	7
TOTAL	845	92	937

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
• Image Credit: By Bigguill under License

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