General Business/Commerce at Sam Houston State University

If you plan to study general business/commerce, 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 has a total student population of 21,912. Of the 845 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Sam Houston State University in 2021, 243 of them were general business/commerce majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in General Business/Commerce section at the bottom of this page.

SHSU General Business/Commerce Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in General Business

Online Classes Are Available at SHSU

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

For those who are interested in distance learning, SHSU does offer online courses in general business for the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree

SHSU General Business/Commerce Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the general business progam at SHSU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The general business major at SHSU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General Business/Commerce. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
	10
	15
	43
	76
	132
	200
	312

General Business Student Demographics at SHSU

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

SHSU General Business/Commerce Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 243 general business majors earned their bachelor's degree from SHSU. Of these graduates, 44% were men and 56% were women.

About 58% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in general business at SHSU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	31
Hispanic or Latino	47
White	142
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	18

SHSU also has a doctoral program available in general business. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Careers That General Business Grads May Go Into

A degree in general business 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
General and Operations Managers	195,730	$125,870
Management Analysts	35,350	$97,080
Construction Managers	29,620	$98,420
Sales Managers	26,420	$148,000
Administrative Services Managers	25,760	$103,880

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.