Finance at Sam Houston State University

What traits are you looking for in a finance school? To help you decide if Sam Houston State University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's finance program.

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, 77 of them were finance majors.

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

SHSU Finance Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance

SHSU Finance Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The finance major at SHSU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Finance. 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
	166
	175
	180
	228
	420
	456

Finance Student Demographics at SHSU

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

SHSU Finance Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 77 students earned a bachelor's degree in finance from SHSU. About 39% of these graduates were women and the other 61% were men. The typical finance bachelor's degree program is made up of only 30% women. So female students are more repesented at SHSU since its program graduates 9% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 16% more racial-ethnic minorities in its finance bachelor's program 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 bachelor's in finance.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	11
Hispanic or Latino	20
White	38
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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

Related Majors

• Banking and Financial Support Services

Careers That Finance Grads May Go Into

A degree in finance 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
Financial Managers	39,580	$149,990
Financial Analysts	26,850	$94,980
Loan Officers	19,950	$83,910
Personal Financial Advisors	10,830	$110,820

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.