Business Economics at Sam Houston State University

If you plan to study business economics, 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. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 21 students received a bachelor's degree in business economics from SHSU.

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

SHSU Business Economics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business Economics

SHSU Business Economics Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the business economics 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 business economics major at SHSU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Business Economics. 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
	87
	92
	131
	164

Business Economics Student Demographics at SHSU

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

SHSU Business Economics Bachelor’s Program

The business economics program at SHSU awarded 21 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 52% of these degrees went to men with the other 48% going to women. The typical business economics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 33% women. So female students are more repesented at SHSU since its program graduates 14% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 16% more racial-ethnic minorities in its business economics 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 business economics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	9
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Careers That Business Economics Grads May Go Into

A degree in business economics 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
Economics Professors	1,020	$115,240
Economists	830	$106,480
Survey Researchers	430	$60,460

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.