Agricultural Production at Sam Houston State University

Every agricultural production school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the agricultural production program at Sam Houston State University stacks up to those at other schools.

SHSU is located in Huntsville, Texas and has a total student population of 21,912.

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

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

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

• Master’s Degree

SHSU Agricultural Production Rankings

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.

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

For the most recent academic year available, 13% of agricultural production master's degrees went to men and 88% went to women.

Of the students who received a agricultural production master's degree from SHSU, 63% were white. This is below average 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 6% 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

• Agricultural Public Services
• Plant Sciences
• Agricultural Mechanization
• Agricultural Economics & Business
• 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.