General Agriculture at Sam Houston State University

If you are interested in studying general agriculture, you may want to check out the program at Sam Houston State University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

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 General Agriculture section at the bottom of this page.

SHSU General Agriculture Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Agriculture
• Master’s Degree in Agriculture

SHSU General Agriculture Rankings

The agriculture major at SHSU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General Agriculture. 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.

Agriculture Student Demographics at SHSU

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

SHSU General Agriculture Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 25% of agriculture bachelor's degrees went to men and 75% went to women.

About 79% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in agriculture 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 agriculture.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	19
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

SHSU General Agriculture Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 27% of agriculture master's degrees went to men and 73% went to women.

Of the students who received a agriculture master's degree from SHSU, 80% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	12
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within General Agriculture

General Agriculture majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Sam Houston State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Agriculture	42

Related Majors

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

Careers That Agriculture Grads May Go Into

A degree in agriculture 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
Agricultural Sciences Professors	1,010	$93,580
Soil and Plant Scientists	690	$68,150
Food Scientists and Technologists	620	$67,500
Animal Scientists	290	$52,360

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.