Plant Sciences at Sam Houston State University

If you plan to study plant sciences, 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.

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

SHSU Plant Sciences Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Plant Sciences

SHSU Plant Sciences Rankings

The plant sciences major at SHSU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Plant Sciences. 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.

Plant Sciences Student Demographics at SHSU

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

SHSU Plant Sciences Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 41% of plant sciences bachelor's degrees went to men and 59% went to women. The typical plant sciences bachelor's degree program is made up of only 45% women. So female students are more repesented at SHSU since its program graduates 14% more women than average.

About 76% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in plant sciences at SHSU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 6% more racial-ethnic minorities in its plant sciences 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 plant sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	13
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Plant Sciences

Plant Sciences 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
Agronomy & Crop Science	12

Related Majors

• Agricultural Public Services
• Agricultural Production
• Agricultural Mechanization
• Agricultural Economics & Business
• General Agriculture

Careers That Plant Sciences Grads May Go Into

A degree in plant sciences 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
Farmers, Ranchers, and Agricultural Managers	400	$81,330

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.