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Plant Sciences at Sam Houston State University

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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. Of the 4,433 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Sam Houston State University in 2021, 12 of them were plant sciences majors.

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

58% Women
42% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 12 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in plant sciences from SHSU in 2021, 42% were men and 58% were women. The typical plant sciences bachelor's degree program is made up of only 44% women. So female students are more repesented at SHSU since its program graduates 15% more women than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 25% 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.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 3
White 6
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

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

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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