Business, Management & Marketing at Sam Houston State University

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

SHSU is located in Huntsville, Texas and approximately 21,912 students attend the school each year.

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

SHSU Business, Management & Marketing Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Management & Marketing
• Master’s Degree in Business, Management & Marketing

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.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? SHSU offers distance education options for business, management & marketing at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

SHSU Business, Management & Marketing Rankings

The business, management & marketing major at SHSU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Business, Management & Marketing. 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.

Business, Management & Marketing Student Demographics at SHSU

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

SHSU Business, Management & Marketing Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 46% of business, management & marketing bachelor's degrees went to men and 54% went to women.

About 53% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in business, management & marketing at SHSU are white. This is typical 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 business, management & marketing 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, management & marketing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	22
Black or African American	92
Hispanic or Latino	161
White	371
International Students	11
Other Races/Ethnicities	40

SHSU Business, Management & Marketing Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 39% of business, management & marketing master's degrees went to men and 61% went to women.

Of the students who received a business, management & marketing master's degree from SHSU, 56% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the business, management & marketing master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 40% of degree recipients. That is 3% 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 business, management & marketing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	18
Hispanic or Latino	38
White	98
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

Concentrations Within Business, Management & Marketing

If you plan to be a business, management & marketing major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Sam Houston State University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Business/Commerce	243
Business Administration & Management	156
Accounting	151
Finance & Financial Management	108
Marketing	80
Human Resource Management	52
Management Information Systems	30
International Business	23
Business/Managerial Economics	21
Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing	18
Entrepreneurial Studies	14

Careers That Business, Management & Marketing Grads May Go Into

A degree in business, management & marketing 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
Office Clerks	330,250	$36,210
Customer Service Representatives	282,940	$33,770
General and Operations Managers	195,730	$125,870
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	176,480	$35,550
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	131,250	$41,390

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

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