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Finance & Financial Management at Sam Houston State University

If you are interested in studying finance and financial management, 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 approximately 21,912 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 108 finance majors received their bachelor's degree from SHSU.

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

SHSU Finance & Financial Management Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Finance

SHSU Finance & Financial Management Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the finance progam at SHSU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The finance major at SHSU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Finance & Financial Management. 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.

Ranking Type Rank
Best Finance & Financial Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools 433
Best Finance & Financial Management Schools 487

Earnings of SHSU Finance Graduates

The median salary of finance students who receive their bachelor's degree at SHSU is $43,325. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $48,896 for all finance students.

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Finance Student Demographics at SHSU

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

SHSU Finance & Financial Management Bachelor’s Program

41% Women
44% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 108 finance majors earned their bachelor's degree from SHSU. Of these graduates, 59% were men and 41% were women. The typical finance bachelor's degree program is made up of only 30% women. So female students are more repesented at SHSU since its program graduates 10% more women than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 18% more racial-ethnic minorities in its finance 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 finance.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 3
Black or African American 15
Hispanic or Latino 29
White 53
International Students 4
Other Races/Ethnicities 4

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

Careers That Finance Grads May Go Into

A degree in finance 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
General and Operations Managers 195,730 $125,870
Tellers 47,520 $28,710
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents 43,170 $85,720
Financial Managers 39,580 $149,990
Bill and Account Collectors 28,350 $36,590

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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