Human Resource Management at Sam Houston State University

If you are interested in studying human resource 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 has a total student population of 21,912. In 2021, 52 HR majors received their bachelor's degree from SHSU.

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

SHSU Human Resource Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in HR

SHSU Human Resource Management Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The HR major at SHSU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Human Resource 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
Most Popular Human Resource Management Schools	131
Most Focused Human Resource Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	169
Best Value Human Resource Management Schools	268

Earnings of SHSU HR Graduates

The median salary of HR students who receive their bachelor's degree at SHSU is $40,566. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $43,491 for all HR students.

HR Student Demographics at SHSU

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

SHSU Human Resource Management Bachelor’s Program

Of the 52 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in HR from SHSU in 2021, 21% were men and 79% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 13% more racial-ethnic minorities in its HR 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 HR.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	14
Hispanic or Latino	12
White	21
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

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

Related Majors

• Entrepreneurial Studies
• Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing
• Business/Managerial Economics
• International Business
• Management Information Systems

Careers That HR Grads May Go Into

A degree in HR 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
Human Resources Specialists	47,880	$67,190
Training and Development Specialists	24,230	$65,960
Human Resources Managers	8,210	$128,310
Business Professors	6,060	$110,450
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists	5,800	$68,990

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.