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Romance Languages at Sam Houston State University

Romance Languages at Sam Houston State University

Every romance languages school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the romance languages 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 Romance Languages section at the bottom of this page.

SHSU Romance Languages Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Romance Languages

SHSU Romance Languages Rankings

The romance languages major at SHSU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Romance Languages. 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.

Romance Languages Student Demographics at SHSU

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

SHSU Romance Languages Bachelor’s Program

57% Women
86% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 43% of romance languages bachelor's degrees went to men and 57% went to women. The typical romance languages bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% men. So male students are more repesented at SHSU since its program graduates 18% more men than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 40% more racial-ethnic minorities in its romance languages 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 romance languages.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 5
White 1
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Concentrations Within Romance Languages

If you plan to be a romance languages 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
Spanish Language & Literature 23

Careers That Romance Languages Grads May Go Into

A degree in romance languages 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
High School Teachers 110,420 $58,190
Interpreters and Translators 5,460 $58,650
Foreign Language and Literature Professors 1,620 $71,920

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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