General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences at Sam Houston State University

If you plan to study general health services/allied health/health 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.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences section at the bottom of this page.

SHSU General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Health Studies
• Master’s Degree in Health Studies

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 health studies at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

SHSU General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences Rankings

The health studies major at SHSU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General Health Services/Allied Health/Health 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.

Health Studies Student Demographics at SHSU

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

SHSU General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 13% of health studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 87% went to women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Sam Houston State University with a bachelor's in health studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	29
Hispanic or Latino	27
White	51
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	10

SHSU General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 80% of health studies master's degrees went to men and 20% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 19% men graduate in health studies each year. SHSU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 61% more men than average.

In the health studies master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 80% of degree recipients. That is 25% 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 health studies.

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

Related Majors

• General Health & Wellness

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.