General Mathematics at Sam Houston State University

If you plan to study general mathematics, 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 Mathematics section at the bottom of this page.

SHSU General Mathematics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Mathematical Sciences
• Master’s Degree in Mathematical Sciences

SHSU General Mathematics Rankings

The mathematical sciences major at SHSU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General Mathematics. 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.

Mathematical Sciences Student Demographics at SHSU

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

SHSU General Mathematics Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 18% of mathematical sciences bachelor's degrees went to men and 82% went to women. The typical mathematical sciences bachelor's degree program is made up of only 37% women. So female students are more repesented at SHSU since its program graduates 45% more women than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	8
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

SHSU General Mathematics Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 38% of mathematical sciences master's degrees went to men and 62% went to women.

Of the students who received a mathematical sciences master's degree from SHSU, 62% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	13
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

Careers That Mathematical Sciences Grads May Go Into

A degree in mathematical sciences 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
Mathematical Science Professors	4,780	$83,460
Natural Sciences Managers	2,620	$127,270
Statisticians	1,860	$84,940

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.