Sports Management at Sam Houston State University

Every sports management school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the sports management program at Sam Houston State University stacks up to those at other schools.

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 Sports Management section at the bottom of this page.

SHSU Sports Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Sports Management
• Master’s Degree in Sports Management

SHSU Sports Management Rankings

The sports management major at SHSU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Sports 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.

Sports Management Student Demographics at SHSU

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

SHSU Sports Management Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 0% of sports management bachelor's degrees went to men and 100% went to women. The typical sports management bachelor's degree program is made up of only 27% women. So female students are more repesented at SHSU since its program graduates 73% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 67% more racial-ethnic minorities in its sports management 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 sports management.

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

SHSU Sports Management Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 63% of sports management master's degrees went to men and 38% went to women.

Of the students who received a sports management master's degree from SHSU, 63% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the sports management master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 38% of degree recipients. That is 5% 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 sports management.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• Exercise Science and Kinesiology

Careers That Sports Management Grads May Go Into

A degree in sports management 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
Fitness Trainers and Aerobics Instructors	19,450	$38,650
Coaches and Scouts	13,270	$51,800
Recreation and Fitness Studies Professors	1,640	$67,210

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.