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Philosophy at Sam Houston State University

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Philosophy at Sam Houston State University

Every philosophy school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the philosophy 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. In 2021, 9 philosophy majors received their bachelor's degree from SHSU.

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

SHSU Philosophy Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Philosophy

SHSU Philosophy Rankings

The philosophy major at SHSU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Philosophy. 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.

Philosophy Student Demographics at SHSU

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

SHSU Philosophy Bachelor’s Program

44% Women
22% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 9 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in philosophy from SHSU. About 56% were men and 44% were women. The typical philosophy bachelor's degree program is made up of only 41% women. So female students are more repesented at SHSU since its program graduates 4% more women than average.

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About 78% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in philosophy at SHSU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 7
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

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

Careers That Philosophy Grads May Go Into

A degree in philosophy 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
Mathematical Science Professors 4,780 $83,460
Natural Sciences Managers 2,620 $127,270
Philosophy and Religion Professors 1,520 $87,240

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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