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Forensic Chemistry at Sam Houston State University

Forensic Chemistry at Sam Houston State University

If you plan to study forensic chemistry, 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 Forensic Chemistry section at the bottom of this page.

SHSU Forensic Chemistry Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Forensic Chemistry

SHSU Forensic Chemistry Rankings

The forensic chemistry major at SHSU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Forensic Chemistry. 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.

Forensic Chemistry Student Demographics at SHSU

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

SHSU Forensic Chemistry Bachelor’s Program

78% Women
61% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 22% of forensic chemistry bachelor's degrees went to men and 78% went to women. The typical forensic chemistry bachelor's degree program is made up of only 18% men. So male students are more repesented at SHSU since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 33% more racial-ethnic minorities in its forensic chemistry 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 forensic chemistry.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 9
White 7
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Careers That Forensic Chemistry Grads May Go Into

A degree in forensic chemistry 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
Chemists 5,160 $87,490
Natural Sciences Managers 2,620 $127,270
Chemistry Professors 1,700 $95,070
Forensic Science Technicians 1,320 $59,340

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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