Psychology at Sam Houston State University

If you plan to study psychology, 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 approximately 21,912 students attend the school each year. Of the 4,433 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Sam Houston State University in 2021, 254 of them were psychology majors.

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

SHSU Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology
• Master’s Degree in Psychology
• Doctorate Degree in Psychology

Online Classes Are Available at SHSU

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? SHSU offers distance education options for psychology at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree

SHSU Psychology Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks psychology programs across the country. The following shows how SHSU performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

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

Ranking Type	Rank
	577
Most Focused Psychology Schools	723

In 2021, 60 students received their master’s degree in psychology from SHSU. This makes it the #108 most popular school for psychology master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 8 students who received their doctoral degrees in psychology, making the school the #236 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Psychology Student Demographics at SHSU

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

SHSU Psychology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 254 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Psychology from SHSU in 2020-2021, 17% were men and 83% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 5% more racial-ethnic minorities in its psychology 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 psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	43
Hispanic or Latino	67
White	122
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	17

SHSU Psychology Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 60 students earned a master's degree in psychology from SHSU. About 87% of these graduates were women and the other 13% were men.

Of the students who received a psychology master's degree from SHSU, 55% 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 psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	10
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	33
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

SHSU also has a doctoral program available in psychology. In 2021, 8 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Psychology

Psychology majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Sam Houston State University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Psychology	257
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	65

Related Majors

• Family, Consumer & Human Sciences
• Library Science
• Social Sciences
• History
• Communication & Journalism

Careers That Psychology Grads May Go Into

A degree in psychology 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
Managers	20,710	$122,130
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	6,680	$73,650
Psychology Professors	3,080	$78,270
Psychologists	740	$90,780

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.