Counseling Psychology at Sam Houston State University

What traits are you looking for in a counseling psychology school? To help you decide if Sam Houston State University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's counseling psychology program.

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 Counseling Psychology section at the bottom of this page.

SHSU Counseling Psychology Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Counseling Psychology

SHSU Counseling Psychology Rankings

Counseling Psychology Student Demographics at SHSU

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

SHSU Counseling Psychology Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 13% of counseling psychology master's degrees went to men and 87% went to women.

Of the students who received a counseling psychology master's degree from SHSU, 59% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the counseling psychology master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 40% of degree recipients. That is 4% 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 counseling psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	20
White	40
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• School Psychology
• Clinical Psychology

Careers That Counseling Psychology Grads May Go Into

A degree in counseling 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

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.