Geography at Sam Houston State University

0% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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

SHSU is located in Huntsville, Texas and approximately 21,912 students attend the school each year.

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

SHSU Geography Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Geography

SHSU Geography Rankings

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

Geography Student Demographics at SHSU

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

SHSU Geography Bachelor’s Program

56% Women

For the most recent academic year available, 44% of geography bachelor's degrees went to men and 56% went to women. The typical geography bachelor's degree program is made up of only 44% women. So female students are more repesented at SHSU since its program graduates 11% more women than average.

About 89% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in geography 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 geography.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	8
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Geographic Information Science

Careers That Geography Grads May Go Into

A degree in geography 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
Geography Professors	280	$88,560
Geographers	150	$65,000

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
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