General Dance at Sam Houston State University

Every general dance school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the dance movement studies program at Sam Houston State University stacks up to those at other schools.

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 General Dance section at the bottom of this page.

SHSU General Dance Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Dance Movement Studies
• Master’s Degree in Dance Movement Studies

SHSU General Dance Rankings

The dance movement studies major at SHSU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General Dance. 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.

Dance Movement Studies Student Demographics at SHSU

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

SHSU General Dance Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 4% of dance movement studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 96% went to women.

About 70% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in dance movement studies 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 dance movement studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	19
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

SHSU General Dance Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 29% of dance movement studies master's degrees went to men and 71% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 11% men graduate in dance movement studies each year. SHSU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 18% more men than average.

In the dance movement studies master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 57% of degree recipients. That is 20% 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 dance movement studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

Careers That Dance Movement Studies Grads May Go Into

A degree in dance movement studies 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
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	6,240	$71,520
Choreographers	860	$61,850

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.