Musical Theater at Sam Houston State University

67% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

If you plan to study musical theater, 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 Musical Theater section at the bottom of this page.

SHSU Musical Theater Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Musical Theatre

SHSU Musical Theater Rankings

The musical theatre major at SHSU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Musical Theater. 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.

Musical Theatre Student Demographics at SHSU

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

SHSU Musical Theater Bachelor’s Program

58% Women

67% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 42% of musical theatre bachelor's degrees went to men and 58% went to women. The typical musical theatre bachelor's degree program is made up of only 32% men. So male students are more repesented at SHSU since its program graduates 10% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 35% more racial-ethnic minorities in its musical theatre 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 musical theatre.

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

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Careers That Musical Theatre Grads May Go Into

A degree in musical theatre 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
Producers and Directors	5,300	$69,280
Music Directors and Composers	890	$61,210

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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