Sam Houston State University
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Details
- Name: Sam Houston State University
- Location: Huntsville, TX 77340
- Control: Public
- Accreditation: Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges
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Attendance
- Admissions Rate 85.39%
- Average SAT Scores 1055
- Four Year Completion Rate 35.22% Completion rates for full-time, first-time students within 4 years
- Six Year Completion Rate 55.07% Completion rates for full-time, first-time students within 6 years
- Eight Year Completion Rate 59.27% Completion rates for full-time, first-time students within 8 years. This is what is normally reported for college completion rates.
Average4 Year35.2%6 Year55.1%8 Year59.3% -
Costs
- Yearly Costs: $24,517 The average annual cost of attendance includes tuition and fees, books and supplies, and living expenses for all full-time, first-time, degree-certificate-seeking undergraduates
- Out of State Tuition: $19,020 Tuition and required fees for out-of-state students
- In State Tuition: $9,228 Tuition and required fees for in-state students
- Median Debt Total: $16,500 Median loan debt accumulated at the institution (the sum of all undergraduate federal loans over students’ college education at the institution for which the median debt is reported)
- Median Debt for Graduates: $21,983 Median loan debt accumulated for only graduates
- Median Debt for Withdrawals: $9,500 Median loan debt accumulated for only graduates
- Net Price Quintile 1 $11,736 Average net price derived from the full cost of attendance (including tuition and fees, books and supplies, and living expenses) minus federal, state, and institutional grant/scholarship aid, for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV-receiving students for students reporting a family income of $0-$30,000
- Net Price Quintile 2 $12,541 Average net price derived from the full cost of attendance (including tuition and fees, books and supplies, and living expenses) minus federal, state, and institutional grant/scholarship aid, for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV-receiving students for students reporting a family income of $30,001-$48,000
- Net Price Quintile 3 $15,419 Average net price derived from the full cost of attendance (including tuition and fees, books and supplies, and living expenses) minus federal, state, and institutional grant/scholarship aid, for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV-receiving students for students reporting a family income of $48,001-$75,000
- Net Price Quintile 4 $21,551 Average net price derived from the full cost of attendance (including tuition and fees, books and supplies, and living expenses) minus federal, state, and institutional grant/scholarship aid, for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV-receiving students for students reporting a family income of $75,001-$110,000
- Net Price Quintile 5 $23,198 Average net price derived from the full cost of attendance (including tuition and fees, books and supplies, and living expenses) minus federal, state, and institutional grant/scholarship aid, for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV-receiving students for students reporting a family income of $110,000+
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Earnings
- Median 6 Year Earnings $45,337 Median earnings measured 6 years after enrollment. Aggregate of all federally aided undergraduate students who enroll in an institution each year and who are employed but not enrolled. Earnings are defined as the sum of wages and deferred compensation from all non-duplicate W-2 forms received for each individual (from both full- and part-time employment), plus positive self-employment earnings from Schedule SE.
- Median 7 Year Earnings $44,142 Median earnings measured 7 years after enrollment. Aggregate of all federally aided undergraduate students who enroll in an institution each year and who are employed but not enrolled. Earnings are defined as the sum of wages and deferred compensation from all non-duplicate W-2 forms received for each individual (from both full- and part-time employment), plus positive self-employment earnings from Schedule SE.
- Median 8 Year Earnings $49,729 Median earnings measured 8 years after enrollment. Aggregate of all federally aided undergraduate students who enroll in an institution each year and who are employed but not enrolled. Earnings are defined as the sum of wages and deferred compensation from all non-duplicate W-2 forms received for each individual (from both full- and part-time employment), plus positive self-employment earnings from Schedule SE.
- Median 9 Year Earnings $48,606 Median earnings measured 9 years after enrollment. Aggregate of all federally aided undergraduate students who enroll in an institution each year and who are employed but not enrolled. Earnings are defined as the sum of wages and deferred compensation from all non-duplicate W-2 forms received for each individual (from both full- and part-time employment), plus positive self-employment earnings from Schedule SE.
- Median 10 Year Earnings $54,211 Median earnings measured 10 years after enrollment. Aggregate of all federally aided undergraduate students who enroll in an institution each year and who are employed but not enrolled. Earnings are defined as the sum of wages and deferred compensation from all non-duplicate W-2 forms received for each individual (from both full- and part-time employment), plus positive self-employment earnings from Schedule SE.
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What This College Costs By Family Income
Net price after grants and scholarships, by family income band.
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What Graduates Earn By Family Background
Median earnings by family income tercile, showing income mobility over time.
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| Name | Credential | Debt Mean | Debt Median | Earnings |
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| Animal Sciences | Bachelor's Degree | $27,128 | $23,347 | $31,802 |
| Computer and Information Sciences, General | Bachelor's Degree | $21,825 | No data | $53,377 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Engineering Technology, General | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/Technicians | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Foods, Nutrition, and Related Services | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities | Bachelor's Degree | $24,841 | No data | $38,876 |
| Physics | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Agricultural Mechanization | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $57,352 |
| Natural Resources Conservation and Research | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Radio, Television, and Digital Communication | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $31,372 |
| Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies/Technicians | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Biology, General | Bachelor's Degree | $29,284 | $20,310 | $32,198 |
| Biological and Physical Sciences | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Chemistry | Bachelor's Degree | $20,357 | No data | $34,123 |
| Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $26,285 | $23,356 |
| Agriculture, General | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $46,663 |
| Agricultural Public Services | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Communication and Media Studies | Bachelor's Degree | $21,203 | $17,448 | $33,305 |
| Graphic Communications | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $23,330 |
| Computer Engineering Technologies/Technicians | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Mathematics | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $43,375 |
| Health and Physical Education/Fitness | Bachelor's Degree | $25,874 | $19,986 | $34,794 |
| Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $27,960 |
| Homeland Security | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Dance | Bachelor's Degree | $28,540 | No data | $25,819 |
| Fine and Studio Arts | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $21,858 |
| Public Health | Bachelor's Degree | $24,579 | $14,255 | $30,213 |
| Agricultural Business and Management | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $19,292 | $46,393 |
| Plant Sciences | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians | Bachelor's Degree | $27,518 | No data | $51,216 |
| Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $42,177 |
| English Language and Literature, General | Bachelor's Degree | $23,279 | $20,898 | $31,978 |
| Philosophy | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Psychology, General | Bachelor's Degree | $22,758 | $16,265 | $27,958 |
| Sociology | Bachelor's Degree | $30,710 | $28,177 | $28,484 |
| Design and Applied Arts | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Music | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $20,303 | $41,865 |
| Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations | Bachelor's Degree | $31,868 | $32,604 | $41,407 |
| Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Marketing | Bachelor's Degree | $20,897 | $19,522 | $37,961 |
| Interior Architecture | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Construction Engineering Technologies | Bachelor's Degree | $23,905 | $19,258 | $61,438 |
| Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $29,839 |
| Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other | Bachelor's Degree | $25,054 | $19,727 | $44,647 |
| Political Science and Government | Bachelor's Degree | $21,501 | $18,434 | $27,061 |
| Film/Video and Photographic Arts | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General | Bachelor's Degree | $23,670 | $15,862 | $28,302 |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing | Bachelor's Degree | $20,750 | $17,955 | $67,097 |
| Accounting and Related Services | Bachelor's Degree | $28,619 | $18,004 | $41,180 |
| Human Resources Management and Services | Bachelor's Degree | $20,104 | $13,750 | $40,566 |
| History | Bachelor's Degree | $18,961 | $10,229 | $34,328 |
| Criminal Justice and Corrections | Bachelor's Degree | $22,231 | $17,017 | $33,981 |
| Geography and Cartography | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $28,838 |
| Health and Medical Administrative Services | Bachelor's Degree | $26,361 | $22,147 | $31,604 |
| Business/Commerce, General | Bachelor's Degree | $23,855 | $17,000 | $39,919 |
| Business/Managerial Economics | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $31,394 |
| Management Information Systems and Services | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $45,089 |
| Finance and Financial Management Services | Bachelor's Degree | $21,182 | $15,022 | $43,325 |
| Specialized Sales, Merchandising and Marketing Operations | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $33,098 |
| International Business | Bachelor's Degree | $21,103 | No data | $30,884 |