Educational Administration at Sam Houston State University

What traits are you looking for in a education admin school? To help you decide if Sam Houston State University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's education admin 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 Educational Administration section at the bottom of this page.

SHSU Educational Administration Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Education Admin
• Doctorate Degree in Education Admin

Online Classes Are Available at SHSU

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? SHSU offers distance education options for education admin at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

SHSU Educational Administration Rankings

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

There were 22 students who received their doctoral degrees in education admin, making the school the #101 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Education Admin Student Demographics at SHSU

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

SHSU Educational Administration Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 72 students earned a master's degree in education admin from SHSU. About 83% of these graduates were women and the other 17% were men.

Of the students who received a education admin master's degree from SHSU, 56% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the education admin master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 43% of degree recipients. That is 10% 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 education admin.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	14
Hispanic or Latino	15
White	40
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Concentrations Within Educational Administration

If you plan to be a education admin major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Sam Houston State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration	43
General Educational Leadership & Administration	38
Educational, Instructional, & Curriculum Supervision	13

Related Majors

• International Education
• Other Education
• Student Counseling
• Teaching English or French
• Special Education

Careers That Education Admin Grads May Go Into

A degree in education admin 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
Elementary and Secondary School Education Administrators	28,310	$85,680
Preschool Education Administrators	3,110	$48,640
Education Administrators	1,980	$85,000

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
• Image Credit: By Bigguill under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.