Higher Education/Higher Education Administration at Sam Houston State University

If you are interested in studying higher education/higher education administration, you may want to check out the program at Sam Houston State University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

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 Higher Education/Higher Education Administration section at the bottom of this page.

SHSU Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Higher Education/Higher Education Administration
• Doctorate Degree in Higher Education/Higher Education Administration

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.

For those who are interested in distance learning, SHSU does offer online courses in higher education/higher education administration for the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

SHSU Higher Education/Higher Education 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 4 students who received their doctoral degrees in higher education/higher education administration, making the school the #53 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Student Demographics at SHSU

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

SHSU Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Master’s Program

Of the 39 students who graduated with a master’s in higher education/higher education administration from SHSU in 2021, 23% were men and 77% were women.

Of the students who received a higher education/higher education administration master's degree from SHSU, 51% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the higher education/higher education administration master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 49% of degree recipients. That is 9% 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 higher education/higher education administration.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	20
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

• Educational, Instructional, & Curriculum Supervision
• General Educational Leadership & Administration

Careers That Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Grads May Go Into

A degree in higher education/higher education administration 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
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.