Educational/Instructional Technology at Sam Houston State University

If you are interested in studying educational/instructional technology, 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 Educational/Instructional Technology section at the bottom of this page.

SHSU Educational/Instructional Technology Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Educational/Instructional Technology
• Doctorate Degree in Educational/Instructional Technology

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 educational/instructional technology at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

SHSU Educational/Instructional Technology 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 5 students who received their doctoral degrees in educational/instructional technology, making the school the #14 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Educational/Instructional Technology Student Demographics at SHSU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the educational/instructional technology majors at Sam Houston State University.

SHSU Educational/Instructional Technology Master’s Program

Of the 15 students who earned a master's degree in Educational/Instructional Technology from SHSU in 2020-2021, 27% were men and 73% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 25% men graduate in educational/instructional technology each year. SHSU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 2% more men than average.

In the educational/instructional technology master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 47% of degree recipients. That is 23% 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 educational/instructional technology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Careers That Educational/Instructional Technology Grads May Go Into

A degree in educational/instructional technology 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
Instructional Coordinators	15,550	$66,060
Multimedia Collections Specialists	590	$54,740

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.