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Sam Houston State University is a public institution located in Huntsville, Texas. Huntsville is a great place for students who enjoy small town life.

Where Is Sam Houston State University?

Contact details for SHSU are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	1806 Ave J, Huntsville, TX 77340
Phone:	936-294-1111
Website:	www.shsu.edu

Can I Afford SHSU?

For the <nil> academic year, part-time SHSU students paid $244 per credit hour if they lived in-state. Out-of-state students paid $652 per credit hour. The costs for full-time students are given in the table below.

	In State	Out of State
Tuition	$5,856	$15,648
Fees	$3,104	$3,104
Books and Supplies	$1,380	$1,380
On Campus Room and Board	$10,908	$10,908
On Campus Other Expenses	$3,866	$3,866

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At SHSU, approximately 53% of students took out student loans averaging $5,728 a year. That adds up to $22,912 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at SHSU is 1.2%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Sam Houston State University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 18,288 undergraduate students at SHSU, with 14,352 being full-time and 3,936 being part-time.

There are also 3,324 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 14,352 full-time undergraduates at SHSU, 36% are male and 64% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Sam Houston State University students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	281
Black or African American	2,533
Hispanic or Latino	3,794
White	6,783
International Students	151
Other Races/Ethnicities	810

Geographic Diversity

Texas students aren't the only ones who study at Sam Houston State University. At this time, 29 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 79 countries are represented at SHSU. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, India, and Turkey.

Online Learning at Sam Houston State University

There are 27 bachelor’s degree and 69 master’s degree programs available online at SHSU. In 2020-2021, 14,047 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at SHSU has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 7th most popular in Texas for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2020-2021.

Online Growth Rankings of SHSU

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Sam Houston State University was 11.9%. This is the #1,160 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at SHSU regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

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
• Image Credit: By Bigguill under License

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