General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences at Sam Houston State University

What traits are you looking for in a health studies school? To help you decide if Sam Houston State University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's health studies 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 General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences section at the bottom of this page.

SHSU General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Health Studies

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 health studies at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

SHSU General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the health studies progam at SHSU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The health studies major at SHSU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular General/Allied Health Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	46
Most Popular General/Allied Health Sciences Trade Schools	98
Most Focused General/Allied Health Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	141
Best General/Allied Health Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	161
	196
Best General/Allied Health Sciences Trade Schools	252
Best Value General/Allied Health Sciences Schools	265
Most Focused General/Allied Health Sciences Trade Schools	286
	385

Health Studies Student Demographics at SHSU

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

SHSU General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences Bachelor’s Program

Of the 85 students who earned a bachelor's degree in General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences from SHSU in 2020-2021, 16% were men and 84% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 10% more racial-ethnic minorities in its health studies bachelor's program 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 bachelor's in health studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	25
Hispanic or Latino	23
White	29
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

SHSU also has a doctoral program available in health studies. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• General Health & Wellness

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.