General Health & Wellness at Sam Houston State University

If you plan to study general health and wellness, take a look at what Sam Houston State University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

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 & Wellness section at the bottom of this page.

SHSU General Health & Wellness Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Health and Wellness

SHSU General Health & Wellness Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the health and wellness 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 and wellness major at SHSU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General Health & Wellness. 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
Best Value General Health & Wellness Bachelor’s Degree Schools	34
Best Value General Health & Wellness Schools	58
Most Popular General Health & Wellness Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	61
Best General Health & Wellness Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	63
Best General Health & Wellness Trade Schools	75
Most Popular General Health & Wellness Trade Schools	80
	83
Most Focused General Health & Wellness Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	108
	115
Most Focused General Health & Wellness Trade Schools	141

Health and Wellness Student Demographics at SHSU

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

SHSU General Health & Wellness Bachelor’s Program

The health and wellness program at SHSU awarded 8 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 0% of these degrees went to men with the other 100% going to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 27% more racial-ethnic minorities in its health and wellness 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 and wellness.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences

Careers That Health and Wellness Grads May Go Into

A degree in health and wellness 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
Community Health Workers	2,820	$41,640

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.