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  • Students

    Find out more about the characteristics of students who attend SHSU.

  • Admissions

    See how many students applied, accepted, and enrolled at SHSU. Learn more about students’ high school preparation and test scores.

  • College Costs & Financial Aid

    Learn about costs to attend SHSU and how much financial aid is typically awarded.

  • College Cost Estimator

    Estimate your cost to attend SHSU in a few simple steps.

  • Classes and Campus Life

    Learn more about professors, where students live, and campus safety at SHSU.

  • Student Experiences

    Discover ways to be actively involved in your education at SHSU – inside and outside the classroom.

  • Majors, Graduation and Next Steps

    See which majors are most popular at SHSU and what recent graduates plan to do after earning their bachelor's degree.

  • Student Success & Progress

    Discover how many students who start at SHSU finish their bachelor's degree and how long it takes.

  • Student Learning Outcomes

    Figure out what learning gains to expect in critical thinking, writing, and other important subjects at SHSU.

SHSU Classes & Instructors

Classroom Environment
 
Students per Faculty 21 to 1
Undergraduate classes with fewer than 30 students 63%
Undergraduate classes with fewer than 50 students 88%
 
Total Full-Time Instructional Faculty 614
% of Full-Time Instructional Faculty Who Are Female 44%
% of Full-Time Instructional Faculty Who Are Persons of Color 17%
% of Full-Time Instructional Faculty Who Have the Highest Academic Degree Offered in Their Field of Study 78%
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Campus-based Housing

82% of new freshmen live in campus-based housing or residence halls.
21% of all undergraduates live on campus

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Campus Safety

At Sam Houston State University, the Police Department has 17 commissioned police officers, our own Dispatch Office which operates 24 hours a day/365 days-a-year, and is complimented by a number of student assistants who support the department in numerous areas related to the safety of the University community. The SHSU Police Department mission is to provide a safe environment on campus that is conducive to foster a student’s successful development and education. To meet our goals, officers take a proactive approach to campus policing, provide instructional safety programs, offer other services to students, faculty, and staff (escorts, vehicle jumpstarts, and fingerprinting), and work closely with local and other regional law enforcement agencies.

Campus Crime Statistics

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Carnegie Classification of Institutional Characteristics

The Carnegie Classification's were created "to reference the great diversity of colleges and universities in the United States, and ... enable [people] to identify groups of roughly comparable institutions." For information on the Carnegie Classifications system, please visit their website: http://classifications.carnegiefoundation.org/

Basic Type
Doctoral/Research Universities
Size and Setting
Large four-year, primarily residential
Enrollment Profile
Very high undergraduate
Undergraduate Profile
Full-time four-year, selective, higher transfer-in
Undergraduate Instructional Program
Professions plus arts & sciences, some graduate coexistence
Graduate Instructional Program
Doctoral, professional dominant

NOTE: Institutional classifications based on the Carnegie 2010 edition.

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