Study At SHSU
| Classroom Environment | |
|---|---|
| Students per Faculty | 20 to 1 |
| Undergraduate classes with fewer than 30 students | 56% |
| Undergraduate classes with fewer than 50 students | 87% |
| Full-Time Instructional Faculty | |
|---|---|
| Total Faculty | 646 |
| % Women | 43% |
| % from Minority Groups | 18% |
| % with Highest Degree in Field | 69% |
Student Housing
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.
Carnegie Classification of Institutional Characteristics
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 2005 edition.
