Nursing at Sam Houston State University
SHSU is located in Huntsville, Texas and has a total student population of 21,912. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 142 students received a bachelor's degree in nursing from SHSU.
Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Nursing section at the bottom of this page.
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SHSU Nursing Degrees Available
- Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing
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 nursing at the following degree levels:
- Bachelor’s Degree
SHSU Nursing Rankings
The following rankings from College Factual show how the nursing 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 nursing major at SHSU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Nursing. 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 |
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Most Popular Online Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools | 62 |
Most Popular Online Nursing Schools | 74 |
Best Value Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools | 219 |
Best Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools | 236 |
Most Popular Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools | 329 |
Best Nursing Schools | 344 |
515 | |
Most Popular Nursing Schools | 579 |
Most Popular Nursing Master’s Degree Schools | 603 |
Most Focused Nursing Master’s Degree Schools | 603 |
Most Focused Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools | 877 |
Best Value Nursing Schools | 884 |
1,117 | |
Most Focused Nursing Schools | 1,777 |
In 2021, 0 student received their master’s degree in nursing from SHSU. This is the #604 most popular school for nursing master’s degree candidates in the country.
Earnings of SHSU Nursing Graduates
The median salary of nursing students who receive their bachelor's degree at SHSU is $67,097. This is 7% higher than $62,880, which is the national average for all nursing bachelor's degree recipients.
Nursing Student Demographics at SHSU
Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the nursing majors at Sam Houston State University.
SHSU Nursing Bachelor’s Program
Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 13% more racial-ethnic minorities in its nursing 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 nursing.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 6 |
Black or African American | 19 |
Hispanic or Latino | 38 |
White | 69 |
International Students | 2 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 8 |
SHSU also has a doctoral program available in nursing. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.
Concentrations Within Nursing
Nursing majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Sam Houston State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.
Concentration | Annual Degrees Awarded |
---|---|
Registered Nursing | 142 |
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Careers That Nursing Grads May Go Into
A degree in nursing 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 |
---|---|---|
Registered Nurses | 210,350 | $72,890 |
Medical and Health Services Managers | 30,010 | $105,450 |
Nurse Practitioners | 12,020 | $111,060 |
Nurse Anesthetists | 6,140 | $158,510 |
Nursing Instructors and Professors | 3,900 | $71,780 |
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.
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