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Registered Nursing at Sam Houston State University

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Registered Nursing at Sam Houston State University

If you plan to study registered nursing, 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 approximately 21,912 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 142 students received a bachelor's degree in registered nursing from SHSU.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Registered Nursing section at the bottom of this page.

SHSU Registered Nursing Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Registered Nursing

Online Classes Are Available at SHSU

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? SHSU offers distance education options for registered nursing at the following degree levels:

  • Bachelor’s Degree

SHSU Registered Nursing Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The registered nursing major at SHSU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Registered 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
Most Popular Online Registered Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools 58
Most Popular Online Registered Nursing Schools 63
Best Value Registered Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools 207
Best Registered Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools 220
Best Registered Nursing Schools 306
Most Popular Registered Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools 310
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Most Popular Registered Nursing Schools 489
Most Focused Registered Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools 830
Best Value Registered Nursing Schools 841
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Most Focused Registered Nursing Schools 1,674

Registered Nursing Student Demographics at SHSU

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

SHSU Registered Nursing Bachelor’s Program

86% Women
49% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 142 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Registered Nursing from SHSU in 2020-2021, 14% were men and 86% were women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 13% more racial-ethnic minorities in its registered 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 registered nursing.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
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 registered nursing. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Careers That Registered Nursing Grads May Go Into

A degree in registered 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
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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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