Accounting at Sam Houston State University

If you are interested in studying accounting, you may want to check out the program at Sam Houston State University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

SHSU is located in Huntsville, Texas and has a total student population of 21,213. In the 2018-2019 academic year, 137 students received a bachelor's degree in accounting from SHSU.

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

SHSU Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting
• Master’s Degree in Accounting

SHSU Accounting Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The accounting major at SHSU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Accounting. 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 Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	97
Most Popular Accounting Schools	123
Best Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	212
Most Popular Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	219
Most Focused Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	369
Most Focused Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	425
Most Focused Accounting Schools	541
Best Accounting Schools	555

In 2019, 26 students received their master’s degree in accounting from SHSU. This makes it the #219 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

Accounting Student Demographics at SHSU

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

SHSU Accounting Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 54% of accounting bachelor's degrees went to men and 46% went to women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% men. So male students are more repesented at SHSU since its program graduates 9% more men than average.

About 59% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at SHSU are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 7% more racial-ethnic minorities in its accounting 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 accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	12
Hispanic or Latino	30
White	81
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	10

SHSU Accounting Master’s Program

In the 2018-2019 academic year, 26 students earned a master's degree in accounting from SHSU. About 69% of these graduates were women and the other 31% were men.

In the accounting master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 62% of degree recipients. That is 31% better 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 master's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	9
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

SHSU also has a doctoral program available in accounting. In 2019, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

Careers That Accounting Grads May Go Into

A degree in accounting 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
Accountants and Auditors	115,270	$80,200
Credit Analysts	7,700	$81,540
Business Professors	6,060	$110,450
Budget Analysts	4,370	$77,900
Financial Examiners	4,210	$84,350

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.