Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations at Sam Houston State University

Every agribusiness/agricultural business operations school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the agribusiness program at Sam Houston State University stacks up to those at other schools.

SHSU is located in Huntsville, Texas and has a total student population of 21,213. In the 2018-2019 academic year, 48 students received a bachelor's degree in agribusiness from SHSU.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations section at the bottom of this page.

SHSU Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Agribusiness

SHSU Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks agribusiness programs across the country. The following shows how SHSU performed in these rankings.

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 agribusiness major at SHSU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations. 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 Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations Bachelor’s Degree Schools	16
Most Popular Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations Schools	18
Most Focused Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations Bachelor’s Degree Schools	29
Best Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations Bachelor’s Degree Schools	30
Best Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations Schools	35
Most Focused Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations Schools	56

Agribusiness Student Demographics at SHSU

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

SHSU Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations Bachelor’s Program

During the 2018-2019 academic year, 48 agribusiness majors earned their bachelor's degree from SHSU. Of these graduates, 50% were men and 50% were women. The typical agribusiness bachelor's degree program is made up of only 40% women. So female students are more repesented at SHSU since its program graduates 10% more women than average.

About 81% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in agribusiness 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 1% more racial-ethnic minorities in its agribusiness 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 agribusiness.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	39
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

Careers That Agribusiness Grads May Go Into

A degree in agribusiness 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
Agricultural Sciences Professors	1,010	$93,580
Farmers, Ranchers, and Agricultural Managers	400	$81,330

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.