Student Population at Sam Houston State

The following chart compares Sam Houston State's student enrollment with similarly ranked schools, all colleges nationwide, Public, 4-Years Colleges, 4-Years Colleges, and Public, 4-Years Colleges in Texas.

Sam Houston State has similar enrollment size to similarly ranked schools (average: 23,625 students). The enrollment is larger than the Public, 4-Years Colleges in Texas average (16,031 students).

The below chart compares the student population between Sam Houston State University and similar colleges.

By gender, there are 7,703 male and 13,336 female students attending Sam Houston State. The male-to-female student ratio is 0.58 to 1 and the ratio is than national average (the national average is 0.75 to 1).

The following table and chart show the student population by gender and attending status at Sam Houston State.

By age, there are 16,294 students whose age under twenty five and 2,594 students whose age is over thirty years old at Sam Houston State University.

Especially, 144 students are younger than eighteen and 20 students are older than sixty five.

The following table and chart show the student population by student age at Sam Houston State University.

At Sam Houston State University, 13,781 students (65.50% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 4,590 students enrolled exclusively in online classes (i.e. no off-line attendance required) and others are taking online courses with off-line courses. The following tables describe the number of students who enrolled in one or more online courses.

By location of enrolled students, 4,409 students live in Texas where Sam Houston State University is located in and 48 students have enrolled from other states.