Sam Houston State University

Huntsville, Texas · Public

Of 66 assessed programs, 65 leave graduates out-earning a typical Texas high-school graduate (about $34,809/yr) and 1 fall short. Another 90 could not be assessed.

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Family income	Net price per year
Under $30k	$12,474
$30k to $48k	$13,389
$48k to $75k	$15,540
$75k to $110k	$21,366
$110k and up	$24,101
All families (average)	$16,404

Net price is the yearly cost after grants and scholarships, by family income (College Scorecard). It reflects students who received federal aid.

Program earnings vs a high-school graduate

Earnings are measured four years after completion when available. Where four-year earnings are suppressed, one-year earnings are shown and marked 1-year earnings. One-year and four-year figures reflect different career stages and should not be compared as if measured at the same time.

66 of 156 programs could be assessed 42% have an earnings verdict

Programs by earnings versus a typical Texas high-school graduate.
Program	Degree	Median earnings	vs a high-school grad	Verdict	Median debt	Years to repay	Recent completers
Criminal Justice	Bachelor's Degree	$51,748	+$16,939	clears the bar	$20,708	1.2 yrs	838
Business	Bachelor's Degree	$63,837	+$29,028	clears the bar	$22,452	0.8 yrs	263
Psychology	Bachelor's Degree	$47,659	+$12,850	clears the bar	$21,500	1.7 yrs	243
Communications and Media	Bachelor's Degree	$50,125	+$15,316	clears the bar	$23,287	1.5 yrs	186
Nursing	Bachelor's Degree	$91,697	+$56,888	clears the bar	$24,316	0.4 yrs	154
Biology	Bachelor's Degree	$53,165	+$18,356	clears the bar	$21,758	1.2 yrs	129
Health Sciences	Bachelor's Degree	$49,134	+$14,325	clears the bar	$21,250	1.5 yrs	125
Kinesiology and Physical Education	Bachelor's Degree	$57,341	+$22,532	clears the bar	$22,651	1.0 yrs	124
Criminal Justice	Master's Degree	$62,489	+$27,680	clears the bar	$38,362	1.4 yrs	124
Animal Sciences	Bachelor's Degree	$49,636	+$14,827	clears the bar	$19,750	1.3 yrs	123
Finance	Bachelor's Degree	$72,388	+$37,579	clears the bar	$23,750	0.6 yrs	123
Business Administration	Master's Degree	$99,143	+$64,334	clears the bar	$38,487	0.6 yrs	111
Healthcare Administration	Bachelor's Degree	$55,155	+$20,346	clears the bar	$25,000	1.2 yrs	106
Business Administration	Bachelor's Degree	$61,464	+$26,655	clears the bar	$16,278	0.6 yrs	93
Educational Administration	Master's Degree	$65,804	+$30,995	clears the bar	$36,942	1.2 yrs	86
Accounting	Bachelor's Degree	$72,059	+$37,250	clears the bar	$19,882	0.5 yrs	86
Curriculum and Instruction	Master's Degree	$62,520	+$27,711	clears the bar	$28,601	1.0 yrs	84
Marketing	Bachelor's Degree	$55,522	+$20,713	clears the bar	$18,625	0.9 yrs	84
Public Health	Bachelor's Degree	$50,970	+$16,161	clears the bar	$23,880	1.5 yrs	83
History	Bachelor's Degree	$50,084	+$15,275	clears the bar	$24,250	1.6 yrs	82
Construction Engineering Technology/Technician	Bachelor's Degree	$93,904	+$59,095	clears the bar	$19,855	0.3 yrs	69
Counseling Psychology	Master's Degree	$57,746	+$22,937	clears the bar	$41,000	1.8 yrs	68
Liberal Arts and General Studies	Bachelor's Degree	$54,082	+$19,273	clears the bar	$23,125	1.2 yrs	59
Graphic Communications	Bachelor's Degree	$42,579	+$7,770	clears the bar	$24,500	3.2 yrs	53
English	Bachelor's Degree	$48,761	+$13,952	clears the bar	$22,125	1.6 yrs	52
Library Science and Administration	Master's Degree	$64,781	+$29,972	clears the bar	$35,345	1.2 yrs	50
Theatre	Bachelor's Degree	$36,389	+$1,580	clears the bar	$21,114	13.4 yrs	50
Music	Bachelor's Degree	$58,743	+$23,934	clears the bar	$25,630	1.1 yrs	48
Sociology	Bachelor's Degree	$42,152	+$7,343	clears the bar	$26,016	3.5 yrs	47
Management Information Systems	Bachelor's Degree	$73,734	+$38,925	clears the bar	$20,265	0.5 yrs	42
Interdisciplinary Studies	Bachelor's Degree	$56,225	+$21,416	clears the bar	$25,000	1.2 yrs	41
Political Science	Bachelor's Degree	$55,894	+$21,085	clears the bar	$24,432	1.2 yrs	40
Human Resources	Bachelor's Degree	$57,689	+$22,880	clears the bar	$17,766	0.8 yrs	36
Chemistry	Bachelor's Degree	$57,410	+$22,601	clears the bar	$23,874	1.1 yrs	35
Computer and Information Science	Bachelor's Degree	$96,727	+$61,918	clears the bar	$18,750	0.3 yrs	33
Fine Arts	Bachelor's Degree	$39,565	+$4,756	clears the bar	$31,000	6.5 yrs	33
Special Education	Master's Degree	$70,757	+$35,948	clears the bar	$39,049	1.1 yrs	31
Agricultural Business and Management	Bachelor's Degree	$62,302	+$27,493	clears the bar	$17,750	0.6 yrs	30
Design	Bachelor's Degree	$57,019	+$22,210	clears the bar	$29,000	1.3 yrs	29
Agricultural Mechanization	Bachelor's Degree	$67,729	+$32,920	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	28
Kinesiology and Physical Education	Master's Degree	$59,708	+$24,899	clears the bar	$30,583	1.2 yrs	27
Homeland Security	Master's Degree	$82,876	+$48,067	clears the bar	$26,168	0.5 yrs	27
Dance	Bachelor's Degree	$48,568	+$13,759	clears the bar	$26,000	1.9 yrs	27
Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language	Master's Degree	$52,024	+$17,215	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	25
Computer Engineering Technologies/Technicians	Bachelor's Degree	$38,957 1-year earnings	+$4,148	clears the bar	$16,730	4.0 yrs	25
History	Master's Degree	$54,943	+$20,134	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	25
Accounting	Master's Degree	$88,132	+$53,323	clears the bar	$17,859	0.3 yrs	24
International Business	Bachelor's Degree	$61,186	+$26,377	clears the bar	$21,379	0.8 yrs	24
Geography and Cartography	Bachelor's Degree	$56,151	+$21,342	clears the bar	$18,750	0.9 yrs	23
Agriculture, General	Bachelor's Degree	$60,598	+$25,789	clears the bar	$19,125	0.7 yrs	22
Educational Administration	Doctoral Degree	$89,213	+$54,404	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	20
Music	Master's Degree	$68,888	+$34,079	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	20
Mathematics	Bachelor's Degree	$61,617	+$26,808	clears the bar	$24,430	0.9 yrs	18
Business/Managerial Economics	Bachelor's Degree	$67,464	+$32,655	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	17
IT Administration and Management	Master's Degree	$136,772	+$101,963	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	16
Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General	Bachelor's Degree	$49,840	+$15,031	clears the bar	$21,250	1.4 yrs	14
Foods, Nutrition, and Related Services	Bachelor's Degree	$50,512	+$15,703	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	14
Teacher Education (by subject)	Master's Degree	$65,953	+$31,144	clears the bar	$40,666	1.3 yrs	12
Physical and Occupational Therapy	Bachelor's Degree	$31,854	-$2,955	falls short	insufficient data	insufficient data	12
Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations	Bachelor's Degree	$52,901	+$18,092	clears the bar	$26,000	1.4 yrs	12
Specialized Sales, Merchandising and Marketing Operations	Bachelor's Degree	$47,823	+$13,014	clears the bar	$25,000	1.9 yrs	12
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	Bachelor's Degree	$55,647	+$20,838	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	11
Geology and Earth Science	Bachelor's Degree	$55,954	+$21,145	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	10
School Counseling	Master's Degree	$62,489	+$27,680	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Allied Health Diagnostics and Treatment	Bachelor's Degree	$54,816	+$20,007	clears the bar	$26,500	1.3 yrs	0
Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians	Bachelor's Degree	$79,544	+$44,735	clears the bar	$21,000	0.5 yrs	insufficient data
Teacher Education (by level)	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	296
Homeland Security	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	26
Public Administration	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	26
Agriculture, General	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	19
Radio, TV and Digital Media	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	16
Plant Sciences	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	14
Educational/Instructional Media Design	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	13
Engineering Technologies/Technicians, General	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	13
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	13
Criminal Justice	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	13
Homeland Security	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	13
Public Health	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	13
IT Administration and Management	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	12
Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/Technicians	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	12
Political Science	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	12
Security Science and Technology	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	11
English	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	10
Natural Resources and Conservation	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Physics	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Geography and Cartography	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Criminal Justice	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	8
Film and Photography	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	8
Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	8
Education, Other	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	7
Biology	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	7
Sociology	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	7
Agricultural Production Operations	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
Agricultural Public Services	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
Statistics	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
Philosophy	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
Sociology	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
Dance	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
Communications and Media	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Computer and Information Science	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
School Counseling	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
English	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Chemistry	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Security Science and Technology	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Political Science	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Radio, TV and Digital Media	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	4
Educational/Instructional Media Design	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	4
Teacher Education (by subject)	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	4
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	4
Mathematics	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	4
Counseling Psychology	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	4
Health Sciences	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	4
International and Comparative Education	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
History	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Communications and Media	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	2
Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies/Technicians	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	2
Teacher Education (by subject)	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	1
Psychology	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	1
IT Administration and Management	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	0
IT Administration and Management	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	0
School Counseling	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	0
Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	0
Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	0
Biological and Physical Sciences	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	0
Economics	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	0
Fine Arts	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	0
Allied Health Diagnostics and Treatment	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	0
Medicine	First Professional Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	0
Agricultural Production Operations	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data
Natural Resources and Conservation	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data
Interior Architecture	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data
Communications and Media	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data
Public Relations and Advertising	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data
Curriculum and Instruction	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data
Curriculum and Instruction	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data
Educational/Instructional Media Design	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data
Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data
Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data
Special Education	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data
Teacher Education (by level)	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data
Teacher Education (by subject)	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data
Education, Other	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data
Education, Other	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data
History and Political Science	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data
Data Science	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data
Research Psychology	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data
Criminal Justice	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data
Homeland Security	Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data
Community Organization and Advocacy	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data

Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, release 2026-06-10. Earnings are medians measured four years after completion where available (programs shown with a 1-year figure are marked), compared with the state high-school-graduate benchmark ($34,809/yr). Debt is federal loans only. Suppressed values are shown as insufficient data, never imputed. Figures describe past graduates and are never a promise.