unitid 227881 · Huntsville, TX · public 4-year · town (distant)
Sam Houston State University
- enrollment 2023
- 23,907
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 4-years
The record
admission rate
90%
70th pctl among public 4-years
undergraduates
17,743
85th pctl among public 4-years
Pell share
41%
undergrads on Pell grants
75th pctl among public 4-years
completion
55%
finish within 150% time
69th pctl among public 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$25,505
67th pctl among public 4-years
avg net price / yr
$16,404
after aid, aided students
75th pctl among public 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$54,211
after entry, Title IV students
60th pctl among public 4-years
median grad debt
$21,983
72nd pctl among public 4-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $12,474 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of public 4-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k34%
- 30-48k18%
- 48-75k16%
- 75-110k13%
- 110k+19%
- Median family income
- $37,602
- First-generation students
- 41%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $9,228
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 2.5× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Criminal Justice and Corrections. | 888 | $52,576 | $23,218 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods. | 303 | — | — |
| Psychology, General. | 263 | $50,220 | $24,000 |
| Business/Commerce, General. | 240 | $53,488 | $26,641 |
| Communication and Media Studies. | 198 | $51,123 | $26,000 |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 195 | $85,287 | $26,504 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 158 | $99,411 | — |
| Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness. | 141 | $55,956 | $26,500 |
| Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General. | 123 | — | $25,000 |
| Biology, General. | 122 | $53,949 | $23,853 |
| Finance and Financial Management Services. | 119 | $72,461 | $27,253 |
| Criminal Justice and Corrections. | 117 | $91,329 | — |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
Price per year
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Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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built 2026-07-17
Provenance
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.