Student Population at Sam Houston State University

2023 Student Population	Undergraduate	Graduate
21,480	18,235	3,245

For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 21,480 students have enrolled in Sam Houston State University with 18,235 undergraduate and 3,245 graduate students.

By gender, 7,664 male and 13,816 female students are attending the school.

It has significantly more students compared to similar colleges (16,325 students in average - public Research University (high research activity)).

5,098 students are enrolled exclusively, and 9,260 students are enrolled in some online courses.

You can check the student demographics by gender ratio, race/ethnicity, age distribution, and online enrollment.

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Student Population by Gender

Sam Houston State University has a total of 21,480 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 18,235 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 3,245 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 7,664 male and 13,816 female students (the male-female ratio is 36:64) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	21,480	18,235	3,245
Men	7,664	6,660	1,004
Women	13,816	11,575	2,241

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 10,180 White, 3,383 Black, and 592 Asian students out of a total of 21,480 are attending at Sam Houston State University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the next chart (Academic year 2022-2023 data).

All Students

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Total)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	130	49	81
Asian	592	244	348
Black	3,383	1,159	2,224
Hispanic	5,776	1,880	3,896
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	24	12	12
White	10,180	3,746	6,434
Two or more races	726	279	447
Race Unknown	384	158	226

Undergraduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	122	48	74
Asian	399	169	230
Black	2,992	1,060	1,932
Hispanic	4,931	1,653	3,278
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	22	12	10
White	8,615	3,239	5,376
Two or more races	641	252	389
Race Unknown	356	142	214

Graduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	8	1	7
Asian	193	75	118
Black	391	99	292
Hispanic	845	227	618
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	2	0	2
White	1,565	507	1,058
Two or more races	85	27	58
Race Unknown	28	16	12

Student Age Distribution

By age, Sam Houston State has 163 students under 18 years old and 12 students over 65 years old. There are 16,295 students under 25 years old, and 5,185 students over 25 years old out of 21,480 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 163 students are younger than 18 and 5 students are older than 65. Sam Houston State has 15,385 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 2,850 students aged 25 and over.

It has 910 graduate students aged under 25 and 2,335 students aged 25 and over.

All Students

Student Age Distribution (Total)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	163	115	48
18-19	5,555	3,645	1,910
20-21	5,740	3,690	2,050
22-24	4,837	2,948	1,889
25-29	2,271	1,405	866
30-34	1,014	684	330
35-39	681	453	228
40-49	841	605	236
50-64	366	267	99
Over 65	12	4	8

Undergraduate

Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	163	115	48
18-19	5,554	3,644	1,910
20-21	5,680	3,639	2,041
22-24	3,988	2,355	1,633
25-29	1,462	873	589
30-34	576	382	194
35-39	341	229	112
40-49	331	229	102
50-64	135	107	28
Over 65	5	2	3

Graduate

Student Age Distribution (Graduate)
Age	Total	Men	Women

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially who want to continue education and work in field. At Sam Houston State University, 5,098 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 9,260 students are enrolled in some online courses.

4,896 students lived in Texas or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 202 students live in other State or outside of the United States.

Online Student Population
	All Students	Enrolled Exclusively Online Courses	Enrolled in Some Online Courses
All Students	21,480	5,098	9,260
Undergraduate	18,235	3,480	8,802
Graduate	3,245	1,618	458

Online Student Population by Locality
	Texas Residents	Other States in U.S.	Outside of U.S.
All Students	4,896	186	16
Undergraduate	3,422	50	8
Graduate	1,474	136	8

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 18,235 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 2,048 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 11.23%.1,428 students have transferred in as full-time status and 620 students transferred in as part-time status.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
	Number of Students
Regular Full-time	13,145
Transfer-in Full-time	1,428
Regular Part-time	3,042
Transfer-in Part-time	620

Student Population at Sam Houston State University

Student Population by Gender

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

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Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

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