Enrollment Trends at Sam Houston State

The student population at Sam Houston State University is 21,480 (18,235 undergraduate and 3,245 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 3,019 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Sam Houston State is 84.89% which is increased by 2,624 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 395 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.80 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

5,098 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 109.11% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 20,588 where 21,480 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

84.89% of total students is undergraduate students and 15.11% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 2,624 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 395 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.80 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Sam Houston State than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Sam Houston State University since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	18,461	15,611	6,613	8,998	2,850	942	1,908
2013-14	19,210 749	16,255 644	6,682 69	9,573 575	2,955 105	985 43	1,970 62
2014-15	19,573 363	16,819 564	6,728 46	10,091 518	2,754 -201	982 -3	1,772 -198
2015-16	20,031 458	17,401 582	6,761 33	10,640 549	2,630 -124	880 -102	1,750 -22
2016-17	20,477 446	17,902 501	6,855 94	11,047 407	2,575 -55	830 -50	1,745 -5
2017-18	20,938 461	18,416 514	7,023 168	11,393 346	2,522 -53	754 -76	1,768 23
2018-19	21,213 275	18,498 82	6,998 -25	11,500 107	2,715 193	884 130	1,831 63
2019-20	21,558 345	18,805 307	7,126 128	11,679 179	2,753 38	880 -4	1,873 42
2020-21	21,912 354	18,811 6	6,974 -152	11,837 158	3,101 348	966 86	2,135 262
2021-22	21,612 -300	18,288 -523	6,623 -351	11,665 -172	3,324 223	1,053 87	2,271 136
2022-23	21,480 -132	18,235 -53	6,660 37	11,575 -90	3,245 -79	1,004 -49	2,241 -30
Average	20,588	17,731	6,822	10,909	2,857	924	1,933

Sam Houston State University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 17,731 where 18,235 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Sam Houston State University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	15,611	12,968	5,545	7,423	2,643	1,068	1,575
2013-14	16,255	13,359	5,550	7,809	2,896	1,132	1,764
2014-15	16,819	13,552	5,445	8,107	3,267	1,283	1,984
2015-16	17,401	14,117	5,482	8,635	3,284	1,279	2,005
2016-17	17,902	14,497	5,518	8,979	3,405	1,337	2,068
2017-18	18,416	14,808	5,589	9,219	3,608	1,434	2,174
2018-19	18,498	15,073	5,707	9,366	3,425	1,291	2,134
2019-20	18,805	15,311	5,798	9,513	3,494	1,328	2,166
2020-21	18,811	15,020	5,620	9,400	3,791	1,354	2,437
2021-22	18,288	14,352	5,204	9,148	3,936	1,419	2,517
2022-23	18,235	14,573	5,306	9,267	3,662	1,354	2,308
Average	17,731	17,731	5,524	8,806	17,731	1,298	2,103

Sam Houston State University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 2,857 where 3,245 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Sam Houston State University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	2,850	785	272	513	2,065	670	1,395
2013-14	2,955	773	288	485	2,182	697	1,485
2014-15	2,754	713	292	421	2,041	690	1,351
2015-16	2,630	652	222	430	1,978	658	1,320
2016-17	2,575	620	216	404	1,955	614	1,341
2017-18	2,522	611	194	417	1,911	560	1,351
2018-19	2,715	672	212	460	2,043	672	1,371
2019-20	2,753	692	226	466	2,061	654	1,407
2020-21	3,101	820	283	537	2,281	683	1,598
2021-22	3,324	907	288	619	2,417	765	1,652
2022-23	3,245	955	320	635	2,290	684	1,606
Average	2,857	2,857	256	490	2,857	668	1,443

Sam Houston State University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 47.39% and the percentage of black students is 15.75% at Sam Houston State University. 2.76% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Sam Houston State University over the past 12 years (2012-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2012-13	63	225	3,052	3,119	21	10,879	309
2013-14	80	243	3,304	3,521	27	10,849	424
2014-15	88	275	3,500	3,611	31	10,714	556
2015-16	102	308	3,546	4,039	28	10,662	600
2016-17	101	366	3,569	4,437	28	10,672	607
2017-18	106	388	3,647	4,742	28	10,751	607
2018-19	113	434	3,599	5,044	23	10,749	625
2019-20	130	449	3,702	5,223	24	10,723	652
2020-21	130	516	3,674	5,561	23	10,736	696
2021-22	132	544	3,493	5,638	27	10,425	711
2022-23	130	592	3,383	5,776	24	10,180	726
Average	107	395	3,497	4,610	26	10,667	592

Sam Houston State University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

5,098 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 24% of total students. The number of online students has increased 109.11% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Sam Houston State University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	19,573	2,438	5,466	11,669
2015-16	20,031	2,711	6,567	10,753
2016-17	20,477	2,833	6,623	11,021
2017-18	20,938	3,062	7,485	10,391
2018-19	21,213	3,489	7,776	9,948
2019-20	21,558	3,682	7,793	10,083
2020-21	21,912	4,425	8,640	8,847
2021-22	21,612	5,252	8,795	7,565
2022-23	21,480	5,098	9,260	7,122
Average	20,977	3,666	7,601	9,711

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