Profile of Sam Houston State University — Sam Houston State University

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Contact Information

(IPEDS, 2005)

Mail

Address 1803 Ave I
Huntsville, TX 77341

Phone

General information (936) 294-1111 ext. 1111
Admissions office (936) 294-1828 ext. 1828
Financial aid office (936) 294-1724 ext. 1724

Web

Web site http://www.shsu.edu/

Characteristics

(IPEDS, 2005)
Type of institution Public
Type of location Large town
Carnegie classification Masters Colleges and Universities I
Religious affiliation Not applicable
Year established

Size

(IPEDS, 2005)
Undergraduates 13,271
Graduate students 2,086
Professional school students N

Undergraduate Selectivity

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Acceptance Rate

(IPEDS, 2005)
Applicants 6,307
Accepted 4,718
Acceptance rate 75%

SAT Scores

(IPEDS, 2005) ?
SAT Math, 25th / 75th percentile 450 / 560
SAT Verbal, 25th / 75th percentile 440 / 550

Mission Statement

Sam Houston State University is a multicultural institution whose mission is to provide excellence by continually improving quality education, scholarship, and service to its students and to appropriate regional, state, national, and international constituencies.
The graduate school rankings on PhDs.org have been made possible by
grants from The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and The Burroughs Wellcome Fund.
The Center for Science and the Media served as the project's fiscal sponsor.