Sam Houston State University Student Population and Demographics

Sam Houston State Student Population

There are 21,039 students including 17,787 undergraduate and 3,252 graduate students at Sam Houston State University for the academic year 2024-2025. By attending status, there are 16,205 full-time and 4,834 part-time students with gender distribution of 7,703 male and 13,336 female students.

Sam Houston State University is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 4,590 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

Sam Houston State University has a total enrollment of 21,039 with a gender distribution of 36.61% male (7,703 students) and 63.39% female (13,336 students). There are 6,660 male and 11,127 female students in undergraduate school and 1,043 male and 2,209 female students are attending graduate school at Sam Houston State University.

Student Population By Gender
Sam Houston State University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	21,039	7,703	13,336
Undergraduate	17,787	6,660	11,127
Graduate	3,252	1,043	2,209
Full-time	16,205	6,047	10,158
Part-time	4,834	1,656	3,178

[Chart] Sam Houston State University 2025 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

Sam Houston State University has 16,205 full-time and 4,834 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 14,825 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 2,962 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 1,380 students are full-time and 1,872 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
Sam Houston State University
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	21,039	16,205	4,834
Undergraduate	17,787	14,825	2,962
Graduate	3,252	1,380	1,872
Men	7,703	6,047	1,656
Women	13,336	10,158	3,178

[Chart] Sam Houston State University Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At Sam Houston State University, 4,590 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 9,191 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 21,039 students.

In undergraduate schools, 11,816 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 1,965 students are attending some online courses.

2025 Distance Learning Enrollment
Sam Houston State University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	21,039	17,787	3,252
Online Exclusively	4,590	3,119	1,471
In Some Online Classes	9,191	8,697	494
Not In Online Classes	7,258	5,971	1,287

[Chart] Sam Houston State University Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at Sam Houston State University. There are 139 American Indian/Native American, 9,398 White, 3,566 Black/African American, 673 Asian, 5,986 Hispanic, 21 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 396 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
Sam Houston State University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	21,039	7,703	13,336
American Indian/Native American	139	57	82
Asian	673	273	400
Black/African American	3,566	1,256	2,310
Hispanic	5,986	2,031	3,955
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	21	12	9
White	9,398	3,549	5,849
Two More	724	271	453
Race Un-Known	278	125	153

[Chart] Sam Houston State UniversityRace/Ethnicity Distribution

Student Age Distribution

The following table and chart show the student enrollment by age distribution at Sam Houston State University.

Age Distribution
Sam Houston State University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	21,039	17,787	3,252
Under 18	144	143	1
Age 18-19	5,922	5,922	0
Age 20-21	5,693	5,598	95
Age 22-24	4,535	3,658	877
Age 25-29	2,151	1,257	894
Age 30-34	853	462	391
Age 35-39	609	295	314
Age 40-49	783	317	466
Age 50-64	329	125	204
Over 64	20	10	10
Age Un-Known	0	0	0

[Chart] Sam Houston State University 2025 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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