Which Sam Houston State major has the lowest debt?

Business Administration graduates leave with a median of $18,350 in federal loans, the lowest among 40 Sam Houston State bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does Sam Houston State cost?

In-state tuition and fees are $9,228 a year, and $19,068 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $16,404 a year.

How many Sam Houston State programs report graduate pay?

42 bachelor's programs at Sam Houston State report first-year pay, and 40 of them also report federal debt.

Sam Houston State Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Sam Houston State University
Public university
Huntsville, TX
17,743 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

42 Sam Houston State bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Nursing pays the most in the first year ($82,463), and Dance the least ($19,202). The median program pays $39,589.

In-state tuition and fees$9,228Per year. Out-of-state $19,068

Average net price after aid$16,404Per year

Graduation rate55%Within 6 years

Admission rate90%Of applicants

All 42 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Texas" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across Texas. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

#	Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in Texas
1	NursingAbout 195 graduates a year	$82,463	$85,287	$26,504	12th of 48
2	Construction Engineering TechnologyAbout 70 graduates a year	$72,116	$89,884	$25,000	5th of 7
3	Agricultural MechanizationAbout 17 graduates a year	$63,369	$69,696	Not reported	1st of 1
4	MusicAbout 58 graduates a year	$59,926	$47,434	$28,000	1st of 21
5	FinanceAbout 119 graduates a year	$53,281	$72,461	$27,253	17th of 39
6	Other Interdisciplinary StudiesAbout 31 graduates a year	$52,792	$54,796	$27,000	7th of 39
7	AccountingAbout 74 graduates a year	$52,772	$69,480	$22,291	16th of 39
8	Industrial TechnologyGraduates a year not reported	$49,623	Not reported	$21,500	5th of 5
9	MathematicsAbout 17 graduates a year	$48,114	$58,286	$28,000	14th of 21
10	Agricultural BusinessAbout 44 graduates a year	$47,907	$69,969	$20,643	4th of 6
11	Management Information SystemsAbout 25 graduates a year	$47,676	$67,102	$20,699	10th of 15
12	Business AdministrationAbout 77 graduates a year	$45,602	$60,416	$18,350	24th of 63
13	Computer and Information ScienceAbout 40 graduates a year	$45,401	$97,361	$23,473	28th of 32
14	BusinessAbout 240 graduates a year	$44,700	$53,488	$26,641	12th of 22
15	ChemistryAbout 30 graduates a year	$43,940	$56,588	$28,775	4th of 12
16	Human ResourcesAbout 32 graduates a year	$43,750	$61,587	$22,500	10th of 13
17	Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsGraduates a year not reported	$43,509	Not reported	$26,500	7th of 7
18	Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 51 graduates a year	$41,112	$53,420	$25,750	8th of 25
19	Romance LanguagesAbout 7 graduates a year	$40,562	$48,540	Not reported	3rd of 12
20	Health and Medical AdministrationAbout 110 graduates a year	$40,077	Not reported	$26,975	7th of 9
21	Design and Applied ArtsAbout 26 graduates a year	$39,959	$48,480	$29,000	4th of 11
22	MarketingAbout 78 graduates a year	$39,218	$56,755	$21,957	27th of 39
23	Computer Engineering TechnologyAbout 42 graduates a year	$38,957	Not reported	$20,375	3rd of 3
24	Criminal JusticeAbout 888 graduates a year	$37,792	$52,576	$23,218	14th of 39
25	Family and Consumer SciencesAbout 6 graduates a year	$37,540	$50,684	$26,000	1st of 3
26	Kinesiology and Exercise ScienceAbout 141 graduates a year	$37,005	$55,956	$26,500	9th of 42
27	EnglishAbout 42 graduates a year	$36,749	$49,173	$25,250	9th of 30
28	GeographyAbout 9 graduates a year	$35,936	$53,453	$25,156	5th of 5
29	International BusinessAbout 17 graduates a year	$35,116	$56,546	$20,988	7th of 9
30	Animal ScienceAbout 103 graduates a year	$34,051	$46,013	$21,745	3rd of 10
31	Public HealthAbout 75 graduates a year	$34,019	Not reported	$26,818	9th of 14
32	HistoryAbout 84 graduates a year	$34,016	$56,955	$28,000	13th of 23
33	BiologyAbout 122 graduates a year	$32,915	$53,949	$23,853	8th of 43
34	Specialized Sales and MerchandisingAbout 16 graduates a year	$32,444	$55,164	$27,000	7th of 8
35	PsychologyAbout 263 graduates a year	$31,353	$50,220	$24,000	27th of 52
36	Fine and Studio ArtsAbout 28 graduates a year	$30,999	Not reported	$31,000	6th of 19
37	CommunicationsAbout 198 graduates a year	$28,247	$51,123	$26,000	24th of 33
38	Health SciencesAbout 123 graduates a year	$27,611	Not reported	$25,000	13th of 16
39	SociologyAbout 37 graduates a year	$24,612	$49,768	$29,000	18th of 19
40	EntrepreneurshipAbout 14 graduates a year	$23,682	Not reported	$26,000	7th of 7
41	TheatreAbout 50 graduates a year	$21,858	$42,548	$22,250	11th of 15
42	DanceAbout 27 graduates a year	$19,202	$33,041	$26,000	5th of 5

Program names link to the program's own page, and Texas ranks link to the full ranking for the field. A program gets its own page when it reports both pay and debt and at least five Texas programs in the field do too.

Some nursing bachelor's programs are for nurses who are already licensed and working (RN-to-BSN). College Scorecard counts them with programs for new students, and their graduates' pay reflects years of nursing experience, so high pay at a program here may not mean higher starting pay for a new nurse.

4 more bachelor's programs report debt but not pay, so they aren't listed.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Nursing$82,463
Construction Engineering Technology$72,116
Agricultural Mechanization$63,369
Music$59,926
Finance$53,281

Lowest median debt

Business Administration$18,350
Computer Engineering Technology$20,375
Agricultural Business$20,643
Management Information Systems$20,699
International Business$20,988

Largest programs

Criminal JusticeAbout 888 graduates a year
PsychologyAbout 263 graduates a year
BusinessAbout 240 graduates a year
CommunicationsAbout 198 graduates a year
NursingAbout 195 graduates a year

Common questions

Nursing graduates earn a median of $82,463 in their first year, the most of 42 Sam Houston State bachelor's programs that report pay.

About this data

Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid, and earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school.
Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
Tuition, net price, graduation rate, and admission rate are for the whole school, not one program.
Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of Texas rankings when their main campus is in another state.
Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago.

Sources

U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
NCES, IPEDS tuition and fees, 2023-24, for in-district tuition labels