About the Institution
Sam Houston State University (known as SHSU or Sam) was founded in 1879 and is the third oldest public institution of higher learning in the State of Texas. It is located in Huntsville, Texas. It is one of the oldest purpose-built institutions for the instruction of teachers west of the Mississippi River and the first such institution of its type in the State of Texas. It is med for one of Texas's founding fathers and greatest hero, Sam Houston, who made his home in the city. SHSU is part of the Texas State University System and has an enrollment of more than 17,600 students. The institution was the first institution classified as a Doctoral Research University by the Carnegie Commission on Higher Education within the Texas State University System.[1] The university launced its first capital campaign in March 2006 with a $50 million goal and closed the campaign's books on August 31, 2010, with $61.2 million in commitments. The university has more than 102,000 living, addressable alumni and an active Alumni Association holding 165 meeetings and events annually.
Graduate Programs / Areas offered :
Accounting MS
Administration MEd
Agriculture MS
Biology MA or MS
Business Administration MBA
Business Administration - Banking and Fincial Institutions EMBA
Chemistry MS
Communication Studies MA
Computing and Information Science MS
Counseling MA or MEd
Creative Writing Publishing
and Editing - MFA
Crimil Justice MS
Crimil Justice and Criminology MA
Crimil Justice Leadership and Magement MS
Curriculum and Instruction MA or MEd
Dance MFA
Dietetics MS
Digital Forensics MS
English MA
Family and Consumer Sciences MS
Forensic Science MS
Geographic Information Systems MS
Health MA
Higher Education Administration MA
History MA
Information Assurance and Security MS
Instructiol Leadership MA or MEd
Instructiol Technology MEd
Intertiol Literacy MEd
Kinesiology - Exercise Science MA
Kinesiology - Sports Magement MA
Library Science MLS
Mathematics MA or MS
Music MM
Political Science MA
Project Magement
MS
Psychology - General MA
Psychology - Clinical MA
Psychology - School SSP
Public Administration MPA
Reading/Language Arts MEd
Security Studies MS
Sociology MA
Spanish MA
Special Education - Educatiol Diagnostician MEd
Special Education - LIDA MA or MEd
North America 
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