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Sam Houston State University
Sam Houston State University (SHSU)
Sam Houston State University is located on a beautiful 211-acre main
campus in Huntsville, Texas. Huntsville, with a population of 30,000 is
located 70 miles north of Houston in the serene hills and extensive pine
forest area of East Texas. The University has a student body of over
12,500 and offers 91 undergraduate programs, 76 graduate programs and a
doctoral program in criminal justice. There are four colleges: Arts and
Sciences, Business Administration, Education and Applied Science, and
Criminal Justice, with a total tenure/tenure track faculty of 329 of whom
9l% hold doctoral or terminal degrees. The University has 177 buildings,
34 residence halls, five recreational sports fields, two agricultural
complexes, a cable television and radio station, a planetarium, an
observatory, a weather station, the 15-acre Sam Houston Memorial Museum
Complex and an on-campus university hotel. The University is currently
working with several countries to develop international programs.
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