Sam Houston State University: Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Our department has 30 tenured/tenure-track faculty and 40 graduate students (32 full-time). The breakdown of faculty is: 16 mathematics faculty, 6 statistics faculty, and 8 mathematics education faculty. Almost all full-time students earn $13,000 salary for TA positions (20 hrs/wk). Our environment is particularly supportive of all of our graduate students. The historic city of Huntsville is a small, inexpensive city 60 miles north of Houston in the Piney Woods region of East Texas.
In the MS in Mathematics, students take courses in the fundamental areas of advanced pure and applied mathematics. Small class sizes and close mentoring by faculty create a positive environment designed to help students succeed in their academic and life goals. Graduates of this program have a more comprehensive and deeper view of mathematics, leading to diverse career opportunities in teaching, industry, or doctoral studies in mathematics. Past graduates are employed at community colleges and universities, in actuarial science, computer science, accounting/finance, and the oil and gas industry. A thesis option is available for students interested in doing mathematical research in the areas of combinatorics, commutative algebra, algebraic statistics, functional analysis, algebraic geometry, topology, knot theory, differential geometry, applied mathematics, numerical analysis, mathematical biology, and differential equations.
Recent graduates have been accepted to doctoral programs at Simon Fraser University, University of North Texas, University of Houston, Texas A&M University, North Dakota State University, Michigan Technological University, Texas Tech, University of Missouri, University of Missouri-Kansas City, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, University of Texas Arlington, University of Texas at Austin, and Colorado State University.
Department of Mathematics and Statistics website
Master of Science in Mathematics
Programs offered
M.S. degree in mathematics, M.S. degree in statistics, M.A. degree in mathematics education
Student body profile
22 M.S. in mathematics students and about 40 graduate students in total.
Funding opportunities
About ten Mathematics teaching assistantships are available on an annual basis. Stipends are $13,005 per 9 months. Teaching assistant responsibilities vary with the individual position; while most students teach two sections of a developmental mathematics course, other students may grade for faculty, provide tutoring for undergraduate students in the Mathematics tutoring center, or work for Distance Learning.
Additionally, there are several scholarships available to graduate students: Special Graduate Scholarship - For New or Current Students ($1500 per semester), Graduate Studies Recruitment Scholarships - For New Students ($500-$1000 per semester), NSF PEERS Scholarship ($5000 per year). On occasion, additional summer support may become available through a math tutoring opportunity or department grants.
More information
Contact for more information:
- Brian Loft
Email:
- MTH_BMLshsu.edu