Chart a New Path

Complete the Admissions application on ApplyTexas or CommonApp and pay the $90 application fee.

If English is not your first language and you are transferring under 30 hours from a U.S. college or university, you must provide English proficiency scores. All scores must be less than two years old. 

• TOEFL score of at least 69 (iBT or iBT Special Home Edition).
• IELTS score of at least 6.0.
• Duolingo EPT score of at least 100.
• ACT verbal score of at least 27.
• SAT verbal score of at least 600.
• IB curriculum English SL score of at least 4.
• English-O Level grade of at least C in the Cambridge Curriculum
• CXC, CCSLC, CSEC, or CAPE English exam score of at least 4.

Official English Language Nations

The following are countries that recognize English as an official language. If your country of citizenship is listed below, you are exempt from the English Proficiency requirement for application to Sam Houston State University.

• Anguilla New Zealand
• Antigua and Barbuda Nigeria
• Australia Niue
• The Bahamas Norfolk Island
• Barbados Northern Mariana Islands
• Belize Palau
• Belgium Papua New Guinea
• Bermuda Philippines
• Botswana Pitcairn Islands
• British Virgin Islands Rwanda
• Burundi Saint Kitts and Nevis
• Cameroon Saint Lucia
• Canada Samoa
• Cayman Islands Seychelles
• Christmas Island Sierra Leone
• Cook Islands Singapore
• Dominica Sint Maarten
• Fiji Solomon Islands
• Gambia Somalia
• Ghana South Africa
• Grenada South Sudan
• Guyana Sudan
• Hong Kong Swaziland
• Ireland Tanzania
• Jamaica Tonga
• Jersey Trinidad and Tobago
• Kenya Turks and Caicos Islands
• Liberia Tuvalu
• Malawi Uganda
• Malta United Kingdom
• Marshall Islands Zambia
• Federated States of Micronesia Zimbabwe
• Namibi

Submit your official academic transcript(s) in a sealed envelope to the address below or electronically. Transcripts will be evaluated by a certified SHSU official. You may also choose to send an official evaluation of your high school transcript from a NACES accredited evaluation company.

Please provide certified English translations for documents submitted in a language other than English.

SHSU strongly encourages international students currently outside the U.S. to apply at least 90 days before the beginning of the semester for which they are applying. Some graduate programs may have earlier deadlines.

You must provide your own or your sponsor’s bank statement(s) on bank letterhead indicating an amount on deposit equal to the estimated expense for one year at SHSU. Visit the Global Engagement Center for more details.

If you are an international transfer student and have dependents who will come with you to the U.S., you must provide each dependent’s full name, date of birth, country of citizenship, and their relationship to you. For each dependent, the dollar amount of financial support must be increased by $4000 per dependent. Visit the Global Engagement Center for more details.

Regardless of current residency, you must provide a home country address for your I-20 A/B form to be processed.

You must provide copies of documents such as your passport photo page and additional documents if you are transferring from a U.S. institution.

Upon arrival to campus, you must check in at the GEC.

You are required to purchase the University’s Group Hospitalization, Medical Evacuation, and Repatriation Insurance, which is available to all eligible SHSU students. More information on this required coverage can be accessed through the University Health Center by calling 936.294.4737.