Texas Southern University

Houston, Texas · Public · Predominantly bachelor's · City: Large

Official websiteNet price calculatorAccreditor: Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges

The average annual net price for first-time, full-time undergraduates receiving federal aid (in-state) is $16,494. 24% of first-time, full-time students completed within 150% of normal time. Students who received federal aid had median earnings of $46,064 ten years after entering. The median federal loan debt of graduates is $26,864.

Average net price
$16,494
per year Verified data
Completion rate
24%
within 150% of normal time Verified data
Median earnings
$46,064
10 years after entry Verified data
Median debt
$26,864
graduates, federal loans Verified data

Cost and net price

In-state tuition and fees$9,173
Out-of-state tuition and fees$21,473
Average cost of attendance$26,907
Books and supplies$1,654
Room and board, on campus$12,800
Average net price, all aided students$16,494
Average net price, family income $0 to $30,000$16,282
Average net price, family income over $110,000Data unavailable

Net price is the average cost after grants and scholarships for first-time, full-time undergraduates who receive federal aid, at in-state rates. Your price depends on your family finances; use the school's net price calculator for an estimate. Tuition: AcadYr 2025-26, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26. Net price and cost of attendance: AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26.

Admissions and enrollment

Admission rate
97%
SAT range, middle 50% (reading plus math)
800 to 1000
ACT composite range, middle 50%
15 to 19
Undergraduate enrollment
6,844
Graduate enrollment
1,860
Students receiving Pell grants
78%
Student to faculty ratio
19 to 1

Admission rate and enrollment: Fall 2024, reported in IPEDS DCY2024-25. SAT and ACT ranges come from IPEDS and may not reflect test-optional policies.

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Graduation, earnings, and debt

Completion within 150% of normal time24%
Completion within normal time9%
First-year retention (full-time)66%
Median federal debt, graduates$26,864
Typical monthly payment on that debt (10 years)$305
Median Parent PLUS debt, completers$26,900
Share earning more than a typical high school graduate, 6 years after entry51%
1 year after completion$40,744
4 years after completion$55,112
6 years after entry$35,334
8 years after entry$42,534
10 years after entry$46,064
Median earnings of former students who received federal aid and are working and not enrolled. Ten years after entry the median is $46,064; the middle half earned $26,766 to $67,580. Cohorts differ by measure; see definitions below.
Measure definitions and cohorts
  • Median earnings of students working and not enrolled 10 years after entry (MD_EARN_WNE_P10): Treasury AY2011-12, AY2012-13 pooled cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
  • Median earnings of graduates working and not enrolled 1 year after completing (MD_EARN_WNE_1YR): Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
  • Median earnings of graduates working and not enrolled 4 years after completing (MD_EARN_WNE_4YR): Treasury AY2017-18, AY2018-19 pooled cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
  • The median debt for students who have completed (GRAD_DEBT_MDN): NSLDS FY2024, FY2025 pooled cohorts
  • Completion rate for first-time, full-time students at four-year institutions (150% of expected time to completion) (C150_4): Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
  • Average net price for Title IV institutions (public institutions) (NPT4_PUB): AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26

Institution-level earnings cover students who received federal financial aid, including students who did not complete. Debt figures include federal loans only and exclude private loans.

Programs and program-level outcomes

Highest early earnings among programs at Texas Southern University

Median earnings of graduates working and not enrolled one year after completing, by program. Programs with too few graduates are suppressed for privacy and not shown.

84 programs reported. Program earnings are for graduates of this school's program, which is different from the wages of everyone working in a related occupation.

Bachelor's degree (49)
Program (CIP)Graduates (recent year)Median earnings, 1 yrMedian debt
Accounting and Related Services
CIP 52.03 · No credentials fully online
24$48,496$29,824
Air Transportation
CIP 49.01 · No credentials fully online
20Suppressed for privacy$25,000
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions
CIP 51.09 · No credentials fully online
6Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Biology, General
CIP 26.01 · No credentials fully online
95$36,049$29,000
Business Administration, Management and Operations
CIP 52.02 · No credentials fully online
80$44,748$35,666
Business Operations Support and Assistant Services
CIP 52.04 · No credentials fully online
6Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Chemistry
CIP 40.05 · No credentials fully online
13Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Civil Engineering
CIP 14.08 · No credentials fully online
16Suppressed for privacy$37,749
Civil Engineering Technologies/Technicians
CIP 15.02 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions
CIP 51.10 · No credentials fully online
8Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Communication and Media Studies
CIP 09.01 · No credentials fully online
38$27,784$41,442
Computer Engineering Technologies/Technicians
CIP 15.12 · No credentials fully online
4Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Computer and Information Sciences, General
CIP 11.01 · No credentials fully online
25$74,170$31,000
Criminal Justice and Corrections
CIP 43.01 · No credentials fully online
73$38,260$34,607
Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services
CIP 51.31 · No credentials fully online
4Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft
CIP 50.05 · No credentials fully online
8Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Education, General
CIP 13.01 · No credentials fully online
23Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering
CIP 14.10 · No credentials fully online
13Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/Technicians
CIP 15.03 · No credentials fully online
3Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Engineering Technologies/Technicians, General
CIP 15.00 · No credentials fully online
1Data unavailableSuppressed for privacy
English Language and Literature, General
CIP 23.01 · No credentials fully online
9Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies
CIP 05.02 · No credentials fully online
4Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General
CIP 19.01 · No credentials fully online
3Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Finance and Financial Management Services
CIP 52.08 · No credentials fully online
31$64,065$26,933
Fine and Studio Arts
CIP 50.07 · No credentials fully online
18Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General
CIP 51.00 · No credentials fully online
27$33,508$32,000
Health and Medical Administrative Services
CIP 51.07 · No credentials fully online
60$40,682$32,916
History
CIP 54.01 · No credentials fully online
12Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Homeland Security
CIP 43.03 · No credentials fully online
1Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Human Services, General
CIP 44.00 · No credentials fully online
18Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians
CIP 15.06 · No credentials fully online
5Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Journalism
CIP 09.04 · No credentials fully online
25$30,938$30,354
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities
CIP 24.01 · No credentials fully online
86$41,921$37,286
Management Information Systems and Services
CIP 52.12 · No credentials fully online
13Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Marketing
CIP 52.14 · No credentials fully online
39$38,946$31,000
Mathematics
CIP 27.01 · No credentials fully online
7Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other
CIP 30.99 · No credentials fully online
13$58,277$38,136
Music
CIP 50.09 · No credentials fully online
15Suppressed for privacy$26,887
Natural Resources Conservation and Research
CIP 03.01 · No credentials fully online
2Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Physics
CIP 40.08 · No credentials fully online
2Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Political Science and Government
CIP 45.10 · No credentials fully online
20$33,224$27,492
Psychology, General
CIP 42.01 · No credentials fully online
65$38,468$29,134
Public Administration
CIP 44.04 · No credentials fully online
5Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Public Health
CIP 51.22 · No credentials fully online
4Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Radio, Television, and Digital Communication
CIP 09.07 · No credentials fully online
39$38,080$31,000
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies
CIP 23.13 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Social Work
CIP 44.07 · No credentials fully online
16$38,931$32,831
Sociology
CIP 45.11 · No credentials fully online
7Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness
CIP 31.05 · No credentials fully online
41Suppressed for privacy$28,000
Master's degree (25)
Program (CIP)Graduates (recent year)Median earnings, 1 yrMedian debt
Biology, General
CIP 26.01 · No credentials fully online
7Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Business Administration, Management and Operations
CIP 52.02 · Some credentials fully online
65$71,089Suppressed for privacy
Chemistry
CIP 40.05 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
City/Urban, Community, and Regional Planning
CIP 04.03 · No credentials fully online
5Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Communication and Media Studies
CIP 09.01 · No credentials fully online
19$37,191Suppressed for privacy
Computer Science
CIP 11.07 · No credentials fully online
5Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Criminal Justice and Corrections
CIP 43.01 · Some credentials fully online
14$67,066Suppressed for privacy
Curriculum and Instruction
CIP 13.03 · No credentials fully online
3Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Educational Administration and Supervision
CIP 13.04 · No credentials fully online
12Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
English Language and Literature, General
CIP 23.01 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General
CIP 19.01 · No credentials fully online
3Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Health and Medical Administrative Services
CIP 51.07 · No credentials fully online
15Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
History
CIP 54.01 · No credentials fully online
7Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Legal Research and Advanced Professional Studies
CIP 22.02 · No credentials fully online
4Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Management Information Systems and Services
CIP 52.12 · No credentials fully online
13Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Mathematics
CIP 27.01 · No credentials fully online
2Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Pharmacology and Toxicology
CIP 26.10 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration
CIP 51.20 · No credentials fully online
1Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Psychology, General
CIP 42.01 · No credentials fully online
14Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Public Administration
CIP 44.04 · Some credentials fully online
41$56,673Suppressed for privacy
Radio, Television, and Digital Communication
CIP 09.07 · No credentials fully online
1Data unavailableSuppressed for privacy
Sociology
CIP 45.11 · No credentials fully online
9Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness
CIP 31.05 · No credentials fully online
21$38,650Suppressed for privacy
Student Counseling and Personnel Services
CIP 13.11 · No credentials fully online
13Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas
CIP 13.13 · No credentials fully online
1Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Graduate certificate (1)
Program (CIP)Graduates (recent year)Median earnings, 1 yrMedian debt
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness
CIP 31.05
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Doctoral degree (7)
Program (CIP)Graduates (recent year)Median earnings, 1 yrMedian debt
City/Urban, Community, and Regional Planning
CIP 04.03 · No credentials fully online
3Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Criminal Justice and Corrections
CIP 43.01 · No credentials fully online
1Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Curriculum and Instruction
CIP 13.03 · No credentials fully online
7Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Educational Administration and Supervision
CIP 13.04 · No credentials fully online
7Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Pharmacology and Toxicology
CIP 26.10 · No credentials fully online
3Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration
CIP 51.20 · No credentials fully online
2Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Student Counseling and Personnel Services
CIP 13.11 · No credentials fully online
6Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Professional degree (JD, MD, and similar) (2)
Program (CIP)Graduates (recent year)Median earnings, 1 yrMedian debt
Law
CIP 22.01 · No credentials fully online
185$66,184Suppressed for privacy
Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration
CIP 51.20 · No credentials fully online
62$115,070Suppressed for privacy
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, Most Recent Field of Study Data. Varies by measure; see measure definitions. Published October 15, 2026. Retrieved October 18, 2026. Methodology.
UNITID 229063, OPEID 003642. Data unavailable means the Department of Education did not publish the figure or suppressed it for privacy. Report a data issue.
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, Most Recent Institution-Level Data. Varies by measure; see measure definitions. Published October 15, 2026. Retrieved October 18, 2026. Methodology.