unitid 229063 · Houston, TX · public 4-year · city (large)
Texas Southern University
- enrollment 2023
- 9,571
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 4-years
The record
admission rate
97%
91st pctl among public 4-years
undergraduates
6,844
61st pctl among public 4-years
Pell share
72%
undergrads on Pell grants
98th pctl among public 4-years
completion
22%
finish within 150% time
9th pctl among public 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$27,052
76th pctl among public 4-years
avg net price / yr
$16,590
after aid, aided students
77th pctl among public 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$38,924
after entry, Title IV students
13th pctl among public 4-years
median grad debt
$29,000
99th pctl among public 4-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $16,437 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of public 4-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k55%
- 30-48k21%
- 48-75k12%
- 75-110k6%
- 110k+5%
- Median family income
- $22,141
- First-generation students
- 39%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $9,173
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 1.3× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Law. | 149 | $83,014 | — |
| Biology, General. | 90 | $44,374 | $34,302 |
| Criminal Justice and Corrections. | 68 | $52,298 | $36,250 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 66 | $50,758 | $36,720 |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities. | 61 | $48,744 | $48,500 |
| Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration. | 60 | $139,367 | — |
| Psychology, General. | 55 | $53,881 | $39,265 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 52 | $80,773 | — |
| Health and Medical Administrative Services. | 45 | $44,671 | $32,750 |
| Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness. | 41 | $56,348 | $30,000 |
| Public Administration. | 41 | $61,546 | — |
| Radio, Television, and Digital Communication. | 37 | $32,814 | $34,750 |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
Price per year
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Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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Provenance
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.