Graduate Programs at Texas Southern University

Graduate School Overview

Texas Southern University (referred to as TSU) is a Public, 4 years school located in Houston, TX. Texas Southern University is a historically black school. It is classified as a Research University (high research activity) school by Carnegie Classification and its highest level of offering is Doctor's degree - research/scholarship and professional practice.

The school is accredited by Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges (1/1/1948 - Current).

TSU Directory Information
School Name	Texas Southern University (TSU)
Address	3100 Cleburne St, Houston, TX 77004
Phone	713-313-7011
Web	https://www.tsu.edu
Online Application	https://www.applytexas.org/adappc/gen/c_start.WBX
Financial Info	https://www.tsu.edu/admissions/financial-aid/index.html

The 2023 graduate school tuition & fees at Texas Southern University is $8,328 for Texas residents and $15,488 for out-of-state students. The school has 1,802 graduate students where it has a total enrollment of 8,632 including undergraduate students.

It offers total 80 graduate programs through Master's, Doctorate (Research), and Doctorate (Professional Practice).

Graduate School 2023 Key Facts
School Type	Public, 4 years
Tuition & Fees	$15,488 $8,328 for Texas Residents
Student Population	1,802
Offered Degrees/Programs	Master's, Doctorate (Research), and Doctorate (Professional Practice)
Number of Programs	80 graduate programs
Student to Faculty Ratio	18 to 1

The graduate tuition & fees at Texas Southern University is $8,328 for Texas residents and $15,488 for out-of-state students for the academic year 2022-2023. The tuition per credit hour is $100 for Texas residents and $458 for out-of-state students.

Texas Southern University offers the alternative tuition plans.

Texas Southern University offers the distance education programs. All course works for completing a degree program can be done through online exclusively for graduate programs. In addition, the distance learning courses are offered for students who are not enrolled online exclusively.

On its campus, academic/career services, employment services for students, placement services for completers, on-campus daycare for students' children are provided for their students.

Special Learning Opportunities & On-campus Services
Distance Learning (Online Classes)	Graduate Level Courses & Programs
Special learning Opportunities	ROTC (Army, Navy, Air Force) Study abroad Weekend/evening college Teacher certification
On-Campus Student Services	Academic/career services Employment services for students Placement services for completers On-campus daycare for students' children

2023 Graduate Tuition, Fees, Other Expenses

For the academic year 2022-2023, the graduate school tuition & fees of Texas Southern University is $8,328 for Texas residents and $15,488 for other students. The graduate tuition & fees are stayed same compared to previous academic year.

Data source: 2022-2023 tuition - NCES(National Center for Education Statistics (Last update: July 22, 2022)

2022-2023 Graduate Tuition & fees
	Texas Residents		Out-of-State
	Tuition	Fees	Tuition	Fees
2018-2019	$5,487	$1,324	$12,742	$1,397
2019-2020	$5,487	$1,324	$12,868	$1,397
2020-2021	$4,767	$1,324	$11,824	$1,397
2021-2022	$6,858	$1,470	$14,018	$1,470
2022-2023	$6,858	$1,470	$14,018	$1,470

The graduate school tuition & fees of TSU is average compared to public graduate schools in Texas. The average graduate school tuition for all graduate schools in United States is $19,518 and the Texas graduate tuition is $17,810 (public) / $18,159 (private).

The next table compares the average graduate school tuition by location and school types.

Graduate Tuition & fees Comparison
	Residents	Out-of-State
Texas Southern University	$8,328	$15,488
All Graduate Schools	$16,002	$19,518
Public	$11,454	$20,592
Private	$19,594
Texas Graduate Schools	$13,401	$17,909
Public	$8,153	$17,810
Private	$18,159

For academic year 2022-2023, the living costs are $14,632 when a student lives on-campus housing facilities (i.e. dormitory, school owned apartments, etc.) at Texas Southern University. On-campus living costs are stayed same compared to previous academic year. The off-campus living costs are $18,972. Off-campus living costs are stayed same compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Living Expenses
	Living On-Campus		Living Off-Campus
	Room & Board	Other Expense	Room & Board	Other Expense
2018-2019	$9,664	$4,866	$13,712	$4,866
2019-2020	$9,664	$4,866	$13,712	$4,866
2020-2021	$9,280	$4,945	$13,938	$4,945
2021-2022	$9,664	$4,968	$14,004	$4,968
2022-2023	$9,664	$4,968	$14,004	$4,968

For academic year 2022-2023, the tuition per credit hour for graduate programs is $100 for Texas residents and $458 for other students at Texas Southern University. The graduate tuition per credit hour are stayed same compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Graduation Program Tuition per Credit Hour
	Texas Residents	Out-of-State
2018-2019	$100	$465
2019-2020	$100	$472
2020-2021	$100	$459
2021-2022	$100	$458
2022-2023	$100	$458

The law school tuition at Texas Southern University is $20,418 for Texas residents and $27,408 for out-of-state students for academic year 2022-2023. Next table shows the tuition & fees for law school and/or medical schools at Texas Southern University.

Law School Tuition

2022-2023 Law School/Medical School Tuition at Texas Southern University
	Texas Residents		Out-of-State
	Tuition	Fees	Tuition	Fees
Pharmacy	$15,467	$1,736	$24,829	$1,736
Law	$18,582	$1,836	$25,572	$1,836

Graduate Programs at TSU

Texas Southern University offers 33 graduate programs for Master's and Doctorate. The next table lists number of programs by offered degree and online availability along with number of completers by degree/certificate programs. Last year, 552 students have completed their study at Texas Southern University.

Offered Degrees at Texas Southern University
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Number of Completers
Master's Degree	24	271
Doctor's degree - research/scholarship	7	36
Doctor's degree - other	2	245
Total	33	552

The next table shows the popular graduate programs at Texas Southern University by award level.

The most popular Master's program is the Business Administration and Management program with 56 completers.
The most popular Doctorate program is the Law program with 175 completers.

Master's
Doctorate

Popular Master's Programs at Texas Southern University
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Business Administration and Management	✕	56	$50,900
Public Administration	✕	33	$41,000
Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration	✕	18	-
Transportation and Infrastructure Planning/Studies	✕	16	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	12	-

Popular Doctorate Programs at Texas Southern University
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Law	✕	175	-
Pharmacy	✕	70	-
Toxicology	✕	10	-
Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration	✕	7	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	5	-

Texas Southern University offers 33 programs through Master's and Doctorate. The programs are offered only in on-site (classroom) education. Last year total 552 students have completed their graduate studies.

271 students have earned/completed Master's program.
245 students have earned/completed Doctorate (Practice) program.

Master's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Architecture [+]	✕	5 completers	-
City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning	✕	5	-
Communication and Journalism [+]	✕	26 completers	-
Communication	✕	26	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	6 completers	-
Computer Science	✕	6	-
Education [+]	✕	23 completers	-
Curriculum and Instruction	✕	3	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	12	-
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	✕	8	$40,200
Work and Family Studies [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences	✕	4	-
Legal Studies [+]	✕	6 completers	-
Advanced Legal Research/Studies	✕	6	-
English Language and Literature [+]	✕	8 completers	-
English Language and Literature	✕	8	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	11 completers	-
Biology/Biological Sciences	✕	8	-
Toxicology	✕	3	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Mathematics	✕	4	-
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies [+]	✕	15 completers	-
Health and Physical Education/Fitness	✕	7	-
Sports Studies	✕	8	-
Physical Sciences [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Chemistry	✕	2	-
Psychology [+]	✕	8 completers	-
Psychology	✕	8	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✕	18 completers	$54,300
Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration	✕	18	-
Human Services [+]	✕	49 completers	-
Public Administration	✕	33	$41,000
Transportation and Infrastructure Planning/Studies	✕	16	-
Social Sciences [+]	✕	9 completers	-
Sociology	✕	9	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	8 completers	-
Health/Health Care Administration/Management	✕	8	-
Business [+]	✕	64 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	56	$50,900
Management Information Systems	✕	8	-
History [+]	✕	5 completers	-
History	✕	5	-
	Total	271

Doctorate (Research) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Architecture [+]	✕	4 completers	-
City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning	✕	4	-
Education [+]	✕	11 completers	-
Curriculum and Instruction	✕	4	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	5	-
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	✕	2	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	10 completers	-
Toxicology	✕	10	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✕	7 completers	-
Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration	✕	7	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Pharmaceutical Sciences	✕	4	-
	Total	36

Doctorate (Practice) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Legal Studies [+]	✕	175 completers	-
Law	✕	175	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	70 completers	-
Pharmacy	✕	70	-
	Total	245

Graduate Student Population at TSU

For the academic year 2021-2022, total 1,798 students enrolled into Texas Southern University graduate schools where it has total 8,632 students including undergraduate students. By attending status, there are 1,313 full-time and 485 part-time graduate students. By gender, 661 male and 1,137 female students are attending graduate schools. The next table summarizes the graduate student population by gender and attending status.

Graduate School Student Population By Gender
	Total	Male	Female
Total	1,798	661	1,137
Full-time	1,313	487	826
Part-tme	485	174	311

Texas Southern University is a historically black school and 1,219 (67.80% of total students) students are Black/African American at Texas Southern University. There are 89 White (4.95%), 252 Hispanic (14.02%), 120 Asian (6.67%), and 118 students with other races. 76 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Graduate Student Population By Race/ethnicity
	Total	Male	Female
Total	1,798	661	1,137
American Indian/Native American	4	0	4
Asian	120	45	75
Black/African American	1,219	428	791
Hispanic	252	97	155
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1	0	1
White	89	48	41
Two More	32	10	22
Un-Known	5	4	1
Non-resident Alien	76	29	47

Texas Southern University offers the distance learning opportunities (online degree program and/or courses) for graduate programs. 164 graduate students (9.12% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 278 graduate students (15.46% of total students) are enrolled some online courses. The next table summarizes the online student population.

Distance Learning Student Population
	Number of Graduate Students
Total	1,798
Enrolled Online Exclusively	164
Enrolled Some Online Courses	278
Not in Online Courses	1,356

The following table summarizes the graduate students population by age at Texas Southern University. 539 students are aged 20 to 24 (29.98% of total students), 2 students are aged below 20 (0.11%), 111 students are aged above 50 (6.17%). Next table summarizes the student population by age at Texas Southern University.

Graduate Student Population By Age
	Total	Male	Female
Total	1,798	661	1,137
Age 18-19	2	0	2
Age 20-21	47	10	37
Age 22-24	492	166	326
Age 25-29	576	226	350
Age 30-34	289	104	185
Age 35-39	128	44	84
Age 40-49	153	65	88
Age 50-64	101	41	60
Over 64	10	5	5

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