by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual recognizes the best colleges and universities in its annual rankings. These rankings include categories for best overall colleges, best colleges for each major, best value schools, and much more.
Texas Southern University was awarded 58 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is public administration.
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College Factual ranked TSU as #1,929 out of 2,217 colleges and universities in the country on its 2024 Best Colleges list. This is an improvement over the previous year, when TSU held the #2,058 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Out of the 115 colleges in Texas, TSU is ranked at #105.
Texas Southern University has an acceptance rate of 63%, which means the school is serious about who it admits. Take your time in putting together a strong application that highlights why you are a good fit for TSU.
About 43% of students accepted to TSU submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 420 and 510. Math scores were between 400 and 490.
The student to faculty ratio is often used to estimate how much interaction there is between professors and their students at a college or university. At Texas Southern University, this ratio is 15 to 1, which is on par with the national average of 15 to 1. That's not bad at all.
In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Texas Southern University is 69%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate tells us what percentage of first-year, full-time students choose to continue on to their sophomore year at a particular school. The rate at Texas Southern University is 68%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
When we say that a student has graduated on time, we mean that they have finished their bachelor's degree within four years. The on-time graduation rate at TSU is 10%. That's lower than the national rate of 33.3%
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 5,298 undergraduates at TSU with 4,204 being full-time and 1,094 being part-time.
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of TSU, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At TSU, approximately 56% of students took out student loans averaging $5,944 a year. That adds up to $23,776 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at TSU is 8.1%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.
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Contact details for TSU are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 3100 Cleburne St, Houston, TX 77004 |
| Phone: | 713-313-7011 |
| Website: | www.tsu.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/texassouthernuniversity |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/TexasSouthern |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 78 | $31,341 |
| Business Administration & Management | 78 | $35,003 |
| General Biology | 73 | $29,030 |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 53 | $29,743 |
| Health Sciences & Services | 49 | $28,119 |
| General Psychology | 49 | $25,022 |
| Health & Medical Administrative Services | 48 | $30,743 |
| Electrical Engineering | 43 | NA |
| Accounting | 38 | $35,451 |
| Finance & Financial Management | 31 | $32,043 |
Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.
In 2020-2021, 2,413 students took at least one online class at Texas Southern University. This is a decrease from the 5,077 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 2,413 | 259 |
| 2019-2020 | 5,077 | 1,167 |
| 2018-2019 | 3,234 | 593 |
| 2017-2018 | 2,904 | 471 |
| 2016-2017 | 2,642 | 466 |
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Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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