Texas Southern University Business Programs

Texas Southern University is a public institution situated in Houston, Texas. The city atmosphere of Houston makes it a great place for students who enjoy having lots of educational and entertainment options.

Where Is Texas Southern University?

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

How Do I Get Into TSU?

You can apply to TSU online at: www.applytexas.org/adappc/gen/c_start.WBX

Admission Requirements for TSU

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	required
High School Transcript	recommended
College Prep Program	recommended
Recommendations	recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	required
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into TSU?

TSU has an acceptance rate of 66%, which means it is fairly selective. Take that into account when you are working on your application and gathering requested materials. Do what you can to stand out among other applicants.

Approximately 32% of accepted students are men and 68% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 62%, and the acceptance rate for women is 68%.

Average Test Scores

About 79% 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 450 and 520. Math scores were between 440 and 520.

TSU received ACT scores from 30% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 15 and 20. Math scores were between 16 and 19. Composite scores were between 17 and 20.

Can I Afford Texas Southern University?

The overall average net price of TSU is $27,904. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

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 77% of students took out student loans averaging $6,239 a year. That adds up to $24,956 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.

Texas Southern University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 5,298 undergraduate students at TSU, with 4,204 being full-time and 1,094 being part-time.

There are also 1,717 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 4,204 full-time undergraduates at TSU, 35% are male and 65% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Texas Southern University students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	54
Black or African American	3,483
Hispanic or Latino	344
White	53
International Students	147
Other Races/Ethnicities	123

Geographic Diversity

Texas students aren't the only ones who study at Texas Southern University. At this time, 27 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 59 countries are represented at TSU. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Saudi Arabia, Nigeria, and Kuwait.

Online Learning at Texas Southern University

In 2019-2020, 5,077 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at TSU has changed over the last few years.

Online Growth Rankings of TSU

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Texas Southern University was 47.0%. This is the #585 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at TSU regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

Texas Southern University Business Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	Master’s	TOTAL
General Business Administration and Management	71	53	124
Accounting	38	0	38
Banking and Financial Support Services	31	0	31
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	26	0	26
General Management Information Systems	6	9	15
Transportation/Mobility Management	7	0	7
TOTAL	179	62	241

References

*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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By WhisperToMe under License

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