Texas Southern University Campus Life
Campus life
The campus as a place: setting, size, calendar and who studies here.
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Campus at a glance
Large city
Inside an urbanized area and a principal city.
- City (this campus)
- Suburb
- Town
- Rural
6,844 students
Larger than 84% of colleges
National median 1,603 students
Undergraduates with Pell Grants
- Receive a Pell Grant
- 77.5%
- TypePublic
- ClassR2 research university
- CalendarSemester
- AthleticsNCAA Division I
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Race/ethnicity
Source: U.S. College Scorecard · 2025
Among undergraduates at Texas Southern University, the largest reported group is Black (85.9%), followed by Hispanic (8%).
| Group | Undergraduates | Full-time instructional staff |
|---|---|---|
| American Indian/Alaska Native | 0.2% | 0% |
| Asian | 0.6% | 13.1% |
| Black | 85.9% | 69.3% |
| Hispanic | 8% | 4.4% |
| Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander | 0% | 0% |
| White | 0.7% | 10.9% |
| Two or more races | 3.5% | 0.2% |
| Non-resident | 1% | 2.2% |
| Unknown | 0.1% | 0% |
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- 96.9%Texas Southern University admitted 6,654 of 10,554 applicants.Source: U.S. College Scorecard, 2025
- 19.1%of admitted students chose to enroll (the yield rate): 1,272 of 6,654.Source: U.S. College Scorecard, 2025
- $16,494average net price after grants for aided students, against $21,473 published tuition.Source: U.S. College Scorecard, 2025
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