Texas Southern University is a public institution that was started in 1927. It has a undergraduate enrollment of 7,092, its environment is urban, and the campus size is 150 acres. It uses a semester-based academic year. Its in-state tuition/fees are $9,173; out-of-state tuition/fees are $21,833
Texas Southern University is one of the largest historically black colleges and is situated in downtown Houston, one of the largest U.S. cities. Consequently, learners have more to check out than a wide variety of undergraduate majors and dozens of student clubs and organizations. There are also extracurricular and internship opportunities throughout Houston, also home to Rice University, the University of St. Thomas and the University of Houston.

Graduate learners have a similarly wide variety of academic options, as Texas Southern University operates the Jesse H. Jones School of Business, the Thurgood Marshall School of Law and the Barbara Jordan-Mickey Leland School of Public Affairs, among other academic departments.

The TSU Tigers participate in the NCAA Division I Southwestern Athletic Conference. Notable alumni of Texas Southern University include former NFL defensive end Michael Strahan, a FOX NFL Sunday analyst and co-host of the morning talk show “LIVE with Kelly and Michael” and Rocky Williform, founder of HipHopBlog.com and a hip-hop social network, StreetCred.