Texas Southern University Student Population

How many students at TSU?

For the academic year 2024-2025, Texas Southern University has a total enrollment of 8,704 students, including 6,844 undergraduate and 1,860 graduate students.

• Gender Breakdown: 3,088 male students (35.5%) and 5,616 female students (64.5%) are attending .
• Race and Ethnicity Breakdown: The two largest race/ethnicity groups are 7,165 Black students (82.3%) and 789 Hispanic students (9.1%).
• Class Level Breakdown: 6,844 undergraduate students (78.6%) and 1,860 graduate students (21.4%).
• Class Delivery: 753 students are enrolled online exclusively, while 4,349 students take a hybrid mix of online and on-campus courses.

Compared to similar public Research University (high research activity) - which average 16,875 - TSU's body is much smaller.

Explore complete student demographics below, including gender ratio, race and ethnicity, age distribution, and distance learning statistics.

Enrollment by Gender and Class Level

By gender, 3,088 male (35.48%) and 5,616 female (64.52%) students are attending Texas Southern University. The number of male students per 100 females students (male-to-female ratio) is 54.99.

By class level, 6,844 (78.63%) are undergraduate students and 1,860 (21.37%) are graduate students. Among undergraduates, 35.30% are male and 64.70% are female, while among graduate students, 36.13% are male and 63.87% are female.

• Enrollment Trends

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 148 White, 7,165 Black, and 107 Asian students out of a total of 8,704 are attending at Texas Southern University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

Texas Southern University is somewhat diverse with a diversity index of 31.3% measured by Census Bureau Diversity Index. The institution has limited racial and ethnic diversity in its student population.

• Total
• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Student Age Distribution

By age, TSU has 109 students under 18 years old and 16 students over 65 years old. There are 6,277 students under 25 years old, and 2,192 students over 25 years old out of 8,469 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 109 students are younger than 18 and 6 students are older than 65. TSU has 5,688 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 931 students aged 25 and over.

It has 589 graduate students aged under 25 and 1,261 students aged 25 and over.

*The age distribution is based on 2023-2024 enrollment data.

• Total
• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially those who want to continue education and work in the field. At Texas Southern University, 753 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 4,349 students are enrolled in some online courses.

663 students who live in Texas or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 90 students live in another State or outside of the United States.

• Online Population
• By Locality

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 6,844 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 448 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 6.55%.367 students have transferred in as full-time status and 81 students transferred in as part-time status.