How many students at TSU? For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 8,632 students have enrolled in Texas Southern University with 6,830 undergraduate and 1,802 graduate students.

By gender, 2,979 male and 5,653 female students are attending the school.

It has much fewer students compared to similar colleges (16,325 students in average - public Research University (high research activity)).

678 students are enrolled exclusively, and 5,246 students are enrolled in some online courses.

You can check the student demographics by gender ratio, race/ethnicity, age distribution, and online enrollment.


Student Population by Gender

Texas Southern University has a total of 8,632 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 6,830 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 1,802 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 2,979 male and 5,653 female students (the male-female ratio is 35:65) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
TotalUndergraduateGraduate
Total8,6326,8301,802
Men2,9792,383596
Women5,6534,4471,206
Texas Southern University 2023 Student Population by Gender and Race chartTexas Southern University 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chartTexas Southern University 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chart

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 143 White, 6,943 Black, and 157 Asian students out of a total of 8,632 are attending at Texas Southern University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in chart below (academic year 2022-2023 data).

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Total)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American14311
Asian1576592
Black6,9432,2914,652
Hispanic819330489
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders817
White1437964
Two or more races30288214
Race Unknown441430
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American927
Asian582533
Black5,7711,9543,817
Hispanic551225326
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders716
White483018
Two or more races23567168
Race Unknown381226
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American514
Asian994059
Black1,172337835
Hispanic268105163
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders101
White954946
Two or more races672146
Race Unknown624
Texas Southern University 2023 Student Population by Gender and Race chartTexas Southern University 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chartTexas Southern University 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chart

Student Age Distribution

By age, TSU has 137 students under 18 years old and 17 students over 65 years old. There are 6,441 students under 25 years old, and 2,191 students over 25 years old out of 8,632 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 137 students are younger than 18 and 3 students are older than 65. TSU has 5,857 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 973 students aged 25 and over.

It has 584 graduate students aged under 25 and 1,218 students aged 25 and over.

Student Age Distribution (Total)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 1813711126
18-193,0672,0421,025
20-211,465991474
22-241,7721,119653
25-291,059650409
30-34474293181
35-3924417074
40-4925016981
50-641479948
Over 651798
Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 1813711126
18-193,0672,0421,025
20-211,412944468
22-241,241743498
25-29507303204
30-3421212587
35-391037924
40-49966333
50-64523517
Over 65321
Student Age Distribution (Graduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
20-2153476
22-24531376155
25-29552347205
30-3426216894
35-391419150
40-4915410648
50-64956431
Over 651477
Texas Southern University 2023 Student Population by Age chartTexas Southern University 2023 Student Population Age Diversity Pie chartTexas Southern University 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Age chartTexas Southern University 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment Age Diversity Pie chartTexas Southern University 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Age chartTexas Southern University 2023 Graduate Enrollment Age Diversity Pie chart

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially who want to continue education and work in field. At Texas Southern University, 678 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 5,246 students are enrolled in some online courses.

593 students lived in Texas or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 85 students live in other State or outside of the United States.

Online Student Population
All StudentsEnrolled Exclusively Online CoursesEnrolled in Some Online Courses
All Students8,6326785,246
Undergraduate6,8304214,864
Graduate1,802257382
Online Student Population by Locality
Texas ResidentsOther States in U.S.Outside of U.S.
All Students5937015
Undergraduate386305
Graduate2074010
Texas Southern University 2023 Online Student Population chart

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 6,830 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 464 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 6.79%.363 students have transferred in as full-time status and 101 students transferred in as part-time status.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
Number of Students
Regular Full-time5,321
Transfer-in Full-time363
Regular Part-time1,045
Transfer-in Part-time101

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