Houston, TX · Public · Every figure is for a student starting in fall 2027. We work each one out again whenever we update the site.
How to pay for Texas Southern University
What a year costs here, what brings it down, and what a SmartTuition plan could save a family like yours.
Paying for four years here
The government gives no price after grants here for this income range.
A SmartTuition plan shows what to pay from where, each semester, using your own numbers.
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A family of four with good credit and $500 a month for college. How we worked these out ↓
A year at Texas Southern University
| Full price, in state | $25,892 |
| Full price, out of state | $38,134 |
| After grants, at your income | not reported |
What can bring it down
Merit scholarships. In state: The Tiger Promise covers tuition and mandatory fees through gift aid for eligible Texas students, for up to four years for a freshman and two for a transfer student. The page does not say what makes a student eligible (and 1 more below).
Pay less for college
A SmartTuition plan shows what to pay from where, each semester.
At Texas Southern University, our scenarios for Texas households with good parent credit show a SmartTuition plan saving a median of about $9,900 over four years. How we worked this out ↓
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What Texas Southern University says it awards for grades and test scores.
In state: the Tiger Promise covers tuition and mandatory fees through gift aid for eligible Texas students, for up to four years for a freshman and two for a transfer student. The page does not say what makes a student eligible.
General University Scholarships pay up to $1,000 to $14,000 by GPA, class rank and test score. They are not guaranteed and depend on funds, and the aid office may reduce other aid when one is awarded.
How we worked these out
The family
A family of four with good parent credit and $500 a month to put toward college, and the savings you pick. In state, the grants are what Texas Southern University reports families at that income got, on average. Your own will differ, and a family with no aid pays close to the full price. Out of state, there are no grants: the price is before any scholarship from the college.
What a SmartTuition plan saves
The difference, over four years, between a SmartTuition plan and the standard approach: savings first, then loans for the rest. It counts loan interest and the federal tax credit.
The $9,900 in the “Pay less for college” box near the top of this page is the median saving in Texas Southern University's own scenarios. Each scenario is a household that lives in Texas, with an income from $45,000 to $200,000 and savings of none, $40,000 or $100,000 in a 529. We price Texas Southern University at the aid it reports for that income.
Every scenario has parents with good credit and $500 a month toward college. The card above uses the same two. A scenario where the parents would borrow more than $65,000 is left out.
The prices by income
- They describe students who got aid.
- “Over $110,000” has no upper limit, so it averages families just over $110,000 with far wealthier ones. A family at $115,000 should expect to pay less than it shows.
- Each range is reported on its own, so the prices do not always rise with income.
Where the prices come from
Where the prices come from: Texas Southern University's own 2027-28 tuition, fees, housing, food and books, from its website. The grants are the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard (2025-26 figures), carried forward to 2027 at 3.0% a year. Each price after grants is the cost less those grants. The out-of-state figure uses the published out-of-state tuition instead. The average price after grants counts the students who get federal aid. Your own figure will be different.
SmartTuition.ai is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Texas Southern University. Aid policies change; check current terms with the college's aid office.
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