Texas Southern University Outcomes: $55K Earnings (2026)

How much do Texas Southern University graduates earn?

The reported median is $55,112 four years after completion. The peer comparison uses $57,301 as its benchmark; the difference is -$2,189 per year.

Graduates of Texas Southern University earn about $11,945 more than expects for similar students. Azimuth places that earnings-beyond-expectations measure in the 86th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.

That measure is the gap between what graduates earn and what the model expects for similar students. Of that gap, the model attributes $1,198 to the factors it measures (field of study, enrollment and the local labor market), a share that adds to that gap.

It attributes $10,747 to a remainder it does not explain, which adds. Azimuth places the return in the 51st percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.

Median earnings four years after completion are $55,112, in the 33rd percentile. The peer median, the middle value for comparable institutions (same type and size), is $57,301, with the university $2,189 below it.

Higher-than-expected earnings and below-peer median earnings make the return picture mixed.

The program mix at Texas Southern University carries a broad modeled earnings range rather than a single outcome. The downside scenario is $44,066 and the upside scenario is $69,634, both four years after completion; the university has 17 programs with published earnings data.

Several higher-earning fields sit near the upper end: Civil Engineering shows median earnings of $71,595, Finance shows $70,201, and Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies shows $62,728, all four years after completion. Field choice matters within the modeled range.

An estimated 29.2% of graduates continue to graduate study, a figure estimated from the program mix rather than observed enrollment. Because four-year earnings cover completers who are working and not enrolled, those continuing their education are outside that earnings snapshot.

Median earnings · four years after completion: $55,112
Rank for difference from expectations: 86th percentile

Four-year median earnings against two benchmarks

Texas Southern University reported median: $55,112
Peer schools comparable schools · $2,189 above Texas Southern University: $57,301
Model expectation what similar students would be expected to earn · $11,945 below Texas Southern University: $43,167

School and program earnings use pooled 2017–18 and 2018–19 completion cohorts, measured in 2022 and 2023 and expressed in 2024 dollars. How the model works.

How could earnings differ from the median?

Earnings four years after completion

Planning rangeReported median

Lower estimate: $44,066
Median · reported: $55,112
Higher estimate: $69,634

Downside shows a lower-earning scenario based on the college’s mix of programs; upside shows a higher-earning scenario. Typical is the school’s reported median four years after completion. These are planning scenarios, not a forecast of your salary or percentiles of individual graduates.

Why the downside matters explores the risk hidden by medians, using older ten-year entrant data. Read about the move to four-year earnings.

Do Texas Southern University graduates earn more than expected?

Azimuth models what we would expect graduates to earn based on who the college enrolls, how selective it is and its local economy. The difference between that expectation and reported earnings is what Azimuth calls value added.

Texas Southern University graduates’ reported earnings are $11,945 above that expectation, the 86th percentile for this measure. Unlike a peer comparison, it adjusts for who enrolls.

The breakdown separates the contribution attributed to observed factors from the remaining difference. Neither component establishes how much attending Texas Southern University caused a student to earn. Read how expected earnings are estimated.

Which fields at Texas Southern University report the highest earnings?

Four-year earnings differ across Texas Southern University’s nationally ranked programs, making field a central part of the return picture. Health Sciences reports median earnings of $44,612 four years after completion and 38 degrees awarded; Azimuth ranks it #74 nationally within its field among nonprofit four-year institutions.

Radio, Television, and Digital Communication records $51,195 with 46 degrees awarded, and Azimuth ranks it #33 nationally within its field among nonprofit four-year institutions. Health and Medical Administrative Services records $48,426 and 53 degrees awarded, with an Azimuth rank of #73 nationally within its field among nonprofit four-year institutions.

The lower earnings in the first field and more moderate figures in the other fields show why the schoolwide median does not describe every program.

Texas Southern University has 14 bachelor’s programs with Azimuth national field ranks, and published earnings data cover 17 programs. The ranked fields show different combinations of award volume and earnings four years after completion.

Azimuth ranks Radio, Television, and Digital Communication #33 nationally within its field; it awarded 46 degrees and its completers earned $51,195 four years after completion. Health and Medical Administrative Services ranks #73 in its field, with 53 degrees awarded and $48,426 in earnings.

Health Sciences ranks #74 in its field, awarded 38 degrees, and shows $44,612 in earnings.

Further analysis

Field choice matters: earnings scenarios grounded in the program mix range from $44,066 in the downside scenario to $69,634 in the upside scenario, with $55,112 in the typical scenario. Civil Engineering is the highest-earning program at $71,595 four years after completion, while Liberal Arts and General Studies is the lowest-earning among the largest programs at $44,953. The spread shows substantial variation by field.

For federally aided completers who are working and not enrolled, Texas Southern University has median earnings of $55,112 four years after completion. Azimuth places those earnings in the 33rd percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.

The earnings cohort includes 911 completers. Earnings beyond expectations, the gap between what graduates earn and what the model expects for similar students, offers a separate model-based view.

Graduates earn about $11,945 more than the model expects for similar students. Azimuth places that measure in the 86th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.

A typical earnings scenario based on the program mix is $55,112. An estimated 29.2% of graduates continue to graduate study, a figure estimated from the program mix rather than observed enrollment.

These figures describe completers, with outcomes varying across fields and further-study plans.

Data & methodology

Sources and reporting periods: methodology.

Analysis and methodology by Daniel Rogers, founder of College Azimuth.

Explanatory text is AI-assisted drafting checked against those figures; it is not an additional data source.

Figure notes link to sources and limitations. About College Azimuth.