Texas Southern University is harder to get into (97% vs open admission admitted), but students with aid paid less there on average (in-state): $12,603 vs $16,494 a year.
Highlighted = the better number: lower price or debt, higher rate or pay.
Sticker price per year (in-state at public colleges)
$20,530
$26,907
Average paid after grants (in-state at public colleges)
$12,603
$16,494
Average paid from out of state, estimated
$12,603
$28,794
What in-state families with aid paid, by income
Measure
Texas College
Texas Southern University
Under $30,000
$11,705
$16,282
$30,000–$48,000
$12,780
$25,862
$48,000–$75,000
$15,069
$25,460
$75,000–$110,000
$16,617
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After you start
Measure
Texas College
Texas Southern University
Undergrads
614
6,844
Graduate within 6 years
11%
20%
Come back for year two
34%
66%
Median earnings 10 years after starting
$36,030
$46,064
Median debt at graduation
$26,500
$26,864
Highlighted only when the gap is at least 5%. "Average paid" is what students who got federal aid paid per year after grants, not a price quote; at public colleges the income rows are in-state students. The out-of-state estimate adds a public college's extra out-of-state tuition to its in-state average; out-of-state students usually get less aid, so many pay more. How we get our numbers