Bachelor's · Houston, Texas
Is Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities at Texas Southern University worth it?
Medium confidence Medium confidence: 40–99 graduates behind the earnings figures.
The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans
Pays back slowly: graduates typically recover the cost in about 9 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $45,028
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $48,285
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $27,750
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $76k (likely $70k – $99k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $11k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in TX
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 9 years (likely 6.3–13.7)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$148k (likely −$226k – −$83k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$24k (likely −$122k – $99k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 24%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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- Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration (First professional)$141,000
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$76,981
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Bachelor's)$74,170
- Civil Engineering (Bachelor's)$71,595
- Finance and Financial Management Services (Bachelor's)$70,201
- Criminal Justice and Corrections (Master's)$67,066
- Law (First professional)$66,184
- Public Administration (Master's)$64,662
- Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other (Bachelor's)$62,728
- Communication and Media Studies (Master's)$62,147
- Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's)$59,386
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness (Bachelor's)$56,482
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities at other schools in Texas
- The University of Texas at Austin$73,089
- Southern Methodist University$63,405
- University of the Incarnate Word$62,084
- University of St Thomas$61,219
- University of Houston$58,450
- Texas Tech University$58,375
- The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley$58,060
- University of North Texas$55,562
- The University of Texas at Arlington$54,975
- Texas State University$54,099