Psychology at Texas Southern University

What traits are you looking for in a psychology school? To help you decide if Texas Southern University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's psychology program.

TSU is located in Houston, Texas and approximately 7,015 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 49 students received a bachelor's degree in psychology from TSU.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Psychology section at the bottom of this page.

TSU Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology
• Master’s Degree in Psychology

TSU Psychology Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks psychology programs across the country. The following shows how TSU performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The psychology major at TSU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Psychology. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Psychology Master’s Degree Schools	663
Most Popular Psychology Master’s Degree Schools	677
Most Popular Psychology Schools	831
Most Focused Psychology Schools	1,237

In 2021, 2 students received their master’s degree in psychology from TSU. This makes it the #678 most popular school for psychology master’s degree candidates in the country.

Psychology Student Demographics at TSU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the psychology majors at Texas Southern University.

TSU Psychology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 49 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in psychology from TSU in 2021, 16% were men and 84% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 53% more racial-ethnic minorities in its psychology bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Texas Southern University with a bachelor's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	44
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	1
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

TSU Psychology Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 2 students earned a master's degree in psychology from TSU. About 100% of these graduates were women and the other 0% were men.

In the psychology master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 100% of degree recipients. That is 55% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Texas Southern University with a master's in psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

TSU also has a doctoral program available in psychology. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Psychology

The following psychology concentations are available at Texas Southern University. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Texas Southern University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Psychology	51

Related Majors

• History
• Family, Consumer & Human Sciences
• Social Sciences
• Education
• Communication & Journalism

Careers That Psychology Grads May Go Into

A degree in psychology can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for TX, the home state for Texas Southern University.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Managers	20,710	$122,130
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	6,680	$73,650
Psychology Professors	3,080	$78,270
Psychologists	740	$90,780

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By WhisperToMe under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.