Business & management

Economics

Texas Southern University · Houston, TX

Medium evidenceMatched peers12 institutions · related subjectsSee the evidence

The degree in numbers

Cost & earnings.

Annual tuition$21,773Institution-level tuition; programme fees may differ · before aid
Grouped debt estimate$25,550Related subjects at 12 matched peer institutions · bachelor's

Earnings context

One career stage.
A clearer comparison.

USD · Bachelor's · 2 years after completion
Same source release. National references exclude this degree.

Selected degree estimate$35,960
Same subject · national$46,087
Business & management · national$42,682

Behind the number

Your comparison group.

Medium evidence

Related subjects at 12 matched peer institutions · bachelor's

Grouped estimate. Middle half of comparison values: $32,666–$44,496.

Historical earnings archive. College Scorecard legacy FOS archive (file dated 2022-01-19; cohorts vary). Do not interpret this as today's graduate salary. Further study and career changes are not modelled by this early-career figure.

Bachelor's outcomes · 2 years after completion
Institution & subjectReported earnings
Colorado State University GlobalAccounting and Related Services, Business Administration, Management and Operations, Human Resources Management and Services, International Business, Management Information Systems and Services, Marketing$56,150
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State AbingtonAccounting and Related Services, Agricultural Business and Management, Applied Horticulture and Horticultural Business Services, Business Administration, Management and Operations, Business/Commerce, General, Business/Corporate Communications, Economics, Finance and Financial Management Services, Hospitality Administration/Management, Human Resources Management and Services, International Business, Management Information Systems and Services, Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods, Marketing, Parks, Recreation and Leisure Facilities Management · shared campus reporting$51,607
Tennessee State UniversityAccounting and Related Services, Business Administration, Management and Operations, Business/Managerial Economics, Family and Consumer Economics and Related Studies$35,251
Georgia Gwinnett CollegeBusiness/Commerce, General$39,549
University of Puerto Rico-BayamonAccounting and Related Services, Business Administration, Management and Operations, Business Operations Support and Assistant Services, Finance and Financial Management Services$13,887
Jackson State UniversityAccounting and Related Services, Business Administration, Management and Operations$28,287
Texas A & M University-Corpus ChristiAccounting and Related Services, Business Administration, Management and Operations, Economics, Finance and Financial Management Services, Marketing$35,213
University of Houston-DowntownAccounting and Related Services, Business Administration, Management and Operations, Business/Commerce, General, Finance and Financial Management Services, International Business, Management Information Systems and Services, Marketing$46,589
Alabama State UniversityBusiness Administration, Management and Operations, Marketing$32,668
University of Maryland Eastern ShoreAccounting and Related Services, Business Administration, Management and Operations, Hospitality Administration/Management$32,658
Purdue University Fort WayneBusiness Administration, Management and Operations, Business/Commerce, General, Hospitality Administration/Management$36,668
CUNY Medgar Evers CollegeAccounting and Related Services, Business Administration, Management and Operations, Business/Commerce, General$43,798
How matching & uncertainty work

We first look for the same subject code (or exact subject name), qualification, country, currency, source release and earnings horizon. Peer institutions are matched using admissions selectivity, completion rates, undergraduate size and institution type, with a small preference for the same region. These are institutional proxies, not a ranking of programme quality.

If subject-matched peers are sparse, we try related subjects at closely matched universities, related degrees at this university, then an explicitly labelled national reference. We never multiply a salary by a university prestige score.

Peer and national estimates give each reporting institution one vote, after taking the median of its related programmes. Shared branch-campus outcomes count once. The middle-half range describes variation between reporting institutions. It is not an individual salary range or a statistical confidence interval.

Evidence labels describe match quality and coverage, not validated prediction accuracy. Admissions and size are undergraduate institutional measures, so graduate-degree comparisons are especially approximate.

Historical cohort outcomes are not promised salaries or a causal effect of attending this programme. College Scorecard earnings cover eligible federal-aid recipients, not every graduate or international student. Source definitions ↗