Texas Southern University (shortened to Texas Southern, or simply TSU) is a historically black university (HBCU) located in Houston, Texas, United States accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.
The University was established in 1927 as the Houston Colored Junior College, through its private college phase as Houston Colored College. On March 3, 1947, the state declared this to be the first state university in Houston and it was renamed Texas State University for Negroes. In 1951, the name changed to Texas Southern University.
Texas Southern is one of the largest and most comprehensive HBCUs in the nation and is one of only four independent public universities in Texas (those not affiliated with any of Texas' six public university systems). TSU is recognized as the leading producer of college degrees to African-Americans and Hispanics in Texas and is ranked fourth (4th) in the nation in African-American conferred doctoral and professional degrees . The University is a member-school of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund.
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