University of Houston Overview

University of Houston is a public institution located in Houston, Texas. Houston is a great location for students who prefer city over country life.

What Is University of Houston Known For?

• The doctor's degree is the highest award offered at UH.
• For the 2021-2022 academic year, 78% of the faculty were full-time.
• Students who graduate from UH with a bachelor's degree make about $59,580 a year. That's 46% more than those who graduate from other schools.

Where Is University of Houston?

Contact details for UH are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	212 E. Cullen Building, Houston, TX 77204-2018
Phone:	713-743-1000
Website:	www.uh.edu

How Do I Get Into UH?

You can apply to UH online at: uh.edu/undergraduate-admissions/apply/index

Admission Requirements for UH

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	1
High School Rank	1
High School Transcript	1
College Prep Program	1
Recommendations	5
SAT or ACT Scores	5
TOEFL	1

How Hard Is It To Get Into UH?

The acceptance rate at UH is 66%, which is a sign that the school is fairly selective. While it may not be as hard to get into as other colleges, you should not take admission for granted.

Approximately 41% of accepted students are men and 59% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 64%, and the acceptance rate for women is 68%.

Average Test Scores

About 52% of students accepted to UH submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 580 and 660. Math scores were between 580 and 670.

UH received ACT scores from 9% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 22 and 30. Math scores were between 22 and 0. Composite scores were between 23 and 29.

Can I Afford University of Houston?

The overall average net price of UH is $28,193. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At UH, approximately 29% of students took out student loans averaging $6,184 a year. That adds up to $24,736 over four years for those students.

University of Houston Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 38,581 undergraduate students at UH, with 27,648 being full-time and 10,933 being part-time.

There are also 8,450 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 27,648 full-time undergraduates at UH, 47% are male and 53% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of University of Houston students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	6,986
Black or African American	3,097
Hispanic or Latino	9,496
White	5,566
International Students	1,174
Other Races/Ethnicities	1,329

Geographic Diversity

Texas students aren't the only ones who study at University of Houston. At this time, 36 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 137 countries are represented at UH. The most popular countries sending students to the school are India, China, and Vietnam.

Online Learning at University of Houston

In 2022-2023, 32,822 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at UH has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 77th most popular in Texas for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2022-2023.

University of Houston Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
Business Administration & Management	543	162	8	713
General Psychology	605	14	0	619
General Biology	388	65	9	462
Accounting	269	157	0	426
Health & Physical Education	404	10	3	417
Finance & Financial Management	412	0	0	412
Computer Information Systems	318	52	15	385
Marketing	274	37	0	311
Management Information Systems	307	0	0	307
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies	291	0	0	291
Hospitality Management	216	49	4	269
Mechanical Engineering	211	34	12	257
Social Work	0	244	4	248
Health Sciences & Services	241	0	0	241
Economics	181	54	3	238
Public Relations & Advertising	208	17	0	225
Law	0	0	222	222
Construction Engineering Technology	191	20	0	211
Political Science & Government	187	3	8	198
Computer Systems Analysis	190	0	0	190
Food, Nutrition & Related Services	149	13	0	162
Human Resource Management	106	40	0	146
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences	0	7	134	141
Electrical Engineering	84	29	22	135
General Sales & Marketing	131	0	0	131
General English Literature	106	5	10	121
Educational Administration	0	52	62	114
Mathematics	93	10	9	112
Chemical Engineering	74	14	23	111
Communication Sciences	77	32	0	109
Nursing	96	11	0	107
Fine & Studio Arts	84	18	0	102
Music	77	18	7	102
Radio, Television & Digital Communication	101	0	0	101
Human Development & Family Studies	99	0	0	99
General Architecture	95	0	0	95
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology	88	0	7	95
History	87	3	5	95
Civil Engineering	73	17	3	93
Optometry	0	0	92	92
Curriculum & Instruction	0	73	16	89
Biomedical Engineering	50	24	12	86
Biotechnology	82	0	0	82
Geological & Earth Sciences	27	28	17	72
Computer Software & Applications	69	0	0	69
Chemistry	31	6	32	69
Mechanical Engineering Technology	68	0	0	68
Applied Mathematics	11	57	0	68
Sociology	62	6	0	68
Human Sciences Business Services	54	12	0	66
Computer Engineering Technology	65	0	0	65
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	0	61	0	61
Journalism	59	0	0	59
Industrial Engineering	24	30	3	57
Student Counseling	0	55	0	55
Design & Applied Arts	51	2	0	53
Petroleum Engineering	27	15	8	50
Liberal Arts General Studies	48	0	0	48
Information Technology	0	47	0	47
Drama & Theater Arts	25	22	0	47
Communication & Media Studies	35	8	0	43
Physics	24	5	8	37
Electronics Engineering Technology	36	0	0	36
Statistics	0	36	0	36
Anthropology	28	8	0	36
Romance Languages	25	0	10	35
Philosophy	28	7	0	35
Computer Engineering	30	0	0	30
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	0	0	27	27
Entrepreneurial Studies	21	0	0	21
Legal Research	0	21	0	21
Materials Engineering	0	6	14	20
Public Policy	0	19	0	19
Information Science	0	18	0	18
Film, Video & Photographic Arts	18	0	0	18
Natural Resources Conservation	17	0	0	17
Architectural Sciences & Technology	0	15	0	15
Special Education	0	15	0	15
Business/Corporate Communications	14	0	0	14
Writing Studies	0	6	8	14
Arts & Media Management	0	14	0	14
General Engineering Technology	0	13	0	13
Linguistics & Comparative Literature	8	4	0	12
Engineering-Related Fields	0	9	0	9
Allied Health Professions	0	9	0	9
Environmental Engineering	0	5	3	8
Systems Engineering	0	8	0	8
American Sign Language	8	0	0	8
Religious Studies	8	0	0	8
Environmental Design	7	0	0	7
Physiology & Pathology Sciences	0	3	4	7
Ethnic Studies	7	0	0	7
Dance	7	0	0	7
Area Studies	6	0	0	6
Bioethics/Medical Ethics	0	6	0	6
Child Development & Psychology	0	0	6	6
Public Administration	0	6	0	6
Surveying Engineering	0	1	4	5
Interior Architecture	4	0	0	4
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	0	4	0	4
Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology	0	0	4	4
General Engineering	0	2	0	2
Architectural History	0	1	0	1
General Business/Commerce	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	8,140	1,874	838	10,852

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
• Image Credit: By RJN2 under License

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