University of Houston
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Details
- Name: University of Houston
- Location: Houston, TX 77204-2018
- Control: Public
- Accreditation: Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges
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Attendance
- Admissions Rate 69.53%
- Average SAT Scores 1229
- Four Year Completion Rate 44.55% Completion rates for full-time, first-time students within 4 years
- Six Year Completion Rate 64.92% Completion rates for full-time, first-time students within 6 years
- Eight Year Completion Rate 65.06% Completion rates for full-time, first-time students within 8 years. This is what is normally reported for college completion rates.
Average4 Year44.5%6 Year64.9%8 Year65.1% -
Costs
- Yearly Costs: $25,056 The average annual cost of attendance includes tuition and fees, books and supplies, and living expenses for all full-time, first-time, degree-certificate-seeking undergraduates
- Out of State Tuition: $22,191 Tuition and required fees for out-of-state students
- In State Tuition: $9,711 Tuition and required fees for in-state students
- Median Debt Total: $14,000 Median loan debt accumulated at the institution (the sum of all undergraduate federal loans over students’ college education at the institution for which the median debt is reported)
- Median Debt for Graduates: $18,194 Median loan debt accumulated for only graduates
- Median Debt for Withdrawals: $8,838 Median loan debt accumulated for only graduates
- Net Price Quintile 1 $10,327 Average net price derived from the full cost of attendance (including tuition and fees, books and supplies, and living expenses) minus federal, state, and institutional grant/scholarship aid, for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV-receiving students for students reporting a family income of $0-$30,000
- Net Price Quintile 2 $10,690 Average net price derived from the full cost of attendance (including tuition and fees, books and supplies, and living expenses) minus federal, state, and institutional grant/scholarship aid, for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV-receiving students for students reporting a family income of $30,001-$48,000
- Net Price Quintile 3 $12,613 Average net price derived from the full cost of attendance (including tuition and fees, books and supplies, and living expenses) minus federal, state, and institutional grant/scholarship aid, for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV-receiving students for students reporting a family income of $48,001-$75,000
- Net Price Quintile 4 $19,459 Average net price derived from the full cost of attendance (including tuition and fees, books and supplies, and living expenses) minus federal, state, and institutional grant/scholarship aid, for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV-receiving students for students reporting a family income of $75,001-$110,000
- Net Price Quintile 5 $22,969 Average net price derived from the full cost of attendance (including tuition and fees, books and supplies, and living expenses) minus federal, state, and institutional grant/scholarship aid, for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV-receiving students for students reporting a family income of $110,000+
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Earnings
- Median 6 Year Earnings $52,768 Median earnings measured 6 years after enrollment. Aggregate of all federally aided undergraduate students who enroll in an institution each year and who are employed but not enrolled. Earnings are defined as the sum of wages and deferred compensation from all non-duplicate W-2 forms received for each individual (from both full- and part-time employment), plus positive self-employment earnings from Schedule SE.
- Median 7 Year Earnings $51,697 Median earnings measured 7 years after enrollment. Aggregate of all federally aided undergraduate students who enroll in an institution each year and who are employed but not enrolled. Earnings are defined as the sum of wages and deferred compensation from all non-duplicate W-2 forms received for each individual (from both full- and part-time employment), plus positive self-employment earnings from Schedule SE.
- Median 8 Year Earnings $58,739 Median earnings measured 8 years after enrollment. Aggregate of all federally aided undergraduate students who enroll in an institution each year and who are employed but not enrolled. Earnings are defined as the sum of wages and deferred compensation from all non-duplicate W-2 forms received for each individual (from both full- and part-time employment), plus positive self-employment earnings from Schedule SE.
- Median 9 Year Earnings $55,640 Median earnings measured 9 years after enrollment. Aggregate of all federally aided undergraduate students who enroll in an institution each year and who are employed but not enrolled. Earnings are defined as the sum of wages and deferred compensation from all non-duplicate W-2 forms received for each individual (from both full- and part-time employment), plus positive self-employment earnings from Schedule SE.
- Median 10 Year Earnings $62,377 Median earnings measured 10 years after enrollment. Aggregate of all federally aided undergraduate students who enroll in an institution each year and who are employed but not enrolled. Earnings are defined as the sum of wages and deferred compensation from all non-duplicate W-2 forms received for each individual (from both full- and part-time employment), plus positive self-employment earnings from Schedule SE.
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What This College Costs By Family Income
Net price after grants and scholarships, by family income band.
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What Graduates Earn By Family Background
Median earnings by family income tercile, showing income mobility over time.
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| Name | Credential | Debt Mean | Debt Median | Earnings |
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| Architecture | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $47,319 |
| Interior Architecture | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Communication and Media Studies | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $37,185 |
| Environmental Design | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication | Bachelor's Degree | $20,493 | No data | $36,173 |
| Information Science/Studies | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $52,557 |
| Mechanical Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | $27,648 | No data | $68,022 |
| Area Studies | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Radio, Television, and Digital Communication | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $24,089 |
| Civil Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $65,253 |
| Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies/Technicians | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $61,329 |
| Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Foods, Nutrition, and Related Services | Bachelor's Degree | $17,194 | $11,772 | $23,158 |
| Health and Physical Education/Fitness | Bachelor's Degree | $25,581 | $16,306 | $29,345 |
| Religion/Religious Studies | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Natural Resources Conservation and Research | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $42,517 |
| Computer and Information Sciences, General | Bachelor's Degree | $32,407 | $20,966 | $63,082 |
| Computer Systems Analysis | Bachelor's Degree | $27,883 | $13,806 | $55,675 |
| Computer Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $74,393 |
| Industrial Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $72,713 |
| Computer Engineering Technologies/Technicians | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $41,917 |
| Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences Business Services | Bachelor's Degree | $30,140 | $19,100 | $34,981 |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $27,382 |
| Mathematics | Bachelor's Degree | $27,143 | No data | $41,468 |
| Philosophy | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $29,387 |
| Chemistry | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $42,259 |
| Economics | Bachelor's Degree | $21,136 | $15,830 | $42,417 |
| Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General | Bachelor's Degree | $31,117 | $26,018 | $30,274 |
| Journalism | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $30,425 |
| Computer Software and Media Applications | Bachelor's Degree | $30,500 | No data | $32,237 |
| Biomedical/Medical Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $75,967 |
| Petroleum Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | $34,248 | No data | $73,141 |
| Electrical Engineering Technologies/Technicians | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $55,682 |
| Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $30,401 |
| Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $23,621 |
| Biology, General | Bachelor's Degree | $27,492 | $18,217 | $25,573 |
| Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other | Bachelor's Degree | $30,759 | $21,066 | $49,029 |
| Physics | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Sociology | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $26,255 |
| Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $15,377 |
| Music | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $49,557 |
| Communication Disorders Sciences and Services | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $25,544 |
| Hospitality Administration/Management | Bachelor's Degree | $27,512 | $20,602 | $37,817 |
| Management Information Systems and Services | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $57,394 |
| General Sales, Merchandising and Related Marketing Operations | Bachelor's Degree | $22,966 | $16,786 | $47,903 |
| Chemical Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $77,026 |
| East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| American Sign Language | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services | Bachelor's Degree | $16,674 | $14,625 | $31,501 |
| Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $27,152 |
| Biotechnology | Bachelor's Degree | $11,973 | No data | $38,691 |
| Psychology, General | Bachelor's Degree | $31,719 | $20,963 | $31,245 |
| Design and Applied Arts | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $38,297 |
| Fine and Studio Arts | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $27,051 |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing | Bachelor's Degree | $29,166 | No data | $68,526 |
| Finance and Financial Management Services | Bachelor's Degree | $20,365 | $11,731 | $45,390 |
| Human Resources Management and Services | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $40,455 |
| Marketing | Bachelor's Degree | $28,816 | $22,527 | $46,988 |
| Construction Engineering Technologies | Bachelor's Degree | $13,492 | No data | $66,571 |
| English Language and Literature, General | Bachelor's Degree | $16,928 | No data | $36,587 |
| Applied Mathematics | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $30,343 |
| Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $38,637 |
| Anthropology | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $24,527 |
| Political Science and Government | Bachelor's Degree | $28,848 | $25,348 | $31,388 |
| Dance | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Film/Video and Photographic Arts | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $59,493 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations | Bachelor's Degree | $26,211 | $21,154 | $49,877 |
| Business/Corporate Communications | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $39,832 |
| History | Bachelor's Degree | $28,432 | $11,738 | $30,223 |
| Accounting and Related Services | Bachelor's Degree | $17,266 | $11,231 | $47,454 |