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

577 Undergraduate Degrees
132 Graduate Degrees
$28,193 Avg Cost After Aid (Undergrad)
66% Acceptance Rate

Where Is University of Houston?

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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

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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?

66% Acceptance Rate
59% Of Accepted Are Women
52% Submit SAT Scores
With an acceptance rate of 66%, UH does not let just anybody through their doors! Make sure you spend enough time polishing up your application so you will make a great impression.

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.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for University of Houston  ( 580 to 660 )
200
800

SAT Math Scores for University of Houston  ( 580 to 670 )
200
800
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.

ACT English Scores for University of Houston  ( 22 to 30 )
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36
ACT Composite Scores for University of Houston  ( 23 to 29 )
1
36

Can I Afford University of Houston?

$28,193 Net Price
29% Take Out Loans
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

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. 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

27,648 Full-Time Undergraduates
53% Women
74% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 38,581 undergraduate students at UH, with 27,648 being full-time and 10,933 being part-time.

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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.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

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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

5,579 Took All Classes Online
32,822 Took At Least One Class Online
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.

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University of Houston Computer Science Concentrations

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

Major Bachelor’s Master’s Doctor’s TOTAL
General Computer & Information Sciences 318 52 15 385
Information Systems 190 0 0 190
Computer Graphics 69 0 0 69
Computer & IS Security 0 34 0 34
General Information Science 0 18 0 18
Information Technology Project Management 0 13 0 13
TOTAL 577 117 15 709

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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