University of Houston Computer Science Programs

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

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	Required
High School Rank	Required
High School Transcript	Required
College Prep Program	Required
Recommendations	Recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	Considered but not required
TOEFL	Required

How Hard Is It To Get Into UH?

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 42% of accepted students are men and 58% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 64%, and the acceptance rate for women is 67%.

Average Test Scores

About 51% 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 570 and 660. Math scores were between 570 and 670.

UH received ACT scores from 12% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 22 and 29. Math scores were between 23 and 27. Composite scores were between 23 and 28.

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

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.

The student loan default rate at UH is 0.5%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

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 2020-2021, 32,345 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.

Online Growth Rankings of UH

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at University of Houston was 579.3%. This is the #104 largest growth rate of all schools that are mostly online. This refers to all students at UH regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.