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Located in Houston, Texas, University of Houston is a public institution. The location of UH is great for students who prefer living in an urban area.

28,966 Full-Time Undergraduates
$8,685 Avg In-State Tuition

Where Is University of Houston?

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Contact details for UH are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 4302 University Drive, Room 212, Houston, TX 77204-2018
Phone: 713-743-1000
Website: www.uh.edu

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Can I Afford UH?

$8,685 In-State Tuition
35% Take Out Loans
In a recent term, part-time UH students paid $362 per credit hour if they lived in-state. Out-of-state students paid $882 per credit hour. The costs for full-time students are given in the table below.

In State Out of State
Tuition $8,685 $21,165
Fees $1,026 $1,026
Books and Supplies $1,556 $1,556
On Campus Room and Board $10,830 $10,830
On Campus Other Expenses $4,637 $4,637

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 35% of students took out student loans averaging $6,375 a year. That adds up to $25,500 over four years for those students.

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University of Houston Undergraduate Student Diversity

28,966 Full-Time Undergraduates
52% Women
73% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 39,165 undergraduate students at UH, with 28,966 being full-time and 10,199 being part-time.

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There are also 7,925 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 28,966 full-time undergraduates at UH, 48% are male and 52% 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 7,086
Black or African American 3,009
Hispanic or Latino 9,931
White 6,114
International Students 1,291
Other Races/Ethnicities 1,535

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 Trade School Concentrations

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

Major Bachelor’s TOTAL
General Health & Wellness 241 241
Construction Engineering Technology 191 191
Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology 68 68
Computer Engineering Technology 65 65
Electrical, Electronic & Communications Engineering Technology 36 36
TOTAL 601 601

University of Houston Trades

In a recent academic period, University of Houston awarded 1,562 undergraduate degrees. The table below shows the number of awards by award type for each trade program. Basic certificates are awards that are completed in less than a year, and undergraduate certificates are those awards that take between one and four years.

Major Basic Certificates Undergrad Certificates Associate’s Bachelor’s
Computer Engineering Technology 0 0 0 65
Construction Engineering Technology 0 0 0 191
Electronics Engineering Technology 0 0 0 36
Health Sciences & Services 0 0 0 241
Mechanical Engineering Technology 0 0 0 68
Total 0 0 0 1,562

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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