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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.

27,648 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: 212 E. Cullen Building, Houston, TX 77204-2018
Phone: 713-743-1000
Website: www.uh.edu

Can I Afford UH?

$8,685 In-State Tuition
29% Take Out Loans
0.5% Loan Default Rate
For the <nil> academic year, part-time UH students paid $362 per credit hour if they lived in-state. Out-of-state students paid $870 per credit hour. The costs for full-time students are given in the table below.

In State Out of State
Tuition $8,685 $20,877
Fees $1,014 $1,014
Books and Supplies $1,434 $1,434
On Campus Room and Board $10,418 $10,418
On Campus Other Expenses $4,250 $4,250

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

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

6,224 Took All Classes Online
32,345 Took At Least One Class Online
579.3% Avg Growth Over 4 Years
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.

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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 #108 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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