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University of Houston

General Information

Name: University of Houston
Address: E. Cullen, Suite 212, Houston, TX 77204-2018
Phone:

  • General information: (713) 743-1000
  • Financial aid office: (713) 743-1010
  • Admissions office: (713) 743-1010

Website: www.uh.edu
Type of Institution: Public, 4-year or above
Religious affiliation: None

Estimated Student Expenses

Undergraduate academic year prices
Detailed expenses2006-072005-062004-05
Tuition and fees
        In-state$5,648$5,296$5,064
        Out-of-state$12,248$11,920$11,256
Books and supplies$1,050$1,050$1,050
Living arrangement
On-campus
        Room and board$6,418$6,058$6,030
        Other expenses$4,182$4,100$4,100
Off-campus
        Room and board$8,772$8,600$8,600
        Other expenses$5,354$5,250$5,250
Off-campus with family
        Other expenses$5,354$5,250$5,250

Total expenses   
In-state
        On-campus$17,298$16,504$16,244
        Off-campus$20,824$20,196$19,964
        Off-campus with family$12,052$11,596$11,364
Out-of-state
        On-campus$23,898$23,128$22,436
        Off-campus$27,424$26,820$26,156
        Off-campus with family$18,652$18,220$17,556

Financial Aid Recipients

    Percentage of Students Who Receive Aid:
  • Any form of aid: 75%
  • Federal grants: 34%
  • State/local grants: 20%
  • Institutional grants: 41%
  • Student loans: 38%
    Average Amount of Aid Received:
  • Federal grants:$3320
  • State/local grants:$3355
  • Institutional grants:$2204
  • Student loans:$4568

Admissions

Undergraduate application fee (2006-07):$50
Undergraduate Admissions
Fall 2006
TotalMenWomen
Number of applicants9,9354,5355,400
Percent admitted74.5%75.5%73.7%
Percent admitted who enrolled
Full-time41.1%42.4%39.9%
Part-time5.4%5.6%5.2%

Enrollment

Total enrollment: 35344
Undergraduate enrollment: 28187
First-time student retention: 77%
Overall graduation rate: 40%

Characteristics of undergraduate students

    • Attendance:
    • Full Time: 70%
    • Part Time: 30%
    • Gender:
    • Men: 48%
    • Women: 52%

White non-hispanic: 36%
Black non-hispanic: 16%
Hispanic: 21%
Asian/pacific islander: 20%
American indian/alaska native: 0%
Other: 7%

Degrees offered

    Architecture and Related Services
  • Architecture (BArch, BA/BS, MArch, MA/MS, PhD) - Bachelor, Master
  • Architecture and Related Services, Other - Master
  • Environmental Design/Architecture - Bachelor
  • Interior Architecture - Bachelor
    Area, Ethnic, Cultural, and Gender Studies
  • German Studies - Bachelor
  • Russian Studies - Bachelor
    Biological and Biomedical Sciences
  • Biochemistry - Bachelor, Master, Doctor
  • Biology/Biological Sciences, General - Bachelor, Master, Doctor
    Business, Management, Marketing, & Related Support Services
  • Accounting - Bachelor, Master, Doctor
  • Business Administration and Management, General - Master, Doctor
  • Business/Commerce, General - Doctor
  • Business/Corporate Communications - Bachelor
  • Finance, General - Bachelor, Master
  • Hotel/Motel Administration/Management - Bachelor, Master
  • Human Resources Development - Master
  • International Business/Trade/Commerce - Master
  • Logistics and Materials Management - Master
  • Management Information Systems, General - Bachelor, Master, Doctor
  • Marketing/Marketing Management, General - Bachelor, Master
  • Operations Management and Supervision - Bachelor, Master
  • Organizational Behavior Studies - Bachelor
  • Sales, Distribution, and Marketing Operations, General - Bachelor
    Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs
  • Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric - Bachelor
  • Journalism - Bachelor, Master
  • Public Relations/Image Management - Bachelor, Master
  • Radio and Television - Bachelor
    Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services
  • Computer and Information Sciences, General - Bachelor, Master, Doctor
  • Computer and Information Systems Security - Master
  • Information Science/Studies - Bachelor
    Education
  • Art Teacher Education - Master
  • Bilingual and Multilingual Education - Master
  • Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services - Master
  • Curriculum and Instruction - Master, Doctor
  • Early Childhood Education and Teaching - Master
  • Education/Teaching of the Gifted and Talented - Master
  • Educational Leadership and Administration, General - Master, Doctor
  • Educational/Instructional Media Design - Master
  • Elementary Education and Teaching - Master
  • Foreign Language Teacher Education - Master
  • Health Occupations Teacher Education - Master, Doctor
  • Health Teacher Education - Master
  • Higher Education/Higher Education Administration - Master
  • Mathematics Teacher Education - Master
  • Music Teacher Education - Master
  • Physical Education Teaching and Coaching - Master
  • Reading Teacher Education - Master
  • Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education - Master
  • Secondary Education and Teaching - Master
  • Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education - Doctor
  • Social Studies Teacher Education - Master
  • Special Education and Teaching, General - Master
    Engineering
  • Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering - Master
  • Biomedical/Medical Engineering - Bachelor, Master
  • Chemical Engineering - Bachelor, Master, Doctor
  • Civil Engineering, General - Bachelor, Master, Doctor
  • Computer Engineering, General - Bachelor
  • Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering - Bachelor, Master, Doctor
  • Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering - Master, Doctor
  • Industrial Engineering - Bachelor, Master, Doctor
  • Materials Engineering - Master
  • Mechanical Engineering - Bachelor, Master, Doctor
  • Petroleum Engineering - Master
  • Systems Engineering - Master
    Engineering Technologies/Technicians
  • Computer Engineering Technology/Technician - Bachelor, Master
  • Construction Engineering Technology/Technician - Bachelor
  • Electrical/Electronic/Communications Engr Technology/Technician - Bachelor
  • Industrial Technology/Technician - Bachelor
  • Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology/Technician - Bachelor
  • Surveying Technology/Surveying - Bachelor
    English Language and Literature/Letters
  • Creative Writing - Bachelor, Master, Doctor
  • English Language and Literature, General - Bachelor, Master, Doctor
  • Speech and Rhetorical Studies - Master
    Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences
  • Business Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences - Bachelor
  • Foods, Nutrition, and Wellness Studies, General - Bachelor
  • Human Development and Family Studies, General - Bachelor
    Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
  • Classics/Classical Languages, Lit & Linguistics, General - Bachelor
  • French Language and Literature - Bachelor
  • German Language and Literature - Bachelor
  • Italian Language and Literature - Bachelor
  • Linguistics - Bachelor, Master
  • Spanish Language and Literature - Bachelor, Master, Doctor
    Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences
  • Audiology/Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist - Bachelor, Master
  • Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General - Bachelor
  • Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry (MS, PhD) - Master, Doctor
  • Optometry (OD) - First Professional
  • Pharmaceutics and Drug Design (MS, PhD) - Doctor
  • Pharmacy (PharmD [USA], PharmD or BS/BPharm [Canada]) - First Professional
  • Pharmacy Administration/Policy/Regulatory Affairs (MS, PhD) - Master
    History
  • History, General - Bachelor, Master, Doctor
    Legal Professions and Studies
  • Banking, Corporate, Finance, and Securities Law (LLM, JSD/SJD) - Master
  • Energy, Environment, and Natural Resources Law (LLM, MS, JSD/SJD) - Master
  • Health Law (LLM, MJ, JSD/SJD) - Master
  • International Business, Trade, and Tax Law (LLM, JSD/SJD) - Master
  • Law (LL.B.,J.D.) - First Professional
  • Tax Law/Taxation (LLM, JSD/SJD) - Master
    Mathematics and Statistics
  • Applied Mathematics - Master
  • Mathematics, General - Bachelor, Master, Doctor
    Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies
  • Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other - Bachelor
    Parks, Recreation, Leisure and Fitness Studies
  • Health and Physical Education, General - Bachelor
  • Kinesiology and Exercise Science - Bachelor, Master, Doctor
  • Sport and Fitness Administration/Management - Bachelor
    Philosophy and Religious Studies
  • Philosophy - Bachelor, Master
    Physical Sciences
  • Chemistry, General - Bachelor, Master, Doctor
  • Geology/Earth Science, General - Bachelor, Master, Doctor
  • Geophysics and Seismology - Master, Doctor
  • Physics, General - Bachelor, Master, Doctor
    Psychology
  • Clinical Psychology - Doctor
  • Counseling Psychology - Doctor
  • Developmental and Child Psychology - Doctor
  • Educational Psychology - Master, Doctor
  • Industrial and Organizational Psychology - Doctor
  • Psychology, General - Bachelor, Master
  • Social Psychology - Doctor
    Public Administration and Social Service Professions
  • Public Administration - Master
  • Social Work - Master, Doctor
    Social Sciences
  • Anthropology - Bachelor, Master
  • Economics, General - Bachelor, Master, Doctor
  • Political Science and Government, General - Bachelor, Master, Doctor
  • Sociology - Bachelor, Master
    Visual and Performing Arts
  • Art History, Criticism and Conservation - Bachelor
  • Art/Art Studies, General - Bachelor
  • Conducting - Doctor
  • Dance, General - Bachelor
  • Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General - Bachelor, Master
  • Graphic Design - Bachelor, Master
  • Music History, Literature, and Theory - Master
  • Music Pedagogy - Master
  • Music Performance, General - Bachelor, Master, Doctor
  • Music Theory and Composition - Bachelor, Master
  • Music, General - Bachelor
  • Painting - Bachelor, Master
  • Photography - Bachelor, Master
  • Sculpture - Bachelor, Master


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