Basic Information

Type Public
Geographical Reach Regional
Location Houston, TX
Population 5,500,000
Map of the United States

Weather

Comfortable Days 75 (8% 🥵) muggy
Sunshine Hours 2,578 (48%)
Days Without Precipitation 260 (78%)

Honors College

Name The Honors College
Students 2,000 (6%)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 31,297
Men / Women 46% / 54%
From State 93%
From Region 0%
Athletes 2.0%

Racial/Ethnic

Hispanic 37%
Asian 24%
White 17%
Black 13%
International 4%
Mixed 3%
Native American 0%

Schools & Majors

Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
C.T. Bauer College of Business 2,352 52% / 48% 4% $76,954 87 93%
Accounting 352 +17 46% / 54% 5% $73,057 84 95%
Business Analytics 158 75% / 25% 5% $80,756 90
Business Communications $65,315 76 90%
Entrepreneurship 44 +27 55% / 45% 5% $77,881 88 94%
Finance 427 +43 62% / 38% 4% $82,053 91 90%
Human Resource Development 80 39% / 61% 1% $64,452 75 96%
Management 255 +49 45% / 55% 4% $76,116 87 94%
Management Information Systems 413 +21 60% / 40% 3% $85,870 93 94%
Marketing 348 +73 36% / 64% 3% $66,366 77 90%
Organizational Leadership 55 58% / 42% 2% $76,116 87 94%
Professional Selling $75,832 87 93%
Supply Chain Management 220 +13 49% / 51% 3% $76,116 87 94%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Architecture and Design 132 41% / 59% 3% $68,105 80 95%
Environmental Design 4 50% / 50% 0% $57,481 62
Architecture 112 46% / 54% 4% $68,835 80 95%
Interior Architecture 16 6% / 94% 0% $65,657 77
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Education 344 55% / 45% 1% $58,464 64 93%
Kinesiology 273 50% / 50% 0% $58,464 64 93%
Sport Management 71 72% / 28% 3% $58,464 64 93%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences 3,093 28% / 72% 2% $58,371 64 91%
Biochemistry 73 37% / 63% 7% $61,069 69 92%
Biology 371 +1 41% / 59% 3% $63,332 73 93%
Biomedical Sciences 11 36% / 64% 0% $63,332 73 93%
Biotechnology 68 +1 35% / 65% 4% $82,316 91 85%
Environmental Science 18 22% / 78% 0% $54,769 56 89%
Human Nutrition 113 17% / 83% 4% $56,183 59 89%
American Sign Language 7 14% / 86% 0% $58,629 65
Communication Sciences and Disorders 83 2% / 98% 1% $57,940 63 94%
Health and Wellness 311 +2 21% / 79% 1% $55,904 59 90%
Consumer Science 64 36% / 64% 5% $58,836 65 91%
Economics 150 +3 63% / 37% 9% $75,761 86 88%
African American Studies 3 33% / 67% 0% $54,205 55
Anthropology 34 +1 18% / 82% 0% $56,278 60 90%
Chinese Studies 5 0% / 100% 0% $53,951 54
English 117 +2 26% / 74% 2% $51,960 49 90%
Ethnic Studies 2 +1 0% / 100% 0% $53,162 52
Foreign Languages 6 +1 0% / 100% 0% $57,060 61
French 2 0% / 100% 0% $57,649 63 93%
Hispanic Studies $54,725 56
History 74 +3 58% / 42% 0% $55,914 59 94%
Human Development and Family Studies 97 +2 8% / 92% 3% $48,850 40 93%
Interdisciplinary Studies 170 48% / 52% 3% $57,952 63
Interdisciplinary Studies 209 13% / 87% 0% $59,800 67 94%
Liberal Studies 29 24% / 76% 0% $52,917 51 92%
Philosophy 21 +1 48% / 52% 5% $55,313 57 90%
Political Science 197 +9 38% / 62% 1% $62,958 73 91%
Psychology 783 +8 20% / 80% 2% $53,049 52 90%
Public Policy Analysis 13 +2 23% / 77% 0% $63,827 74
Religion/Religious Studies 6 33% / 67% 0% $53,945 54
Sociology 46 +4 13% / 87% 0% $57,491 62 99%
Spanish 10 +1 0% / 100% 0% $57,649 63 93%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics 1,007 71% / 29% 6% $91,931 96 93%
Computer Graphics 122 52% / 48% 2% $56,315 60 91%
Computer Information Systems 234 75% / 25% 5% $88,802 94 94%
Computer Science 508 +4 78% / 22% 9% $107,712 99 94%
Chemistry 24 58% / 42% 0% $75,865 87 93%
Geophysics 3 67% / 33% 0% $72,429 84 90%
Geosciences 21 38% / 62% 5% $72,429 84 90%
Mathematical Biology 8 25% / 75% 0% $88,382 94
Mathematics 77 +3 58% / 42% 4% $66,021 77 90%
Physics 10 80% / 20% 0% $85,783 93 89%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Nursing 67 22% / 78% 4% $92,255 96 97%
Nursing 67 22% / 78% 4% $92,255 96 97%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Conrad N. Hilton College of Global Hospitality Leadership 170 35% / 65% 4% $52,822 51 94%
Hospitality Management 170 35% / 65% 4% $52,822 51 94%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Cullen College of Engineering 944 78% / 22% 14% $96,404 97 97%
Biomedical Engineering 42 45% / 55% 7% $81,607 91 89%
Chemical Engineering 74 59% / 41% 8% $100,804 98 97%
Civil Engineering 91 68% / 32% 30% $92,831 96 95%
Computer Engineering 52 81% / 19% 6% $106,970 99 97%
Electrical Engineering 121 84% / 16% 36% $108,891 99 97%
Industrial Engineering 32 47% / 53% 16% $102,297 98 92%
Mechanical Engineering 200 86% / 14% 17% $97,947 97 98%
Petroleum Engineering 11 64% / 36% 0% $90,197 95 98%
Systems Engineering 4 50% / 50% 0%
Computer Software Engineering 8 88% / 12% 0%
Computer Engineering Technology 45 89% / 11% 4% $72,977 84 98%
Construction Engineering Technology 179 84% / 16% 3% $96,416 97 98%
Electrical Engineering Technology 19 95% / 5% 0% $93,843 96 100%
Mechanical Engineering Technology 66 88% / 12% 5% $84,775 92 98%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Jack J. Valenti School of Communication 383 37% / 63% 2% $54,449 55 93%
Advertising $58,715 65 95%
Advertising and Public Relations 159 29% / 71% 3% $58,715 65 95%
Communication $61,176 70 94%
Communication 42 38% / 62% 0% $61,176 70 94%
Health Communication 10 50% / 50% 0% $58,715 65 95%
Journalism 63 30% / 70% 3% $50,302 44 94%
Mass Communication $61,176 70 94%
Public Relations 1 0% / 100% 0% $58,715 65 95%
Radio, Television, and Film 108 50% / 50% 2% $47,540 36 88%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Kathrine G. McGovern College of the Arts 232 29% / 71% 1% $50,692 45 93%
Art 62 16% / 84% 5% $44,829 27 90%
Art History 5 0% / 100% 0% $44,829 27 90%
Dance 4 0% / 100% 0% $42,384 21
Graphic Design 25 24% / 76% 0% $65,209 76 97%
Industrial Design 18 56% / 44% 0% $65,209 76 97%
Music 35 +1 54% / 46% 0% $59,562 67 100%
Music Performance 12 +3 50% / 50% 0% $59,562 67 100%
Painting 22 14% / 86% 0% $44,829 27 90%
Photography 19 26% / 74% 0% $37,098 11 91%
Sculpture 11 9% / 91% 0% $44,829 27 90%
Theatre 19 37% / 63% 0% $42,100 20 84%

Financial

In-State Tuition & Fees $11,127
Out-of-State Tuition & Fees $27,585
Est. In-State Cost $14,394
Est. Out-of-State Cost $35,684
ROI Percentile 83th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 87%
4-Year Graduation Rate 43%
6-Year Graduation Rate 65%
Transfer-Out Rate 6%

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Academics

% Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Business & Economics 34.0% 2,966 51% / 49% 4% $73,699 85 93%
Humanities & Social Sciences 22.3% 1,944 25% / 75% 1% $55,473 58 91%
Computer Science 10.0% 872 74% / 26% 7% $95,333 97 94%
Health Sciences 8.5% 741 30% / 70% 1% $60,388 68 92%
Engineering 7.2% 627 74% / 26% 19% $99,403 98 96%
Life & Natural Sciences 6.0% 523 40% / 60% 4% $65,484 76 92%
Arts 5.4% 468 37% / 63% 2% $54,818 56 92%
Professional 3.5% 309 86% / 14% 3% $90,358 95 98%
Physical Sciences & Math 1.6% 143 55% / 45% 3% $71,382 83 91%
Agriculture & Food Science 1.5% 131 18% / 82% 3% $55,989 59 89%

Research R1

Research $ Rank Federal Industry $ PhDs Rank PhD students Postdocs
Engineering $74.7M #67 43% $4.8M 82 #46 612 58
Physical Sciences & Math $43.2M #81 45% $1.3M 75 #38 426 82
Humanities & Social Sciences $36.8M #58 44% $3.2M 78 #62 258 10
Health Sciences $33.5M #88 52% $0.6M 21 #88 115 11
Life & Natural Sciences $15.1M #137 66% $0.1M 27 #88 145 42
Education $8.4M #60 36% $0 58 #42
Computer Science $8.2M #101 46% $0.1M 16 #63 82 9
Business & Economics $3.5M #127 10% $0 17 #73 44
Agriculture & Food Science $0.7M #171 81% $0
Total $224M #117 46% $10.1M 374 #59 1,682 212

Expenditure and funding source: NSF HERD, FY2024. Degrees: IPEDS completions, 2023–24. Students and postdocs: NSF Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates, fall 2024, which covers science, engineering and selected health fields only. An em dash means the source does not report the figure, which is not the same as zero.

Admissions

Uses Common App Yes
Acceptance Rate 76%
Yield (Unbound) 25%
Early Action Nov 1
Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 78% 62% 85%

Early Action and Restrictive Early Action applicants are reported at the regular-decision rate.

Standardized Tests

Test Policy optional
Submitted Test Scores 62%
SAT Range 1140 – 1310
SAT Math Range 560 – 660
SAT RW Range 570 – 660