University of Houston - Clear Lake — All Rankings Are Wrong

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Basic Information

Type Public

Geographical Reach Regional

Location Houston, TX

Population 5,500,000

Website https://www.uhcl.edu/

Weather

Comfortable Days 75 (8% 🥵) muggy

Sunshine Hours 2,578 (48%)

Days Without Precipitation 260 (78%)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 3,624

Men / Women 39% / 61%

From State 99%

From Region 0%

Racial/Ethnic

Hispanic 48%

White 30%

Asian 8%

Black 8%

Mixed 3%

International 1%

Native American 0%

Men in the Entering Class

Men

Entering Class by Race & Ethnicity

Native Asian Black Hispanic White International

Share of the full-time first-time degree-seeking cohort. Groups IPEDS reports separately — two or more races, and race unknown — are left out, so the lines don't sum to 100%.

Enrolled Undergraduates by Race & Ethnicity

Native Asian Black Hispanic White International

Share of all full-time degree-seeking undergraduates, not just the entering class. Same excluded groups as above.

IPEDS Admissions (2011–2024), Graduation Rates (2011–2024) and 12-month Enrollment (2020–2025) surveys. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Schools & Majors

⇅	Degrees	Male/Female	Intl	Earnings	ROI	Employment
College of Business	337	40% / 60%	1%	$71,051	83	91%
Accounting	79 —	37% / 63%	1%	$70,805	83	89%
Business Administration	87 —	36% / 64%	0%	$87,067	94	90%
Business Administration, Management and Operations	11 —	55% / 45%	0%	$64,447	76	92%
Finance	37 —	68% / 32%	3%	$65,802	77	92%
Management	83 —	34% / 66%	0%	$64,447	76	92%
Management Information Systems	— —	—	—	$81,582	91	—
Marketing	40 —	40% / 60%	2%	$57,082	63	91%

⇅	Trends	Degrees	Male/Female	Intl	Earnings	ROI	Employment
College of Education		121	4% / 96%	0%	$59,588	68	96%
Education		121 —	4% / 96%	0%	$59,588	68	96%

⇅	Degrees	Male/Female	Intl	Earnings	ROI	Employment
College of Human Sciences and Humanities	637	23% / 77%	0%	$54,558	57	91%
Game and Interactive Media Design	5 —	80% / 20%	0%	—	—	—
Anthropology	20 —	20% / 80%	0%	$48,872	41	—
Behavioral Sciences	41 —	41% / 59%	2%	$51,176	48	95%
Child Development	— —	—	—	$51,449	49	—
Child Development	4 —	0% / 100%	0%	$51,574	49	—
Communication Studies	43 —	30% / 70%	0%	$56,982	62	88%
English	29 —	7% / 93%	0%	$57,882	64	96%
Geography	3 —	100% / 0%	0%	$55,636	59	—
History	38 —	63% / 37%	0%	$52,770	52	90%
Humanities	13 —	46% / 54%	0%	$52,027	51	—
Interdisciplinary Studies	147 —	9% / 91%	0%	$59,064	67	92%
Psychology	138 —	17% / 83%	1%	$52,662	52	88%
Public Administration	12 —	25% / 75%	0%	$56,681	62	—
Social Work	19 —	5% / 95%	0%	$49,971	45	97%
Sociology	11 —	18% / 82%	0%	$49,539	43	—
Studio Art	53 —	25% / 75%	0%	$50,191	45	92%
Criminology	47 —	26% / 74%	0%	$55,535	59	93%
Paralegal Studies	14 —	29% / 71%	0%	$59,080	67	89%

⇅	Degrees	Male/Female	Intl	Earnings	ROI	Employment
College of Science and Engineering	453	46% / 54%	3%	$68,288	80	91%
Computer Engineering	16 —	88% / 12%	6%	$91,495	96	100%
Mechanical Engineering	37 —	92% / 8%	3%	$91,867	96	—
Computer Information Systems	14 —	93% / 7%	0%	$57,891	64	89%
Computer Science	65 —	78% / 22%	6%	$76,775	88	90%
Information Science	28 —	46% / 54%	0%	$62,023	72	—
Information Technology	18 —	89% / 11%	0%	$57,891	64	89%
Chemistry	8 —	25% / 75%	0%	$61,794	72	—
Mathematics	23 —	39% / 61%	4%	$60,875	70	100%
Physics	6 —	67% / 33%	0%	$66,267	78	—
Biology	78 —	21% / 79%	1%	$56,173	61	88%
Environmental Science	13 —	8% / 92%	0%	$68,563	81	90%
Environmental Health	2 —	100% / 0%	0%	—	—	—
Exercise Science	41 —	24% / 76%	0%	—	—	—
Exercise and Health Sciences	32 —	41% / 59%	0%	$54,670	57	90%
Nursing	15 —	20% / 80%	33%	$103,799	98	100%
Occupational Safety and Health	2 —	50% / 50%	0%	$55,661	60	—
Healthcare Administration	55 —	13% / 87%	2%	$64,967	76	92%

Financial

In-State Tuition & Fees $8,163

Out-of-State Tuition & Fees $22,462

Est. In-State Cost $10,560

Est. Out-of-State Cost $29,057

ROI Percentile 73th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 74%

4-Year Graduation Rate 34%

6-Year Graduation Rate 52%

Transfer-Out Rate 24%

Six-Year Graduation Rate

Graduated

Students finishing within 150% of normal time. Each year labels the cohort that entered six years earlier — 2024 tracks the class that started in 2018.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Gender

Men Women

IPEDS reports the cohort as men and women only.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Race & Ethnicity

Asian Black Hispanic White

Each group's completers over its own share of the entering cohort. Groups making up less than 2% of everyone this college graduated over the period are left off — their rates swing on a handful of students and read as noise.

IPEDS Graduation Rates survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

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
Humanities & Social Sciences	33.5%	518	22% / 78%	1%	$54,795	58	91%
Business & Economics	25.3%	392	36% / 64%	1%	$70,198	82	91%
Computer Science	8.4%	130	75% / 25%	3%	$68,636	81	90%
Education	7.8%	121	4% / 96%	0%	$59,588	68	96%
Health Sciences	5.9%	92	32% / 68%	5%	$69,750	82	93%
Life & Natural Sciences	5.0%	78	21% / 79%	1%	$56,173	61	88%
Professional	3.9%	61	26% / 74%	0%	$56,349	61	92%
Arts	3.4%	53	25% / 75%	0%	$50,191	45	92%
Engineering	3.4%	53	91% / 9%	4%	$91,755	96	100%
Physical Sciences & Math	2.4%	37	41% / 59%	3%	$61,948	72	100%
Agriculture & Food Science	0.8%	13	8% / 92%	0%	$68,563	81	90%

Research

⇅	Research $	Rank	Federal	Industry $	PhDs	Rank	PhD students	Postdocs
Physical Sciences & Math	$1.0M	#361	65%	$0.0M	—	—	—	—
Life & Natural Sciences	$0.5M	#400	96%	$0.0M	—	—	—	—
Engineering	$0.4M	#325	64%	$0.2M	—	—	—	—
Health Sciences	$0.3M	#331	0%	$0.3M	—	—	—	—
Education	$0.1M	#365	98%	$0	29	#145	—	—
Humanities & Social Sciences	$0.1M	#482	74%	$0	5	#275	—	—
Computer Science	$0.0M	#487	100%	$0	—	—	—	—
Business & Economics	$0.0M	#436	0%	$0	—	—	—	—
Agriculture & Food Science	$0	#318	—	$0	—	—	—	—
Total	$2.5M	#470	66%	$0.5M	34	#311	—	—

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 No

Acceptance Rate 72%

Yield (Unbound) 17%

Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

	In-State	Out-of-State	International
Regular Decision	72%	72%	72%

Acceptance & Yield

Acceptance Yield

Applicants, Admitted & Enrolled

Applicants Admitted Enrolled

IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Standardized Tests

Test Policy optional

Submitted Test Scores 75%

SAT Range 970 – 1150

SAT Math Range 480 – 570

SAT RW Range 490 – 580

SAT Composite

25th 75th

SAT Math

25th 75th

SAT Reading & Writing

25th 75th

Submitting a Test Score

Submitted

IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line. Test-score submission adds SAT and ACT submitters, capped at 100% — a student can send both.

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Basic Information

Weather

Demographics

Racial/Ethnic

Men in the Entering Class

Entering Class by Race & Ethnicity

Enrolled Undergraduates by Race & Ethnicity

Schools & Majors

Financial

Retention & Graduation

Six-Year Graduation Rate

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Gender

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Race & Ethnicity

Earnings by Major Category

Academics

Research

Admissions

Acceptance Rates

Acceptance & Yield

Applicants, Admitted & Enrolled

Standardized Tests

Published SAT Distribution

SAT Composite

SAT Math

SAT Reading & Writing

Submitting a Test Score