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Student Enrollment

College Undergrad. Postbacc. Graduate Special Professional Total
Architecture 714 7 70 - 791
Business 4,125 236 1,284 - 5,645
Education 2,501 172 784 - 3,457
Engineering 1,746 96 723 - 2,565
HRM Δ 903 6 55 - 964
Law - - 121 929 1,050
CLASS † 7,139 281 999 - 8,419
NSM ≈ 3,327 176 803 - 4,306
Optometry - 1 29 397 427
Pharmacy 24 14 76 494 608
Social Work - 2 348 - 350
Technology 1,647 57 192 - 1,896
University Studies 5,476 150 - - 5,626
Total 27,602 1,198 5,484 1,820 36,104

Student Distribution by Ethnicity/Gender Percent of University Total Enrollment

  Female Male Total
Ethnicity Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
African American 2,952 16.1 1,933 10.9 4,885 13.5
Asian/Pacific Islander 3,560 19.4 3,596 20.3 7,156 19.8
Hispanic 3,833 20.9 3,343 18.9 7,176 19.9
International 1,232 6.7 1,737 9.8 2,969 8.2
Native American 59 0.3 58 0.3 117 0.3
White/Other 6,259 34.1 6,619 37.3 12,878 35.7
Unknown 476 2.6 447 2.5 923 2.6
Total 18,371 100.0 17,733 100.0 36,104 100.0

Student Distribution by Level, Full-Time/Part-Time Status and Mean Age

Class/Program Total Full-Time Part-Time Mean Age
Undergraduate
Freshmen 6,867 5,782 1,085 19.1
Sophomore 5,753 4,208 1,545 21.2
Junior 6,378 4,623 1,755 23.1
Senior 8,604 5,799 2,805 25.2
Subtotal 27,602 20,412 7,190 22.44
Postbaccalaureate
Subtotal 1,198 219 979 30.8
Graduate
Master's 3,983 2,312 1,671 29.2
Doctoral 1,501 998 503 32.6
Subtotal 5,484 3,310 2,174 30.1
Special Professional
Subtotal 1,820 1,610 210 26.1
Total 36,104 25,551 10,553 24.0

Student Residency

Residency Headcount Percent
Texas
Harris County 21,049 58.3
Adjacent Counties 6,985 19.3
Other Texas Counties 4,077 11.3
Subtotal Texas 32,111 88.9
Non-Resident
Out-of-State
 1,024 2.8
International
 2,969 8.2
Subtotal Non-Resident 3,993 11.1
Total 36,104 100.0

Top 10 Places of Student Origin

Texas County Total State Total Country Total
Harris 21,049 Louisiana 230 India 750
Fort Bend 4,142 California 85 China (PRC) 445
Brazoria 1,116 New York
 46 Vietnam 129
Galveston 824 Florida 45 Korea (South)
 121
Montgomery 718 Illinois 33 Nigeria
 103
Dallas 596 Ohio 29 Saudi Arabia
 78
Travis 347 Michigan 26 Mexico 71
Tarrant 328 Pennsylvania 26 Pakistan 70
Bexar 279 Arizona 23 Turkey 65
Houston
 234 Oklahoma 23 Canada 55

Degrees Awarded Fiscal Year 2008

College Bachelor's Master's Doctoral Special Professional Total
Architecture 133 22 - - 155
Business Admin. 1,055 483 9 - 1,547
Education 567 232 64 - 863
Engineering 240 145 51 - 436
HRM Δ 226 24 - - 250
CLASS † 1,697 203 60 - 1,960
Law - 51 - 301 352
NSM ≈ 405 127 71 - 603
Optometry - - 3 100 103
Pharmacy - 12 2 116 130
Social Work - 128 2 - 130
Technology 436 51 - - 487
Total 4,759 1,478 262 517 7,016

Degrees Awarded by Ethnicity and Gender
Fiscal Year 2008 Percent of Total Degrees
  Female Male Total
Ethnicity Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
African American 441 12 216 7 657 9
Asian/Pacific Islander 697 18 585 18 1,282 18
Hispanic 705 18 521 16 1,226 17
International 340 9 431 13 771 11
Native American 16 0 11 0 27 0
White/Other 1,553 41 1,354 42 2,907 41
Unknown 64 2 82 3 146 2
Total 3,816 100.0 3,200 100.0 7,016 100.0

Faculty Distribution

Ranked
Professor 413
Associate Professor 300
Assistant Professor 198
Subtotal 911
Non-Ranked
Other Faculty (Lecture, Visiting, Adjunct) 1,120
Student
Teaching Assistant 1,048
Total 3,079

Ranked Faculty by Ethnicity/Gender Percent of Total Ranked Faculty

  Female Male Total
Ethnicity Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
African American 9 4 16 2 25 3
Asian/Pacific Islander 35 14 87 13 122 13
Hispanic 22 9 38 6 60 7
International 18 7 28 4 46 5
Native American 0 0 2 0 2 0
White/Other 165 66 491 74 656 72
Total 249 100 662 100 911 100

2008 -  2009 Tuition and  Mandatory Fees

Tuition is calculated according to residence status and total semester hours. Tuition and mandatory student fees quoted below are subject to change by university or Legislative action. Fees quoted below are subject to change by university or legislative action. (Figures do not include parking, lab and other fees.)

Full-time Annual Tuition & Mandatory Fees: Undergraduate4 Graduate5
Texas Resident
 6,658 7,539
Non-Resident 13,402 12,597
Part-time Annual Tuition & Mandatory Fees: Undergraduate6 Graduate6
Texas Resident 3,640 5,233
Non-Resident 7,012 8,605

Notes

  • † CLASS The College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
  • Δ HRM Conrad N. Hilton College of Hotel and Restaurant Management
  • ≈ NSM The College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics
  • 1 PRIVATE AGENCIES consist of Private For-Profit agencies, Private Non-Profit agencies, and Foundations.
  • 2 OTHER consists of Local Government agencies and Non-State Universities.
  • 3Typically, UH receives $6 million to $8 million in private research grants that also are reflected in reports by the Division of Research.
  • 4 Based on 24 semester credit hours per academic year.
  • 5 Based on 18 semester credit hours per academic year.
  • 6 Based on 24 semester credit hours per academic year.
  • * Percentages are calculated as a percent of university totals and may not add up to 100 due to rounding.
Statistical data provided by the UH Office of Institutional Research. Sponsored Research data provided by the UH Research Information Center. Development funding data provided by the Office of University Advancement.