unitid 225414 · Houston, TX · public 4-year · city (midsize)
University of Houston-Clear Lake
- enrollment 2023
- 10,463
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 4-years
The record
admission rate
91%
71st pctl among public 4-years
undergraduates
6,078
58th pctl among public 4-years
Pell share
45%
undergrads on Pell grants
82nd pctl among public 4-years
completion
52%
finish within 150% time
62nd pctl among public 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$24,622
62nd pctl among public 4-years
avg net price / yr
$15,563
after aid, aided students
69th pctl among public 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$59,004
after entry, Title IV students
72nd pctl among public 4-years
median grad debt
$17,831
38th pctl among public 4-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $7,330 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of public 4-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k38%
- 30-48k19%
- 48-75k18%
- 75-110k11%
- 110k+14%
- Median family income
- $25,351
- First-generation students
- 48%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $7,770
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 3.3× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other. | 282 | $57,855 | $20,904 |
| Psychology, General. | 132 | $51,609 | $21,952 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 123 | $104,040 | — |
| Computer Science. | 117 | — | — |
| Biology, General. | 95 | $55,177 | $19,953 |
| Accounting and Related Services. | 87 | $69,429 | $19,375 |
| Health and Medical Administrative Services. | 78 | $95,231 | — |
| Computer Engineering. | 72 | — | — |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 70 | $63,195 | $18,750 |
| Business/Commerce, General. | 68 | $85,375 | $23,766 |
| Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness. | 63 | $53,687 | $18,750 |
| Computer Science. | 59 | — | $22,288 |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
Price per year
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- net
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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built 2026-07-17
Provenance
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.