unitid 225511 · Houston, TX · public 4-year · city (large)
University of Houston
- enrollment 2023
- 52,007
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 4-years
The record
admission rate
74%
33rd pctl among public 4-years
undergraduates
38,380
98th pctl among public 4-years
Pell share
42%
undergrads on Pell grants
77th pctl among public 4-years
completion
65%
finish within 150% time
83rd pctl among public 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$26,185
71st pctl among public 4-years
avg net price / yr
$14,276
after aid, aided students
61st pctl among public 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$62,377
after entry, Title IV students
77th pctl among public 4-years
median grad debt
$18,194
39th 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 $10,929 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
- 0-30k36%
- 30-48k20%
- 48-75k18%
- 75-110k11%
- 110k+16%
- Median family income
- $33,198
- First-generation students
- 40%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $9,717
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 3.4× 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Psychology, General. | 693 | $52,111 | $20,500 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 531 | $74,757 | $18,125 |
| Finance and Financial Management Services. | 381 | $80,588 | $17,875 |
| Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness. | 368 | $57,412 | $22,298 |
| Computer and Information Sciences, General. | 350 | $105,956 | $18,751 |
| Biology, General. | 346 | $62,349 | $17,750 |
| Management Information Systems and Services. | 327 | $84,336 | $16,750 |
| Marketing. | 315 | $65,181 | $17,370 |
| Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General. | 285 | $54,841 | $21,000 |
| Law. | 271 | $123,404 | — |
| Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other. | 269 | $58,563 | $21,500 |
| Accounting and Related Services. | 239 | $71,752 | $14,874 |
— 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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Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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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.