by our College Data Analytics Team
College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities in its annual rankings and ranks them in a variety of ways, including most diverse, best overall quality, best for non-traditional students, and much more.
University of Houston was awarded 126 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is psychology.
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UH landed the #369 spot in College Factual's 2025 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,152 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking. This puts it in the top 20% of all schools in the nation.
UH is also ranked #14 out of 115 schools in Texas.
If you're applying to University of Houston you'll face some tough competition, since the school's acceptance rate is only 66%. Definitely don't wait until the last minute to submit your application, since applying early may be in your favor.
About 52% of students accepted to UH submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 580 and 660. Math scores were between 580 and 670.
At University of Houston, the student to faculty ratio is 21 to 1. Compared to the national average of 15 to 1, this is somewhat high. This could mean that class sizes may be larger than they are at other colleges or universities or that professors may be required to teach more classes.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at University of Houston is 78%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 85% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like University of Houston enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.
The on-time graduation rate is the percent of first-time, full-time students who get their bachelor's degree with four years. At UH this rate is 36%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 33.3%.
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 39,165 undergraduates at UH with 28,966 being full-time and 10,199 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $11,008 | $11,546 | $12,246 | $19,252 | $22,517 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of UH, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At UH, approximately 35% of students took out student loans averaging $6,375 a year. That adds up to $25,500 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at UH is 1.0%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.
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Contact details for UH are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 4302 University Drive, Room 212, Houston, TX 77204-2018 |
| Phone: | 713-743-1000 |
| Website: | www.uh.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 713 | $49,192 |
| General Psychology | 619 | $32,653 |
| General Biology | 462 | $27,660 |
| Accounting | 426 | $48,942 |
| Health & Physical Education | 417 | $30,035 |
| Finance & Financial Management | 412 | $54,041 |
| Computer Information Systems | 385 | $72,381 |
| Marketing | 311 | $46,927 |
| Management Information Systems | 307 | $65,574 |
| Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies | 291 | $56,904 |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2022-2023, 32,822 students took at least one online class at University of Houston. This is an increase from the 32,345 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 32,822 | 5,579 |
| 2021-2022 | 32,345 | 6,224 |
| 2020-2021 | 45,197 | 39,797 |
| 2018-2019 | 18,259 | 1,646 |
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Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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