by our College Data Analytics TeamEach year, College Factual releases its Best Quality Schools ranking to identify graduate schools that offer a great educational experience and provide excellent student outcomes. Factors that go into these rankings include how much money students make after graduation, the number of FTE students per instructor, and how much debt students take on to attend the school.
Out of the 1149 colleges and universities analyzed in College Factual's 2024 Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S. ranking, University of Houston took the #204 spot.
For the Best Master's Degree Schools in Texas, UH came in at #9.
There were 676 college and universities analyzed in the 2024 Best Doctorate Schools in the United States ranking, and UH took the #144 spot on the list.
In addition, UH took the #7 spot for Best Doctorate Degree Schools in Texas.
The total graduate student population at UH is made up of 55.1% women and 44.9% men. Note that these percentages may differ for certain degree programs.
Of all the graduate students at UH, around 44.0% belong to a racial-ethnic minority group. UH is popular with people from outside the United States, too. International students make up 22.4% of the graduate student population. The chart below shows the breakdown of graduate student demographics at the school. You can click on it for a more detailed view.
The average graduate full-time tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $8,713 | $17,857 |
| Fees | $1,014 | $1,014 |
Master's degree recipients from UH earn an average salary of $56,200 during the early years of their career. When comparing to other master's degree holders, that's on the low side. It's about 4% lower than the national average of $58,425.
The average starting salary for graduate students who earn their doctorate degree at UH is $80,900. That's good news for those graduates since it is 7% higher than the national average of $75,260.
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Contact details for UH are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 212 E. Cullen Building, Houston, TX 77204-2018 |
| Phone: | 713-743-1000 |
| Website: | www.uh.edu/ |
| Facebook: | http://www.facebook.com/universityofhouston |
| Twitter: | http://twitter.com/UHouston |
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 48.9% of the graduate students at UH took at least one online course. For that same period, 17.7% of grad students took all of their classes online.
The only degree programs listed here are those in which master’s degrees were awarded in 2020-2021.
Just like the master’s degree programs, only programs that had doctorate degrees awarded in 2020-2021 are shown here.
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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