University of Houston

Carnegie Foundation Classification

Research Universities (high research activity)

General Characteristics

Highest offering	Doctoral degree
Calendar System	Semester
Years of college work required	N/A
Variable Tuition

Special Learning Opportunities

Distance Learning
ROTC — Army / Navy / Air Force	— / /
Study Abroad
Weekend College
Teacher Certification

University of Houston Academics

University of Houston is unique in its study options. Furthermore, when any student is looking for some counseling or other types of support, Adult (re-entering) student services, Campus Ministries/Chaplain, Career Counseling, Employment Service, Financial Aid Counseling, Freshman Orientation Program, Health Services, On-Campus Daycare, Personal Counseling, Placement Service, Veterans Counselor and Women’s Services can help. Specifically, the university has a Accelerated Program, Cross-Registration, Distance Learning, Double Major, Dual Enrollment of High School Students, ESL, Honors Program, Independent Study, Internships, ROTC, Air Force, ROTC, Army, ROTC, Navy, Semester At Sea, Study Abroad, Teacher Certification, Visiting/Exchange Student Program, Washington Semester and Weekend College. There’s never a reason to feel alone in your studies either, since there are academic support services like Learning Center, Reduced Course Load, Remedial Instruction, Study Skills Assistance, Tutoring and Writing Center. The university has disability services as well, so be sure to inquire about them if needed.

The following are the types of degrees and majors offered at University of Houston.

Foreign Language and Literature:

Classics, French, German, Italian, Latin, Spanish

Social Sciences:

Anthropology, Economics, Political Science/Government, Sociology, Urban Studies

Business, Management, & Marketing:

Accounting, Business Communications, Business Statistics, Business/Managerial Economics, Entrepreneurial Studies, Finance/Banking, Financial Services Marketing, Human Resources Management, Management Information Systems, Marketing Management, Merchandising, Operations Management, Organizational Behavior Studies, Personal/Financial Services Marketing, Sales and Distribution

Education:

Health Teacher Education, Physical Education, Trade/Industrial Education

Philosphy and Religion:

Philosophy

Health and Clinical Sciences:

Clinical Laboratory Science, Communication Disorders, Kinesiotherapy, Nuclear Medical Technology, Opticianry/Opthalmic Dispensing Services, Prepharmacy, Speech-Language Pathology/Audiology

Communications & Journalism:

Communications/Rhetoric, Journalism, Public Relations, Radio/Television

Parks, Recreation, and Fitness:

Exercise Sciences, Health/Physical Fitness, Sport/Fitness Administration

Popular majors:

thirty-four percent business per marketing, nine percent psychology, seven percent social sciences, six percent communication technologies, six percent communications per journalism, six percent engineering, six percent engineering technologies, five percent biology

Computer Science:

Computer Systems Analysis, Computer/Information Sciences – General, Information Sciences/Systems

Psychology:

Psychology – General

School of Visual and Performing Arts:

Art – General, Art History/Criticism/Conservation, Ceramics, Commercial/Advertising Art, Dance, Drama/Theater Arts, Fine/Studio Arts, Graphic Design, Industrial Design, Interior Design, Metal/Jewelry Arts, Music – General, Music – General Performance, Music Theory/Composition, Painting, Photography, Printmaking, Sculpture

Physical Sciences:

Chemistry, Geology, GeophysicsSeismology, Physics, Planetary Sciences

Biological and Biomedical Sciences:

Biochemistry, Biology, Biophysics

Mathematics:

Applied Mathematics, Mathematics – General

History:

History – General

English Language and Literature:

English, Speech/Rhetorical Studies

Besides, for international students, the application fee is 75. Are you an international student? The Fall application deadline for international students is the 1st of May. The cost per credit hour (overall) was $326 Cost & Savings Calculator Financial Aid International students eligible for need-based aid last fall.

University of Houston Admissions

This school requires an application fee consisting of fifty dollars regular application fee, seventy-five dollars out-of-state application fee, fifty dollars online application fee and point zero . Admission policy is currently Percent applicants admitted: 80% and Percent of students who return for sophomore year: 78%. Remember that this can change at any time. Transfer student are not ignored. Specifically, there were five thousand, four hundred and seventy-one total number of transfer students who applied and five thousand and eighty total number of transfer students who were admitted.

It is also very important to submit financial aid applications as quickly as possible, and make sure they are in by the 1st of April. the SAT subject section score is due the 1st of July. The regular application is due the 1st of April. SAT and ACT score reports are due the 1st of July and For all student applicants, the Fall application deadline is the 1st of May. Will you make it in time? Make sure to know when all the due dates and deadlines take place.

University of Houston Financial Aid

Financial aid forms are FAFSA. Similarly, need based financial aid distribution is determined through Academics, Leadership and State/District Residency. If you are not a need based student, non-need distribution for financial aid is determined by Academics, Alumni Affiliation, Art, Athletics, Job Skills, Leadership, Music/Drama, ROTC and State/District Residency. Financial aid for students is readily accessible at this school. Financial aid distribution is at forty-seven percent scholarships per grants and fifty-three percent loans per jobs.

University of Houston Students

The school’s size is approximately twenty-six thousand, nine hundred and fifty-nine degree-seeking undergrads, three thousand, four hundred and forty-five first-time degree-seeking freshmen and five thousand, two hundred and forty graduate enrollment. Additionally, the student body consists of ninety-eight percent in-state students, two percent out-of-state students, seven percent part-time students, fifty-two percent women, forty-eight percent men, less than one percent american indian per alaskan native, twenty-four percent asian per pacific islander, nineteen percent black per non-hispanic, twenty-two percent hispanic, thirty percent white per non-hispanic, four percent non-resident alien, less than one percent race per ethnicity unreported, twenty-one percent in top 10th of graduating class, fifty percent in top quarter of graduating class, eighty percent in top half of graduating class, twelve percent had h.s. gpa of 3.75 and higher, fourteen percent had h.s. gpa between 3.5 and 3.74, seventeen percent had h.s. gpa between 3.25 and 3.49, twenty-three percent had h.s. gpa between 3.0 and 3.24, twenty-eight percent had h.s. gpa between 2.5 and 2.99 and six percent had h.s. gpa between 2.0 and 2.49. The university is a Public, University, Four-year, Coed, where 80 percent of the applicants were admitted, Regionally accredited and College Board member. University of Houston offers Bachelor’s, Master’s, Doctoral and First Professional degrees. In addition, it is part of an Urban setting, Very large city (over 500,000) and Commuter campus.

This school features the Urban setting, Very large city (over 500,000) and Commuter campus. Additionally, the university has many unique facilites such as theater complex, observatory, opera house, coastal center, underground satellite center. Students should note the housing policies: twenty-five percent of first-year students live in college housing, seven percent of all undergraduates live in college housing, Coed Housing, Apartments For Married Students, Apartments For Single Students, Fraternity/Sorority Housing, Special Housing For Disabled Students, one-APR deadline for housing deposit, one hundred dollars amount of housing deposit, point zero , and First-time first-year students allowed to have car.

University of Houston Athletics

The following sports can be found here:

• Men’s NCAA Division I, Men’s Intercollegiate and Men’s Scholarship Baseball
• Men’s NCAA Division I, Women’s NCAA Division I, Men’s Intercollegiate, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural, Men’s Scholarship and Women’s Scholarship Basketball
• Men’s NCAA Division I, Women’s NCAA Division I, Men’s Intercollegiate, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural, Men’s Scholarship and Women’s Scholarship Cross_country
• Men’s NCAA Division IA, Men’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural and Men’s Scholarship Football
• Men’s NCAA Division I, Men’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural and Men’s Scholarship Golf
• Men’s Intramural and Women’s Intramural Racquetball
• Women’s NCAA Division I, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural, Men’s Club and Women’s Scholarship Soccer
• Women’s NCAA Division I, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural and Women’s Scholarship Softball
• Men’s Intramural and Women’s Intramural Table_tennis
• Men’s Intercollegiate, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural, Men’s Scholarship and Women’s Scholarship Track_and_field
• Men’s NCAA Division I and Women’s NCAA Division I Track_indoor
• Men’s NCAA Division I and Women’s NCAA Division I Track_outdoor
• Women’s NCAA Division I, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural and Women’s Scholarship Volleyball