Student Population at University of Houston

2023 Student Population	Undergraduate	Graduate
46,700	37,943	8,757

For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 46,700 students have enrolled in University of Houston with 37,943 undergraduate and 8,757 graduate students.

By gender, 22,359 male and 24,341 female students are attending the school.

It has significantly more students compared to similar colleges (33,713 students in average - public Research University (very high research activity)).

5,579 students are enrolled exclusively, and 27,243 students are enrolled in some online courses.

You can check the student demographics by gender ratio, race/ethnicity, age distribution, and online enrollment.

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Student Population by Gender

University of Houston has a total of 46,700 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 37,943 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 8,757 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 22,359 male and 24,341 female students (the male-female ratio is 48:52) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	46,700	37,943	8,757
Men	22,359	18,290	4,069
Women	24,341	19,653	4,688

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 9,351 White, 5,080 Black, and 10,271 Asian students out of a total of 46,700 are attending at University of Houston. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the next chart (Academic year 2022-2023 data).

All Students

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Total)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	62	33	29
Asian	10,271	5,085	5,186
Black	5,080	2,029	3,051
Hispanic	15,524	6,941	8,583
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	37	21	16
White	9,351	4,681	4,670
Two or more races	1,338	617	721
Race Unknown	650	312	338

Undergraduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	42	24	18
Asian	9,090	4,634	4,456
Black	4,206	1,743	2,463
Hispanic	14,012	6,368	7,644
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	30	17	13
White	7,076	3,667	3,409
Two or more races	1,189	562	627
Race Unknown	514	245	269

Graduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	20	9	11
Asian	1,181	451	730
Black	874	286	588
Hispanic	1,512	573	939
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	7	4	3
White	2,275	1,014	1,261
Two or more races	149	55	94
Race Unknown	136	67	69

Student Age Distribution

There are 36,640 students under 25 years old, and 10,060 students over 25 years old out of 46,700 total students.

U of Houston has 33,326 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 4,617 students aged 25 and over.

It has 3,314 graduate students aged under 25 and 5,443 students aged 25 and over.

All Students

Student Age Distribution (Total)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	2,442	1,441	1,001
18-19	11,506	6,351	5,155
20-21	12,567	6,568	5,999
22-24	10,125	4,933	5,192
25-29	5,740	2,782	2,958
30-34	2,067	1,009	1,058
35-39	990	540	450
40-49	939	534	405
50-64	324	183	141

Undergraduate

Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	2,426	1,433	993
18-19	11,500	6,347	5,153
20-21	12,032	6,253	5,779
22-24	7,368	3,455	3,913
25-29	3,049	1,366	1,683
30-34	829	405	424
35-39	352	177	175
40-49	302	165	137
50-64	85	52	33

Graduate

Student Age Distribution (Graduate)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	16	8	8
18-19	6	4	2
20-21	535	315	220
22-24	2,757	1,478	1,279
25-29	2,691	1,416	1,275
30-34	1,238	604	634
35-39	638	363	275
40-49	637	369	268
50-64	239	131	108

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially who want to continue education and work in field. At University of Houston, 5,579 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 27,243 students are enrolled in some online courses.

5,363 students lived in Texas or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 216 students live in other State or outside of the United States.

Online Student Population
	All Students	Enrolled Exclusively Online Courses	Enrolled in Some Online Courses
All Students	46,700	5,579	27,243
Undergraduate	37,943	4,175	24,405
Graduate	8,757	1,404	2,838

Online Student Population by Locality
	Texas Residents	Other States in U.S.	Outside of U.S.
All Students	5,363	171	45
Undergraduate	4,105	62	8
Graduate	1,258	109	37

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 37,943 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 4,434 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 11.69%.2,800 students have transferred in as full-time status and 1,634 students transferred in as part-time status.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
	Number of Students
Regular Full-time	24,520
Transfer-in Full-time	2,800
Regular Part-time	8,989
Transfer-in Part-time	1,634

Student Population at University of Houston

Student Population by Gender

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

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Student Age Distribution

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Online Student Enrollment

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

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