Enrollment Trends at UHCL

The student population at University of Houston-Clear Lake is 8,562 (6,352 undergraduate and 2,210 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 398 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at UHCL is 74.19% which is increased by 1,499 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 1,101 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.72 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

1,403 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 67.42% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 8,788 where 8,562 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

74.19% of total students is undergraduate students and 25.81% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 1,499 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 1,101 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.72 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in UHCL than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at University of Houston-Clear Lake since 2013.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	8,164	4,853	1,578	3,275	3,311	1,340	1,971
2014-15	8,665 501	5,077 224	1,657 79	3,420 145	3,588 277	1,623 283	1,965 -6
2015-16	8,906 241	5,427 350	1,875 218	3,552 132	3,479 -109	1,607 -16	1,872 -93
2016-17	8,669 -237	5,570 143	1,988 113	3,582 30	3,099 -380	1,362 -245	1,737 -135
2017-18	8,542 -127	5,798 228	2,076 88	3,722 140	2,744 -355	1,100 -262	1,644 -93
2018-19	8,961 419	6,212 414	2,339 263	3,873 151	2,749 5	1,014 -86	1,735 91
2019-20	9,082 121	6,439 227	2,469 130	3,970 97	2,643 -106	969 -45	1,674 -61
2020-21	9,053 -29	6,582 143	2,420 -49	4,162 192	2,471 -172	878 -91	1,593 -81
2021-22	9,279 226	6,764 182	2,421 1	4,343 181	2,515 44	899 21	1,616 23
2022-23	8,562 -717	6,352 -412	2,351 -70	4,001 -342	2,210 -305	795 -104	1,415 -201
Average	8,788	5,907	2,117	3,790	2,881	1,159	1,722

University of Houston-Clear Lake Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 5,907 where 6,352 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at University of Houston-Clear Lake since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	4,853	2,130	739	1,391	2,723	839	1,884
2014-15	5,077	2,374	825	1,549	2,703	832	1,871
2015-16	5,427	2,628	956	1,672	2,799	919	1,880
2016-17	5,570	2,693	1,043	1,650	2,877	945	1,932
2017-18	5,798	2,946	1,081	1,865	2,852	995	1,857
2018-19	6,212	3,099	1,239	1,860	3,113	1,100	2,013
2019-20	6,439	3,358	1,323	2,035	3,081	1,146	1,935
2020-21	6,582	3,441	1,287	2,154	3,141	1,133	2,008
2021-22	6,764	3,363	1,213	2,150	3,401	1,208	2,193
2022-23	6,352	3,198	1,221	1,977	3,154	1,130	2,024
Average	5,907	5,907	1,093	1,830	5,907	1,025	1,960

University of Houston-Clear Lake Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 2,881 where 2,210 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at University of Houston-Clear Lake since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	3,311	1,581	720	861	1,730	620	1,110
2014-15	3,588	1,896	993	903	1,692	630	1,062
2015-16	3,479	1,936	1,001	935	1,543	606	937
2016-17	3,099	1,698	829	869	1,401	533	868
2017-18	2,744	1,183	508	675	1,561	592	969
2018-19	2,749	946	357	589	1,803	657	1,146
2019-20	2,643	848	313	535	1,795	656	1,139
2020-21	2,471	829	271	558	1,642	607	1,035
2021-22	2,515	946	349	597	1,569	550	1,019
2022-23	2,210	902	341	561	1,308	454	854
Average	2,881	2,881	568	708	2,881	591	1,014

University of Houston-Clear Lake Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 31.04% and the percentage of black students is 7.77% at University of Houston-Clear Lake. 7.51% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at University of Houston-Clear Lake over the past 11 years (2013-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2013-14	22	538	781	2,099	8	3,405	192
2014-15	20	522	786	2,291	8	3,333	206
2015-16	18	578	773	2,417	12	3,303	218
2016-17	17	564	688	2,566	10	3,211	207
2017-18	18	613	689	2,776	5	3,228	223
2018-19	22	685	825	3,132	4	3,398	252
2019-20	19	737	811	3,358	6	3,328	276
2020-21	10	767	782	3,592	5	3,162	301
2021-22	9	724	777	3,890	5	2,927	288
2022-23	10	643	665	3,609	5	2,658	263
Average	17	637	758	2,973	7	3,195	243

University of Houston-Clear Lake Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,403 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 16% of total students. The number of online students has increased 67.42% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at University of Houston-Clear Lake from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	8,665	838	2,701	5,126
2015-16	8,906	773	2,509	5,624
2016-17	8,669	732	2,369	5,568
2017-18	8,542	720	2,499	5,323
2018-19	8,961	1,170	2,265	5,526
2019-20	9,082	1,304	2,477	5,301
2020-21	9,053	5,241	3,269	543
2021-22	9,279	1,668	2,857	4,754
2022-23	8,562	1,403	2,866	4,293
Average	8,858	1,539	2,646	4,673

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