Enrollment Trends at U of Houston

The student population at University of Houston is 46,700 (37,943 undergraduate and 8,757 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 7,160 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at U of Houston is 81.25% which is increased by 6,237 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 923 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.09 to 1 which means that the numbers of female and male students are similar.

5,579 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 390.25% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 44,559 where 46,700 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

81.25% of total students is undergraduate students and 18.75% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 6,237 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 923 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.09 to 1 and it means that there are similar numbers of female and male students enrolled in U of Houston.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	39,540	31,706	15,954	15,752	7,834	3,900	3,934
2014-15	40,914 1,374	33,037 1,331	16,747 793	16,290 538	7,877 43	3,983 83	3,894 -40
2015-16	42,704 1,790	34,830 1,793	17,766 1,019	17,064 774	7,874 -3	3,929 -54	3,945 51
2016-17	43,774 1,070	35,995 1,165	18,409 643	17,586 522	7,779 -95	3,842 -87	3,937 -8
2017-18	45,364 1,590	37,215 1,220	18,755 346	18,460 874	8,149 370	4,001 159	4,148 211
2018-19	46,324 960	38,348 1,133	19,207 452	19,141 681	7,976 -173	3,751 -250	4,225 77
2019-20	46,148 -176	38,597 249	19,237 30	19,360 219	7,551 -425	3,446 -305	4,105 -120
2020-21	47,090 942	39,165 568	19,308 71	19,857 497	7,925 374	3,556 110	4,369 264
2021-22	47,031 -59	38,581 -584	18,823 -485	19,758 -99	8,450 525	3,823 267	4,627 258
2022-23	46,700 -331	37,943 -638	18,290 -533	19,653 -105	8,757 307	4,069 246	4,688 61
Average	44,559	36,542	18,250	18,292	8,017	3,830	4,187

University of Houston Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 36,542 where 37,943 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 since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	31,706	22,829	11,297	11,532	8,877	4,657	4,220
2014-15	33,037	23,974	11,963	12,011	9,063	4,784	4,279
2015-16	34,830	24,912	12,465	12,447	9,918	5,301	4,617
2016-17	35,995	25,818	12,939	12,879	10,177	5,470	4,707
2017-18	37,215	27,159	13,538	13,621	10,056	5,217	4,839
2018-19	38,348	28,029	13,908	14,121	10,319	5,299	5,020
2019-20	38,597	28,368	13,882	14,486	10,229	5,355	4,874
2020-21	39,165	28,966	13,968	14,998	10,199	5,340	4,859
2021-22	38,581	27,648	13,109	14,539	10,933	5,714	5,219
2022-23	37,943	27,320	12,716	14,604	10,623	5,574	5,049
Average	36,542	36,542	12,979	13,524	36,542	5,271	4,768

University of Houston Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 8,017 where 8,757 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 since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	7,834	5,657	2,701	2,956	2,177	1,199	978
2014-15	7,877	5,769	2,808	2,961	2,108	1,175	933
2015-16	7,874	5,869	2,876	2,993	2,005	1,053	952
2016-17	7,779	5,775	2,806	2,969	2,004	1,036	968
2017-18	8,149	5,964	2,929	3,035	2,185	1,072	1,113
2018-19	7,976	5,579	2,605	2,974	2,397	1,146	1,251
2019-20	7,551	5,310	2,409	2,901	2,241	1,037	1,204
2020-21	7,925	5,388	2,461	2,927	2,537	1,095	1,442
2021-22	8,450	5,720	2,640	3,080	2,730	1,183	1,547
2022-23	8,757	6,085	2,871	3,214	2,672	1,198	1,474
Average	8,017	8,017	2,711	3,001	8,017	1,119	1,186

University of Houston Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 20.02% and the percentage of black students is 10.88% at University of Houston. 21.99% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at University of Houston 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	62	7,655	4,232	10,188	90	12,140	1,106
2014-15	47	8,118	4,173	10,994	97	11,855	1,218
2015-16	69	8,718	4,271	11,743	84	11,791	1,286
2016-17	61	8,995	4,241	12,760	81	11,730	1,319
2017-18	71	9,340	4,401	13,873	75	11,629	1,348
2018-19	69	9,612	4,511	14,725	54	11,417	1,400
2019-20	67	9,742	4,562	14,963	36	10,924	1,366
2020-21	59	10,129	4,811	15,639	26	10,831	1,410
2021-22	58	10,348	5,034	15,654	29	10,182	1,407
2022-23	62	10,271	5,080	15,524	37	9,351	1,338
Average	63	9,293	4,532	13,606	61	11,185	1,320

University of Houston Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

5,579 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 12% of total students. The number of online students has increased 390.25% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at University of Houston from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	40,914	1,138	11,137	28,639
2015-16	42,704	1,181	11,780	29,743
2016-17	43,774	1,281	13,386	29,107
2017-18	45,364	1,539	15,019	28,806
2018-19	46,324	1,646	16,613	28,065
2019-20	46,148	1,666	18,170	26,312
2020-21	47,090	39,797	5,400	1,893
2021-22	47,031	6,224	26,121	14,686
2022-23	46,700	5,579	27,243	13,878
Average	45,117	6,672	16,097	22,348

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