Facts and Figures

Student Enrollment - 2011

CollegeUndergrad.Postbacc.GraduateSpecial ProfessionalTotal
Architecture 651 8 91 - 750
Business 4,435 326 1,539 - 6,300
Education 1,743 61 776 - 2,580
Engineering 2,397 174 708 - 3,279
HRM Δ 1,010 13 101 - 1,124
Law - - 105 809 914
CLASS † 9,808 301 1,203 - 11,312
NSM ≈ 4,531 329 1,034 - 5,894
Optometry -
31 403 434
Pharmacy 1 10 77 453 541
Social Work - - 382 - 382
Technology 2,761 59 344 - 3,164
University Scholars 3,115 31 - - 3,146
Total 30,452 1,312 6,391 1,665 39,820

HRM - Conrad N. Hilton College of Hotel and Restaurant Management
CLASS - The College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
NSM - The College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics

Student Distribution by Ethnicity/Gender Percent of University Total Enrollment - 2011

  FemaleMaleTotal
EthnicityNumberPercentNumberPercentNumberPercent
African American 2,835 14.3 2,001 10.1 4,836 12.1
Asian American 3,737 18.8 3,928 19.7 7,665 19.3
Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 60 0.3 52 0.3 1120 0.3
Hispanic 4,919 24.8 4,449 22.3 9,368 23.5
International 1,490 7.5 1,857 9.4 3,365 8.5
Multiracial 498 2.5 396 2.0 894 2.2
Native American 43 0.2 55 0.3 98 0.3
Unknown 143 0.7 143 0.7 286 0.7
White/Other 6,116 30.8 7,080 35.4 13,196 33.1
Total 19,841 100.0 19,979 100.0 39,820 100.0

Student Distribution by Level, Full-Time/Part-Time Status and Mean Age - 2011

Class/ProgramTotalFull-TimePart-TimeMean Age
Undergraduate
Freshmen 6,215 5,575 640 18.8
Sophomore 6,346 4,901 1,445 21.0
Junior 7,500 5,499 2,001 23.1
Senior 10,391 6,919 3,472 25.1
Subtotal 30,452 22,894 7,558 22.5
Postbaccalaureate
Subtotal 1,312 319 993 30.6
Graduate
Master's 4,499 2,688 1,811 28.9
Doctoral 1,892 1,456 436 31.1
Subtotal 6,391 4,144 2,247 29.6
Special Professional
Subtotal 1,665 1,480 185 25.8
Total 39,820 28,837 10,983 24.0

Student Residency - 2011

ResidencyHeadcountPercent
Texas
Harris County 22,440 56.4
Adjacent Counties 8,609 21.6
Other Texas Counties 4,422 11.1
Subtotal Texas 35,471 89.1
Non-Resident
Out-of-State
 984 2.5
International
 3,365 8.5
Subtotal Non-Resident 4,349 10.9
Total 39,820 100.0

Top 10 Places of Student Origin - 2011

Texas CountyTotalStateTotalCountryTotal
Harris 22,440 California 115 China (PRC) 695
Fort Bend 5,180 Louisiana 78 India 681
Brazoria 1,222 Pennsylvania 51 Vietnam 249
Galveston 1,025 New York 50 Korea (South) 155
Montgomery 962 Florida 48 Nigeria 121
Dallas 622 Illinois 43 Venezuela 93
Tarrant 400 Michigan 36 Mexico 91
Travis 393 Virginia 32 Saudi Arabia 86
Bexar 326 Virginia 32 Turkey 82
Houston 303 Oklahoma 29 Taiwan 74

Degrees Awarded Fiscal Year 2011

CollegeBachelor'sMaster'sDoctoralSpecial ProfessionalTotal
Architecture 128 34 - - 162
Business Admin. 1,097 604 8 - 1,709
Education 369 170 76 - 615
Engineering 248 257 52 - 557
HRM Δ 262 35 - - 297
CLASS † 2,025 306 66 - 2,397
Law - 89 - 282 371
NSM ≈ 519 146 77 - 742
Optometry - - 7 102 109
Pharmacy 27 22 15 126 190
Social Work - 154 5 - 159
Technology 417 110 - - 527
Total 5,092 1,927 306 510 7,835

Degrees Awarded by Ethnicity and Gender
Fiscal Year 2011 Percent of Total Degrees

  FemaleMaleTotal
EthnicityNumberPercentNumberPercentNumberPercent
African American 509 12 255 7 764 10
Asian American 776 19 651 18 1,427 18
Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 13 0 14 0 27 0
Hispanic 861 21 633 17 1,494 19
International 403 10 551 15 954 12
Multiracial 52 1 40 1 92 1
Native American 13 0 15 0 28 0
Unknown 35 1 36 1 71 1
White 1,510 36 1,468 40 2,978 38
Total 4,172 100 3,663 100 7,835 100

Faculty Distribution - 2011

Ranked
Professor 431
Associate Professor 316
Assistant Professor 214
Subtotal 961
Non-Ranked
Other Faculty (Lecture, Visiting, Adjunct) 1,143
Student
Teaching Assistant 1,342
Total 3,446

Ranked Faculty by Ethnicity/Gender Percent of Total Ranked Faculty - 2011

  FemaleMaleTotal
EthnicityNumberPercentNumberPercentNumberPercent
African American 11 4 16 2 27 3
Asian American 55 19 105 16 160 17
Hispanic 26 9 35 5 61 6
International 11 4 24 4 35 4
Multiracial 1 0 3 0 4 0
Native American . . 4 1 4 0
White 186 64 484 72 670 70
Total 290 100 671 100 961 100

2011 - 2012 Tuition and  Mandatory Fees

Tuition is calculated according to residence status and total semester hours. Tuition and mandatory student fees quoted below are subject to change by university or Legislative action. Fees quoted below are subject to change by university or legislative action. (Figures do not include parking, lab and other fees.)

Full-time Annual Tuition & Mandatory Fees:Undergraduate1Graduate2
Texas Resident 7,512 9,320
Non-Resident 15,024 14,954
Part-time Annual Tuition & Mandatory Fees:Undergraduate3Graduate4
Texas Resident 4,115 6,453
Non-Resident 7,871 10,209

1Based on 24 semester credit hours per academic year.
2Based on 24 semester credit hours per academic year.
3Based on 24 semester credit hours per academic year.