Institutional Research

University of Houston - Fact Book 1996-97

Institutional Research

Total Headcount Enrollment
Academic Years 1934-35 Through 1996-97

Year	Fall	Spring	Summer I³	Summer II³


1934-35¹	909	755	553	284
1935-36	948	889	583	286
1936-37	1,249	1,073	578	301
1937-38	1,285	1,264	601	355
1938-39	1,563	1,397	723	458
1940-41	2,488	2,189	1,109	619
1941-42	2,494	1,829	943	617
1942-43	1,508	1,224	557	231
1943-44	1,104	1,015	542	382
1944-45	2,720	3,780	2,142	2,119
1945-46	5,379	7,302	4,410	4,256
1946-47	10,028	9,479	5,303	4,659
1947-48	10,882	10,125	5,884	5,060
1948-49	11,091	11,649	6,965	6,349
1949-50	13,569	13,557	7,747	6,725
1950-51	13,567	12,947	7,597	7,763
1951-52	13,281	12,374	5,655	4,625
1952-53	12,932	12,193	5,541	4,495
1953-54²	12,716	12,221	5,510	4,686
1954-55	10,797	10,856	5,082	2,670
1955-56	11,636	10,732	4,943	2,461
1956-57	11,752	10,878	4,860	2,379
1957-58	11,652	10,986	4,939	2,593
1958-59	11,527	10,377	5,031	2,576
1959-60	10,139	9,362	4,528	2,297
1960-61	9,930	10,610	5,399	2,627
1961-62	12,084	11,585	5,865	2,875
1962-63	13,587	12,885	6,510	3,353
1963-64	15,805	14,517	8,350	4,244
1964-65	16,386	15,685	9,175	4,595
1965-66	18,171	17,150	9,869	5,204
1966-67	18,730	18,048	10,110	5,550
1967-68	20,848	20,192	11,009	6,553
1968-69	22,730	21,673	11,419	6,946
1969-70	23,515	22,359	11,197	7,089
1970-71	24,829	23,568	12,720	8,430
1971-72	25,886	24,137	12,689	8,238
1972-73	25,774	24,904	12,782	8,430
1973-74	26,632	25,386	13,782	9,184
1974-75	29,389	28,521	13,990	9,361
1975-76	30,465	28,714	13,092	8,132
1976-77	29,812	28,690	12,619	7,981
1977-78	29,297	27,183	12,154	7,566
1978-79	29,666	27,146	11,572	7,175
1979-80	28,414	26,060	12,260	7,118
1980-81	30,692	27,635	11,608	6,720
1981-82	28,295	27,456	12,771	7,419
1982-83	30,545	29,831	14,022	8,490
1983-84	31,114	29,604	14,141	8,120
1984-85	31,095	29,384	14,853	8,818

Notes: ¹ From 1927 to 1934, UH was a junior college. The Fall 1927 enrollment was 461.

² Data from 1934-35 to 1953-54 includes Downtown Campus, correspondence, and extension enrollments.

³ Summer I includes summer sessions 1,2, and 3; Summer II includes summer session 4.