University of Houston-Clear Lake

Public · Moderately Selective · TX

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School data & stats

TypePublic

LocationTX · South

SettingUrban

Undergrads6,078

Student:faculty15:1

Outcomes

4-yr grad rate33.7%

6-yr grad rate51.6%

Drop-out rate25.6%

Study abroad—

Cost

In-state tuition$8k

Out-of-state tuition$21k

Application fee—

Community

Racial diversity71.3%

Gender diversity61%

International0.9%

Identity—

Overview

University of Houston-Clear Lake is a campus of the University of Houston System located next to NASA's Johnson Space Center, founded partly to serve the region's space-program workforce needs. It historically served a large share of transfer and graduate students rather than a traditional four-year first-year class, reflecting its origins as an upper-division and graduate institution before it later opened to lower-division undergraduates.

Academics

Sciences, engineering, and education are established strengths, with natural ties to the aerospace and space-industry employers clustered around Johnson Space Center.

Campus & student life

The wooded campus sits between Houston and Galveston Bay, with a quieter, more suburban feel than the University of Houston's main campus, and a student population that skews somewhat older and more part-time given its transfer-heavy history.

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Admissions

Acceptance rate90.5%

Enrolled mid-50%SAT 970–1150 · ACT 20–25

Test policyoptional

Rec letters0

Deadlines (2026–27 cycle)

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