Graduate Programs at University of Houston-Clear Lake

Graduate School Overview

University of Houston-Clear Lake (referred to as UHCL) is a Public, 4 years school located in Houston, TX.

The school is accredited by Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges (1/1/1976 - Current).

UHCL Directory Information
School Name	University of Houston-Clear Lake (UHCL)
Address	2700 Bay Area Blvd, Houston, TX 77058-1002
Phone	281-283-7600
Web	https://www.uhcl.edu/home
Online Application	https://www.applytexas.org/adappc/gen/c_start.WBX
Financial Info	https://www.uhcl.edu/costs-aid

The 2023 graduate school tuition & fees of UHCL is $9,468 for Texas residents and $19,080 for out-of-state students. The school has 2,210 graduate students where it has a total enrollment of 8,562 including undergraduate students.

It offers total 86 graduate programs through Master's and Doctorate (Research). Among them, 3 programs are available online classes.

Graduate School 2023 Key Facts
School Type	Public, 4 years
Tuition & Fees	$19,080 $9,468 for Texas Residents
Student Population	2,210
Offered Degrees/Programs	Master's and Doctorate (Research)
Number of Programs	86 graduate programs (3 programs available online learning)
Student to Faculty Ratio	15 to 1

The graduate tuition & fees at UHCL is $9,468 for Texas residents and $19,080 for out-of-state students for the academic year 2022-2023. The tuition per credit hour is $440 for Texas residents and $962 for out-of-state students.

UHCL offers the alternative tuition planstuition guarantee, including tuition guarantee.

2023 Graduate Program Tuition & Fees
Tuition & Fees
Texas Residents	$9,468
Out-of-State	$19,080
Tuition per Credit Hour
Texas Residents	$440
Out-of-State	$962

UHCL offers the distance education programs. All course works for completing a degree program can be done through online exclusively for graduate programs. In addition, the distance learning courses are offered for students who are not enrolled online exclusively.

On its campus, academic/career services, employment services for students, placement services for completers are provided for their students.

Special Learning Opportunities & On-campus Services
Distance Learning (Online Classes)	3 Online Programs Available
Special learning Opportunities	Study abroad Teacher certification
On-Campus Student Services	Academic/career services Employment services for students Placement services for completers

2023 Graduate Tuition, Fees, Other Expenses

For the academic year 2022-2023, the graduate school tuition & fees of University of Houston-Clear Lake is $9,468 for Texas residents and $19,080 for other students. The graduate tuition & fees are increased by 0.47% compared to previous academic year.

Data source: 2022-2023 tuition - NCES(National Center for Education Statistics (Last update: July 22, 2022)

2022-2023 Graduate Tuition & fees
	Texas Residents		Out-of-State
	Tuition	Fees	Tuition	Fees
2018-2019	$7,596	$1,414	$16,866	$1,414
2019-2020	$7,920	$1,414	$17,568	$1,414
2020-2021	$7,920	$1,648	$17,568	$1,648
2021-2022	$7,920	$1,674	$17,316	$1,674
2022-2023	$7,920	$1,674	$17,316	$1,674
2023-2024	$7,920	$1,548	$17,532	$1,548

The graduate school tuition & fees of UHCL is average compared to public graduate schools in Texas. The average graduate school tuition for all graduate schools in United States is $19,793 and the Texas graduate tuition is $17,906 (public) / $18,623 (private).

The following table compares the average graduate school tuition by location and school types.

Graduate Tuition & fees Comparison
	Residents	Out-of-State
University of Houston-Clear Lake	$9,468	$19,080
All Graduate Schools	$16,068	$19,793
Public	$11,516	$20,721
Private	$19,916
Texas Graduate Schools	$13,440	$18,157
Public	$8,244	$17,906
Private	$18,623

For academic year 2022-2023, the living costs are $15,604 when a student lives on-campus housing facilities (i.e. dormitory, school owned apartments, etc.) at UHCL.

On-campus living costs are increased by 9.76% compared to previous academic year. The off-campus living costs are $18,314. Off-campus living costs are increased by 3.56% compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Living Expenses
	Living On-Campus		Living Off-Campus
	Room & Board	Other Expense	Room & Board	Other Expense
2018-2019	$8,620	$6,590	$8,620	$6,590
2019-2020	$10,218	$8,394	$10,218	$8,394
2020-2021	$11,019	$8,816	$10,820	$8,816
2021-2022	$9,881	$10,107	$12,909	$10,107
2022-2023	$9,440	$4,776	$12,909	$4,776
2023-2024	$11,014	$4,590	$13,724	$4,590

For academic year 2022-2023, the tuition per credit hour for graduate programs is $434 for Texas residents and $967 for other students at University of Houston-Clear Lake. The graduate tuition per credit hour are increased by 0.52% compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Graduation Program Tuition per Credit Hour
	Texas Residents	Out-of-State
2018-2019	$422	$937
2019-2020	$440	$976
2020-2021	$440	$976
2021-2022	$440	$962
2022-2023	$440	$962
2023-2024	$434	$967

Graduate Programs at UHCL

University of Houston-Clear Lake offers 49 graduate programs for Master's and Doctorate. The next table lists number of programs by offered degree and online availability along with number of completers by degree/certificate programs. Last year, 840 students have completed their study at University of Houston-Clear Lake.

Offered Degrees at University of Houston-Clear Lake
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Available Online Class	Number of Completers
Master's Degree	46	2	813
Doctor's degree - research/scholarship	3	0	27
Total	49	2	840

The next table shows the popular graduate programs at University of Houston-Clear Lake by award level.

The most popular Master's program is the Business Administration and Management program with 149 completers.
The most popular Doctorate program is the Educational Leadership and Administration program with 17 completers.

Master's
Doctorate

Popular Master's Programs at University of Houston-Clear Lake
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Business Administration and Management	✕	149	$68,900
Health/Health Care Administration/Management	✕	85	$56,400
Computer Software Engineering	✔	43	-
Human Resources Development	✔	41	-
Psychology	✕	32	$35,400

Popular Doctorate Programs at University of Houston-Clear Lake
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	17	$77,000
Clinical Psychology	✕	7	-
Curriculum and Instruction	✕	3	-

University of Houston-Clear Lake offers 49 programs through Master's and Doctorate. The programs are offered both in online and on-site education. Last year total 840 students have completed their graduate studies.

813 students have earned/completed Master's program.

Master's
Doctorate (Research)

Master's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Natural Resources and Conservation [+]	✕	12 completers	-
Environmental Science	✕	12	-
Communications Technologies [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Communications Technology/Technician	✕	4	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	58 completers	-
Computer and Information Sciences	✕	5	-
Information Science/Studies	✕	27	-
Computer Science	✕	26	-
Education [+]	✕	56 completers	-
Education	✕	6	-
Curriculum and Instruction	✕	7	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	19	$59,700
Educational/Instructional Technology	✕	14	-
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	✕	6	$51,300
Early Childhood Education and Teaching	✕	4	-
Reading Teacher Education	✕	-	-
Engineering [+]	✔ (1 completers)	60 completers	-
Computer Engineering	✕	12	-
Computer Software Engineering	✔	43	-
Systems Engineering	✕	5	-
Engineering Technology [+]	✕	29 completers	-
Engineering/Industrial Management	✕	29	-
English Language and Literature [+]	✕	2 completers	-
English Language and Literature	✕	2	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities [+]	✕	9 completers	-
Humanities/Humanistic Studies	✕	9	-
Library Science [+]	✕	24 completers	-
Library and Information Science	✕	24	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	47 completers	-
Biology/Biological Sciences	✕	24	-
Exercise Physiology	✕	7	-
Biotechnology	✕	16	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✕	5 completers	-
Mathematics	✕	2	-
Statistics	✕	3	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✕	8 completers	-
Behavioral Sciences	✕	3	-
Intercultural/Multicultural and Diversity Studies	✕	5	-
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies [+]	✕	-	-
Kinesiology and Exercise Science	✕	-	-
Physical Sciences [+]	✕	8 completers	-
Chemistry	✕	4	-
Physics	✕	4	-
Psychology [+]	✕	89 completers	$35,400
Psychology	✕	32	$35,400
Clinical Psychology	✕	20	$51,000
Industrial and Organizational Psychology	✕	14	-
School Psychology	✕	10	-
Applied Behavior Analysis	✕	13	-
Social Sciences [+]	✕	15 completers	-
Criminology	✕	10	$48,800
Sociology	✕	5	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	133 completers	-
Health/Health Care Administration/Management	✕	85	$56,400
Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling	✕	12	-
Mental Health Counseling/Counselor	✕	28	-
Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene	✕	8	-
Business [+]	✔ (1 completers)	247 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	149	$68,900
Business Administration, Management and Operations (other)	✕	14	-
Accounting	✕	21	$55,600
Finance	✕	22	-
Human Resources Development	✔	41	-
History [+]	✕	7 completers	-
History	✕	7	-
	Total	813

Doctorate (Research) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Education [+]	✕	20 completers	-
Curriculum and Instruction	✕	3	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	17	$77,000
Psychology [+]	✕	7 completers	-
Clinical Psychology	✕	7	-
	Total	27

Graduate Student Population at UHCL

For the academic year 2022-2023, total 2,210 students enrolled into University of Houston-Clear Lake graduate schools where it has total 8,562 students including undergraduate students. By attending status, there are 902 full-time and 1,308 part-time graduate students. By gender, 795 male and 1,415 female students are attending graduate schools. The next table summarizes the graduate student population by gender and attending status.

Graduate School Student Population By Gender
	Total	Male	Female
Total	2,210	795	1,415
Full-time	902	341	561
Part-tme	1,308	454	854

The next table summarizes the students population by race/ethnicity.

There are 649 White (29.37%), 251 Black/African American (11.36%), 575 Hispanic (26.02%), 185 Asian (8.37%), and 550 students with other races. 448 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Graduate Student Population By Race/ethnicity
	Total	Male	Female
Total	2,210	795	1,415
American Indian/Native American	1	0	1
Asian	185	60	125
Black/African American	251	62	189
Hispanic	575	183	392
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1	0	1
White	649	220	429
Two More	78	30	48
Un-Known	22	7	15
Non-resident Alien	448	233	215

University of Houston-Clear Lake offers the distance learning opportunities (online degree program and/or courses) for graduate programs. 487 graduate students (22.04% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 337 graduate students (15.25% of total students) are enrolled some online courses. The next table summarizes the online student population.

Distance Learning Student Population
	Number of Graduate Students
Total	2,210
Enrolled Online Exclusively	487
Enrolled Some Online Courses	337
Not in Online Courses	1,386

The following table summarizes the graduate students population by age at University of Houston-Clear Lake. 554 students are aged 20 to 24 (25.07% of total students), 129 students are aged above 50 (5.84%). Next table summarizes the student population by age at University of Houston-Clear Lake.

Graduate Student Population By Age
	Total	Male	Female
Total	2,210	795	1,415
Age 20-21	23	9	14
Age 22-24	531	204	327
Age 25-29	688	256	432
Age 30-34	333	114	219
Age 35-39	235	95	140
Age 40-49	271	74	197
Age 50-64	112	36	76
Over 64	17	7	10

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