University of Houston Student Population and Demographics

Houston Student Population

There are 47,980 students including 39,257 undergraduate and 8,723 graduate students at University of Houston for the academic year 2024-2025. By attending status, there are 35,889 full-time and 12,091 part-time students with gender distribution of 22,942 male and 25,038 female students.

University of Houston is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 5,933 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

University of Houston has a total enrollment of 47,980 with a gender distribution of 47.82% male (22,942 students) and 52.18% female (25,038 students). There are 18,861 male and 20,396 female students in undergraduate school and 4,081 male and 4,642 female students are attending graduate school at University of Houston.

Student Population By Gender
University of Houston
	Total	Men	Women
Total	47,980	22,942	25,038
Undergraduate	39,257	18,861	20,396
Graduate	8,723	4,081	4,642
Full-time	35,889	16,652	19,237
Part-time	12,091	6,290	5,801

[Chart] University of Houston 2025 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

University of Houston has 35,889 full-time and 12,091 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 29,680 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 9,577 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 6,209 students are full-time and 2,514 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
University of Houston
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	47,980	35,889	12,091
Undergraduate	39,257	29,680	9,577
Graduate	8,723	6,209	2,514
Men	22,942	16,652	6,290
Women	25,038	19,237	5,801

[Chart] University of Houston Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At University of Houston, 5,933 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 26,962 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 47,980 students.

In undergraduate schools, 29,566 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 3,329 students are attending some online courses.

2025 Distance Learning Enrollment
University of Houston
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	47,980	39,257	8,723
Online Exclusively	5,933	4,660	1,273
In Some Online Classes	26,962	24,906	2,056
Not In Online Classes	15,085	9,691	5,394

[Chart] University of Houston Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at University of Houston. There are 42 American Indian/Native American, 8,551 White, 5,690 Black/African American, 10,190 Asian, 16,337 Hispanic, 33 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 981 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
University of Houston
	Total	Men	Women
Total	47,980	22,942	25,038
American Indian/Native American	42	22	20
Asian	10,190	5,091	5,099
Black/African American	5,690	2,237	3,453
Hispanic	16,337	7,259	9,078
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	33	17	16
White	8,551	4,367	4,184
Two More	1,405	640	765
Race Un-Known	717	341	376

[Chart] University of HoustonRace/Ethnicity Distribution

Student Age Distribution

The following table and chart show the student enrollment by age distribution at University of Houston.

Age Distribution
University of Houston
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	47,980	39,257	8,723
Under 18	2,852	2,840	12
Age 18-19	12,419	12,404	15
Age 20-21	13,067	12,468	599
Age 22-24	10,251	7,366	2,885
Age 25-29	5,333	2,719	2,614
Age 30-34	1,902	775	1,127
Age 35-39	916	314	602
Age 40-49	913	281	632
Age 50-64	327	90	237
Over 64	0	0	0
Age Un-Known	0	0	0

[Chart] University of Houston 2025 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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