University of Houston

University of Houston is a public institution that was founded in 1927. It already has a total undergraduate enrollment of 31,587, its setting is urban, and the campus size is 594 acres. It utilizes a semester-based academic calendar. University of Houston's ranking in the 2015 edition of Best Colleges is National Universities, 189. Its in-state tuition and fees are $10,518 (2014-15); out-of-state tuition and fees are $24,378 (2014-15).


The University of Houston is situated in one of the largest cities in the country, which puts students in an ideal location to find internships and research opportunities. The campus is located in downtown Houston, and freshmen are not required to live on campus. Each year, students turn the campus into a town called Fiesta City in time for the Frontier Fiesta, a string of concerts, talent shows, cook-offs and more. There are more than 400 student organizations to check out, including fraternities and sororities. The UH Cougars compete in the NCAA Division I American Athletic Conference and are well known for football and basketball.

With more than 40 centers, the University of Houston is devoted to research and community initiatives. There are a wide variety of graduate programs, including the University of Houston Law Center, which is well known for health care law and intellectual property law, as well as for its part-time law program. There is also the C.T. Bauer College of Business and the Cullen College of Engineering, among other graduate schools. Actors and brothers Randy and Dennis Quaid, country singer Kenny Rogers and Olympic track star Carl Lewis attended the University of Houston.


The University of Houston is a Carnegie-designated Tier-One public research university recognized throughout the world as a leader in energy research, law, business and environmental education. UH serves the globally competitive Houston and Gulf Coast region by providing world-class faculty, experiential learning, strategic industry partnerships and state -of-the-art facilities such as the interdisciplinary Energy Research Park and the Nanofabrication Facility. Located in America's fourth-largest city, UH is the most ethnically diverse metropolitan research university in the United States, serving more than 39,500 students in one of the most culturally diverse regions in the country.

In addition to preparing its students to succeed in today's global economy, UH is a catalyst within its own community - changing lives through health, education and outreach projects that help build a future for children in Houston, in Texas and around the world.

Other distinctive merits of UH include a strong student experience, a historic Division I athletic program, top-level arts programs and an internationally recognized faculty that includes a Nobel Laureate, National Medal of Science winners, Pulitzer and Tony awards winners and members of prestigious National Academies.