+13%
100%-time completion
100%-time completion at University of Houston rose 13% between 2021 and 2024 (38.0% → 42.8%).
Texas · Public · Predominantly bachelor's
UH
Houston, Texas. 37,175 undergraduate students. 190 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at UH
Short-arc shifts (recent 3-year window), peer outliers, earnings trend breaks, completion drops, enrollment cliffs, and debt-to-earnings warnings — surfaced deterministically from the federal record. Multi-decade shifts are reported separately in the Long Arc section, since 25-year tuition drift isn't really an anomaly.
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. Texas
Each tile compares this institution to the Texas median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$62,377+18% · 6→10y
Texas median $39,639$52,768
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry64.9%+77% · '97→'24
Texas median 51.8%$14,000+231% · '97→'20
At program completion37,175+78% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS86.4%+13% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time69.5%-9% · '01→'24
latest cohort$9,711+292% · '00→'24
out-of-state $22,191SECTION 02 · EARNINGS HORIZONS
How earnings spread, 4 to 10 years after entry
Treasury tax-record earnings for federally aided students who first enrolled at this institution. Each point is a horizon from the most-recent vintage. Single median per horizon (no p25/p75 publishing).
Earnings widen with time post-entry. Selection: federal-aid recipients only — not all graduates.Methodology →
SECTION 03 · DEBT-TO-EARNINGS
What loans cost relative to earnings
Annual debt service as a share of median earnings 10 years after entry, computed under federal Direct loan terms (10-year fixed at 6%). The 8% line is the gainful-employment threshold from federal regulation; above 12% has historically been considered “failing” under prior rule cycles.
Institution-wide
3.0%Median federal debt $14,000 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $62,377 (10y after entry).
SECTION 04 · LONG ARC
Ten-plus year arc
Federally available history. Coverage varies by metric — IPEDS publishes some series only after 2009 and others only before.
Undergraduate enrollment.
150%-time completion rate.
Median federal student debt at exit.
+77%
UH · completion · 150% rose
36.5% → 64.6%
+300%
UH · completion · 100% rose
10.7% → 42.8%
+13%
UH · retention rose
77.0% → 87.0%
+78%
UH · undergrad enrollment rose
21,522 → 38,380
+292%
UH · in-state tuition rose
$2,476 → $9,717
+195%
UH · out-of-state tuition rose
$7,636 → $22,547
+231%
UH · median debt rose
$5,500 → $18,194
+34%
UH · pell share rose
31.1% → 41.6%
+27%
UH · earnings_median_10yr rose
$49,200 → $62,377
+33%
UH · earnings_median_8yr rose
$44,200 → $58,739
+34%
UH · earnings_median_6yr rose
$39,400 → $52,768
SECTION 05 · PROGRAMS
Ranked by 5-year earnings
Each row is one (CIP × credential) program reported by the institution in College Scorecard's Field-of-Study data. Cohort floor is 30 students; below this, federal data is suppressed.
Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration.$138,025Business Administration, Management and Operations.$130,338Law.$123,404Educational Administration and Supervision.$120,612Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences.$110,977Optometry.$110,688Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering.$107,025Computer and Information Sciences, General.$105,956Information Science/Studies.$103,467Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology.$102,171Industrial Engineering.$100,544Accounting and Related Services.$99,339Chemical Engineering.$99,077Legal Research and Advanced Professional Studies.$97,668Mechanical Engineering.$96,269Construction Engineering Technologies.$94,660Electrical Engineering Technologies/Technicians.$92,134Civil Engineering.$91,240Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$90,501Petroleum Engineering.$88,652Computer Systems Analysis.$87,354Management Information Systems and Services.$84,336Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies/Technicians.$83,231Biotechnology.$81,038
Showing top 24 of 77 ranked programs.
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
77 programs with earnings, grouped
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
COMPUTER & INFORMATION SCIENCES · CIP 11
EDUCATION · CIP 13
ENGINEERING · CIP 14
ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGIES · CIP 15
FOREIGN LANGUAGES · CIP 16
FAMILY & CONSUMER SCIENCES · CIP 19
LEGAL PROFESSIONS · CIP 22
ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE · CIP 23
LIBERAL ARTS & GENERAL STUDIES · CIP 24
BIOLOGICAL & BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES · CIP 26
MATHEMATICS & STATISTICS · CIP 27
MULTI/INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES · CIP 30
PARKS, RECREATION & FITNESS · CIP 31
PHYSICAL SCIENCES · CIP 40
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION & SOCIAL SERVICES · CIP 44
SOCIAL SCIENCES · CIP 45
VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS · CIP 50
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General.$54,841Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration.$138,025Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$90,501Optometry.$110,688Communication Disorders Sciences and Services.$56,838Communication Disorders Sciences and Services.$71,029
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
Business Administration, Management and Operations.$74,757Finance and Financial Management Services.$80,588Accounting and Related Services.$71,752Marketing.$65,181Management Information Systems and Services.$84,336Hospitality Administration/Management.$51,879General Sales, Merchandising and Related Marketing Operations.$74,478Accounting and Related Services.$99,339Business Administration, Management and Operations.$130,338Human Resources Management and Services.$63,301Hospitality Administration/Management.$77,716Business/Corporate Communications.$64,149Human Resources Management and Services.$76,446
HISTORY · CIP 54
NATURAL RESOURCES & CONSERVATION · CIP 03
ARCHITECTURE · CIP 04
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at UH
Pick a program. Cost from Scorecard net price by family income; earnings from Treasury 5-year-post-completion median, projected forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve. The selection-bias toggle applies the Dale-Krueger shrinkage. Outcomes illustration, not a forecast — see methodology.
Shrinks the earnings premium toward the matched-applicant mean. STEM <15%, business ~40%, arts & education ~60%.
NET PRESENT VALUE
$185,336
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 12
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $12,613
- HS-only baseline · TX
- $37,300
- Years to complete
- 4
- CIP family
- 42
Outcomes illustration · not a forecast. Projects observed Scorecard earnings forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve under your assumptions. See methodology for the math.
SECTION 07 · SIMILAR INSTITUTIONS
Same sector and degree mix in Texas
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“UH graduates earn $X” — not “UH makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending UH caused. Selection effects (who admits, who enrolls, who completes) are real. We publish federal data with strict descriptive phrasing — and link the methodology where you can read about the limitations directly.