+15%
100%-time completion
100%-time completion at University of Houston-Clear Lake rose 15% between 2021 and 2024 (29.4% → 33.7%).
Texas · Public · Predominantly bachelor's
University of Houston-Clear Lake
Houston, Texas. 6,082 undergraduate students. 79 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at University of Houston-Clear Lake
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.
$59,004+13% · 6→10y
Texas median $39,639$52,098
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry50.8%-1% · '20→'24
Texas median 51.8%$13,548+123% · '97→'20
At program completion6,082+81% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS75.3%+5% · '15→'24
first-time, full-time75.3%+58% · '14→'24
latest cohort$7,746+34% · '14→'24
out-of-state $21,330SECTION 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
3.1%Median federal debt $13,548 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $59,004 (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.
+81%
University of Houston-Clear Lake · undergrad enrollment rose
3,353 → 6,078
+34%
University of Houston-Clear Lake · in-state tuition rose
$5,802 → $7,770
+31%
University of Houston-Clear Lake · out-of-state tuition rose
$16,170 → $21,114
+123%
University of Houston-Clear Lake · median debt rose
$8,000 → $17,831
+50%
University of Houston-Clear Lake · pell share rose
30.1% → 45.2%
+24%
University of Houston-Clear Lake · earnings_median_10yr rose
$47,600 → $59,004
+26%
University of Houston-Clear Lake · earnings_median_8yr rose
$44,800 → $56,582
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.
Business Administration, Management and Operations.$104,040Health and Medical Administrative Services.$95,231Computer Engineering.$90,291Educational Administration and Supervision.$87,694Business/Commerce, General.$85,375Accounting and Related Services.$81,936Management Information Systems and Services.$79,997Natural Resources Conservation and Research.$74,180Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology.$73,756Educational Administration and Supervision.$73,382Accounting and Related Services.$69,429Natural Resources Conservation and Research.$67,590Criminology.$65,408Student Counseling and Personnel Services.$65,293Finance and Financial Management Services.$64,524Communications Technology/Technician.$64,303Health and Medical Administrative Services.$63,785Business Administration, Management and Operations.$63,195Mathematics.$60,011Education, General.$58,497Legal Support Services.$58,366Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other.$57,855English Language and Literature, General.$56,987Computer and Information Sciences, General.$56,953
Showing top 24 of 34 ranked programs.
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
34 programs with earnings, grouped
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES · CIP 10
COMPUTER & INFORMATION SCIENCES · CIP 11
EDUCATION · CIP 13
ENGINEERING · CIP 14
LEGAL PROFESSIONS · CIP 22
ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE · CIP 23
BIOLOGICAL & BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES · CIP 26
MATHEMATICS & STATISTICS · CIP 27
MULTI/INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES · CIP 30
PARKS, RECREATION & FITNESS · CIP 31
PSYCHOLOGY · CIP 42
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION & SOCIAL SERVICES · CIP 44
SOCIAL SCIENCES · CIP 45
VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS · CIP 50
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
Business Administration, Management and Operations.$104,040Accounting and Related Services.$69,429Business Administration, Management and Operations.$63,195Business/Commerce, General.$85,375Finance and Financial Management Services.$64,524Marketing.$55,973Accounting and Related Services.$81,936Management Information Systems and Services.$79,997
HISTORY · CIP 54
NATURAL RESOURCES & CONSERVATION · CIP 03
COMMUNICATION & JOURNALISM · CIP 09
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at University of Houston-Clear Lake
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
$357,324
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 9
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $9,994
- HS-only baseline · TX
- $37,300
- Years to complete
- 4
- CIP family
- 30
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
“University of Houston-Clear Lake graduates earn $X” — not “University of Houston-Clear Lake makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending University of Houston-Clear Lake 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.