University Of Houston-Clear Lake

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a large city.

Overview

The University of Houston–Clear Lake is an upper-level university located in Houston, Texas. It was founded in 1971. The main campus is spread across an area of more than 500 acres. It is a part of the University of Houston System. UHCL enrolls more than 7,600 students per year, offering bachelors, masters and doctoral level degrees in diverse areas of study. It is organized into the following academic units:

• School of Business
• School of Education
• School of Human Sciences and Humanities
• School of Science and Computer Engineering

UHCL enrolls over 800 international students annually. The campus is home to a wide variety of organizations, including Honor Societies and Leadership Organizations, Religious Organizations and Science and Computer Engineering Organizations.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Many students concentrating in liberal arts, computer science and engineering, therapy and counseling, and business and management.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• Large number of students.
• Superior share of faculty on tenure track.
• High faculty salary.
• Many mature (40+ year old) students.

School characteristics:

• The school is public.
• Academic calender: Semester.
• Carnegie classification: Masters Colleges and Universities I.

Features of note:

• The school offers a faculty tenure system.
• There are one or more libraries on-campus.
• Distance learning is available.
• Part-time classes are available.

Tuition and Financial Aid (2009-2010)

Financial Aid

University Of Houston-Clear Lake participates in US Title IV financial assistance programs.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 7,658 in 2009-2010 (5,323 full-time equivalent).

Undergrads are 57% of enrolled students and graduate students are 43%.

Students under 25 years old represent 30% of the student body. About 16% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Room and Board

On-campus housing is not available.

Graduate School Focus

University Of Houston-Clear Lake offers graduate (post-Bachelor) studies. The highest degree offered is the Doctorate (Research/Scholarship).

Graduate offerings include continuing professional education.The school's Graduate School Carnegie Classification is Postbaccalaureate Comprehensive.

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

ART STUDIES (2 awarded)

• Art/Art Studies

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (600 awarded)

• Accounting
• Business Administration and Management
• Business Administration, Management and Operations
• Business/Commerce
• Finance
• Human Resources Development
• Management Information Systems
• Marketing/Marketing Management

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (128 awarded)

• Computer Engineering
• Computer Science
• Computer Software Engineering
• Computer and Information Sciences

CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (33 awarded)

• Environmental Science

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (381 awarded)

• Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services
• Curriculum and Instruction
• Early Childhood Education and Teaching
• Educational Leadership and Administration
• Educational/Instructional Media Design
• Reading Teacher Education

ENGINEERING (11 awarded)

• Engineering
• Systems Engineering

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (24 awarded)

• Public Administration
• Social Work

FINE ARTS (17 awarded)

• Fine/Studio Arts

LAW (17 awarded)

• Legal Assistant/Paralegal

LIBERAL ARTS (528 awarded)

• Anthropology
• English Language and Literature
• Geography
• History
• Humanities/Humanistic Studies
• Intercultural/Multicultural and Diversity Studies
• Library Science/Librarianship
• Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies
• Political Science and Government
• Sociology
• Women's Studies

MATHEMATICS (28 awarded)

• Mathematics
• Statistics

MEDIA (42 awarded)

• Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric
• Communications Technology/Technician

MEDICAL ADMINISTRATION (87 awarded)

• Health/Health Care Administration/Management

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (53 awarded)

• Health and Physical Education
• Parks, Recreation and Leisure Facilities Management

SCIENCE (114 awarded)

• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Biotechnology
• Chemistry
• Physical Sciences
• Physics

SECURITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT (66 awarded)

• Criminology

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (239 awarded)

• Behavioral Sciences
• Clinical Psychology
• Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling
• Psychology
• School Psychology