Enrollment Trends at UHCL

The student population at University of Houston-Clear Lake is 8,137 (6,139 undergraduate and 1,998 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 769 (8.63%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at UHCL is 75.45% which is increased by 712 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 1,481 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 62 male students for every 100 female students, down from 64 in 2015.
1,461 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 89.00% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 8,740 where 8,137 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 3 year-over-year increases and 6 decreases. It peaked at 9,279 students in 2022 and was lowest at 8,137 in 2025. Overall, enrollment dropped from 8,906 to 8,137 students, a net loss of 769 (8.6%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at University of Houston-Clear Lake since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	8,906	5,427	1,875	3,552	3,479	1,607	1,872
2016-17	8,669 -237	5,570 143	1,988 113	3,582 30	3,099 -380	1,362 -245	1,737 -135
2017-18	8,542 -127	5,798 228	2,076 88	3,722 140	2,744 -355	1,100 -262	1,644 -93
2018-19	8,961 419	6,212 414	2,339 263	3,873 151	2,749 5	1,014 -86	1,735 91
2019-20	9,082 121	6,439 227	2,469 130	3,970 97	2,643 -106	969 -45	1,674 -61
2020-21	9,053 -29	6,582 143	2,420 -49	4,162 192	2,471 -172	878 -91	1,593 -81
2021-22	9,279 226	6,764 182	2,421 1	4,343 181	2,515 44	899 21	1,616 23
2022-23	8,562 -717	6,352 -412	2,351 -70	4,001 -342	2,210 -305	795 -104	1,415 -201
2023-24	8,211 -351	6,108 -244	2,339 -12	3,769 -232	2,103 -107	779 -16	1,324 -91
2024-25	8,137 -74	6,139 31	2,383 44	3,756 -13	1,998 -105	723 -56	1,275 -49
Average	8,740	6,139	2,266	3,873	2,601	1,013	1,589

University of Houston-Clear Lake Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 6,139 where 6,139 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at University of Houston-Clear Lake since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	5,427	2,628	956	1,672	2,799	919	1,880
2016-17	5,570	2,693	1,043	1,650	2,877	945	1,932
2017-18	5,798	2,946	1,081	1,865	2,852	995	1,857
2018-19	6,212	3,099	1,239	1,860	3,113	1,100	2,013
2019-20	6,439	3,358	1,323	2,035	3,081	1,146	1,935
2020-21	6,582	3,441	1,287	2,154	3,141	1,133	2,008
2021-22	6,764	3,363	1,213	2,150	3,401	1,208	2,193
2022-23	6,352	3,198	1,221	1,977	3,154	1,130	2,024
2023-24	6,108	3,208	1,222	1,986	2,900	1,117	1,783
2024-25	6,139	3,210	1,252	1,958	2,929	1,131	1,798
Average	6,139	6,139	1,184	1,931	6,139	1,082	1,942

University of Houston-Clear Lake Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 2,601 where 1,998 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at University of Houston-Clear Lake since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,479	1,936	1,001	935	1,543	606	937
2016-17	3,099	1,698	829	869	1,401	533	868
2017-18	2,744	1,183	508	675	1,561	592	969
2018-19	2,749	946	357	589	1,803	657	1,146
2019-20	2,643	848	313	535	1,795	656	1,139
2020-21	2,471	829	271	558	1,642	607	1,035
2021-22	2,515	946	349	597	1,569	550	1,019
2022-23	2,210	902	341	561	1,308	454	854
2023-24	2,103	855	308	547	1,248	471	777
2024-25	1,998	708	230	478	1,290	493	797
Average	2,601	2,601	451	634	2,601	562	954

University of Houston-Clear Lake Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 28.29% and the percentage of black students is 8.12% at University of Houston-Clear Lake. 8.11% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 45.00% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 37.09% to 28.29%. Asian enrollment grew from 6.49% to 8.11%. Black student enrollment decreased from 8.68% to 8.12%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 27.14% to 45.00%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7033 which indicates that quite diverse. This decreased from 0.7764 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at University of Houston-Clear Lake over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2015-16	18	578	773	2,417	12	3,303	218
2016-17	17	564	688	2,566	10	3,211	207
2017-18	18	613	689	2,776	5	3,228	223
2018-19	22	685	825	3,132	4	3,398	252
2019-20	19	737	811	3,358	6	3,328	276
2020-21	10	767	782	3,592	5	3,162	301
2021-22	9	724	777	3,890	5	2,927	288
2022-23	10	643	665	3,609	5	2,658	263
2023-24	9	635	612	3,593	4	2,446	259
2024-25	12	660	661	3,662	3	2,302	245
Average	14	661	728	3,260	6	2,996	253

University of Houston-Clear Lake Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,461 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 18% of total students. The number of online students has increased 89.00% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at University of Houston-Clear Lake from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	8,906	773	2,509	5,624
2016-17	8,669	732	2,369	5,568
2017-18	8,542	720	2,499	5,323
2018-19	8,961	1,170	2,265	5,526
2019-20	9,082	1,304	2,477	5,301
2020-21	9,053	5,241	3,269	543
2021-22	9,279	1,668	2,857	4,754
2022-23	8,562	1,403	2,866	4,293
2023-24	8,211	1,403	2,866	3,942
2024-25	8,137	1,461	2,933	3,743
Average	8,740	1,588	2,691	4,462

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Enrollment Trends at UHCL

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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