The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Student Population

How many students at UTHSC? For the academic year 2024-2025, a total of 4,938 students have enrolled in The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston with 465 undergraduate and 4,473 graduate students.

By gender, 1,519 male and 3,419 female students are attending the school.

It has significantly more students compared to similar colleges (3,493 students on average - public School of engineering).

88 students are enrolled exclusively, and 1,863 students are enrolled in some online courses.

You can check the student demographics by gender ratio, race/ethnicity, age distribution, and online enrollment.

Student Population by Gender

The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston has a total of 4,938 enrolled students for the academic year 2024-2025. 465 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 4,473 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 1,519 male and 3,419 female students (the male-female ratio is 31:69) are attending the school.

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Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 1,398 White, 540 Black, and 1,078 Asian students out of a total of 4,938 are attending at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston is highly diverse with a diversity index of 82.4% measured by Census Bureau Diversity Index. The institution demonstrates strong racial and ethnic diversity among its student body.

• Total
• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Student Age Distribution

There are 1,435 students under 25 years old, and 3,613 students over 25 years old out of 5,048 total students.

UTHSC has 285 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 175 students aged 25 and over.

It has 1,150 graduate students aged under 25 and 3,438 students aged 25 and over.

*The age distribution is based on 2023-2024 enrollment data.

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• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially those who want to continue education and work in the field. At The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, 88 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 1,863 students are enrolled in some online courses.

86 students who live in Texas or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 2 students live in another State or outside of the United States.

• Online Population
• By Locality

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 465 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 59 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 12.69%.53 students have transferred in as full-time status and 6 students transferred in as part-time status.