University of Houston-Clear Lake Campus Life
Campus life
The campus as a place: setting, size, calendar and who studies here.
Campus at a glance
Large suburb
Inside an urbanized area but outside a principal city.
- City
- Suburb (this campus)
- Town
- Rural
6,078 students
Larger than 82% of colleges
National median 1,603 students
Undergraduates with Pell Grants
- Receive a Pell Grant
- 48.4%
- TypePublic
- ClassDoctoral/professional university
- CalendarSemester
Nearby college towns
- Webster4.2 mi
- Pasadena5.4 mi
- Baytown12.6 mi
- Texas City14.2 mi
Verified data from IPEDS and the College Scorecard. Distances are straight-line miles.
Race/ethnicity
Source: U.S. College Scorecard · 2025
Among undergraduates at University of Houston-Clear Lake, the largest reported group is Hispanic (50.8%), followed by White (28.7%).
| Group | Undergraduates | Full-time instructional staff |
|---|---|---|
| American Indian/Alaska Native | 0.2% | 0% |
| Asian | 8.1% | 17% |
| Black | 6.9% | 7.6% |
| Hispanic | 50.8% | 9% |
| Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander | 0% | 0% |
| White | 28.7% | 54.7% |
| Two or more races | 3.1% | 2.1% |
| Non-resident | 0.9% | 9.3% |
| Unknown | 1.4% | 0.4% |
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Did you know? University of Houston-Clear Lake
- 90.5%University of Houston-Clear Lake admitted 1,635 of 1,793 applicants.Source: U.S. College Scorecard, 2025
- 16%of admitted students chose to enroll (the yield rate): 262 of 1,635.Source: U.S. College Scorecard, 2025
- $11,852average net price after grants for aided students, against $21,114 published tuition.Source: U.S. College Scorecard, 2025
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