About
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston is a public academic health science center in Houston, Texas, United States. It was created in 1972 by The University of Texas System Board of Regents. It is located in the Texas Medical Center, the largest medical center in the world. It is composed of six schools:McGovern Medical School The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences UTHealth School of Dentistry Cizik School of Nursing D. Bradley McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics UTHealth School of Public Health.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 39 Title IV programs, 12 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 27 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing12 · 30.8%
- No Data27 · 69.2%
- Failing0 · 0.0%
Severity spectrum
Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.
Earnings premium gap
Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.
Debt vs earnings
Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
Programmatic accreditations · 19
Action history · 63
- Jul 2025Grant Substantive Change: ProgramSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- May 2025Grant Substantive Change: ProgramSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- Jan 2025Grant Substantive Change: ProgramAmerican Dental Association, Commission on Dental Accreditation · Predoctoral
- Jan 2025Grant Substantive Change: ProgramAmerican Dental Association, Commission on Dental Accreditation · Dental Hygiene (DH)
- Aug 2024Renewal of AccreditationAmerican Dental Association, Commission on Dental Accreditation · Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology- (OMP)
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, 219 students received $1.3M in Pell grants, alongside $59.9M in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 868 borrowers who entered repayment, 0 (0.0%) defaulted within three years — below the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.
Academic programs at UTH
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
- On campus24
- Non-campus13
- Public property1
Includes 3 in residence halls (a subset of on-campus, not added to the total).
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
No hate crimes reported.
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
- The University of Texas Student and Faculty Apartments (SFA)1 fireElectricalDamage $100-$999
Data quality: 40 reports were later determined unfounded across the reporting period and are excluded from the totals above.
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
UTH vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions UTH selected for federal comparison reporting.
A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.
| Carnegie | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectThe University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston | — | — | 4,938 | — | — |
| — | — | 3,246 | — | — | |
| — | — | 2,942 | — | — | |
| 86% | 60.6% | 50,737 | $32,875 | R1 Research | |
| — | — | 3,786 | $25,137 | — | |
| — | — | 3,241 | — | — | |
| — | — | 2,549 | — | — | |
| — | — | 1,341 | — | — | |
| Peer group median | 86% | 60.6% | 3,244 | $29,006 |
Institutions like UTH
Explore the federal data for institutions in UTH's comparison group.
- South Carolina
Medical University of South Carolina
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment3,246Net price—View data - Oregon
Oregon Health & Science University
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment2,942Net price—View data - R1 ResearchPennsylvania
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus
Grad rate86%Admit rate60.6%Enrollment50,737Net price$32,875View data - Texas
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment3,786Net price$25,137View data - Texas
The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment3,241Net price—View data - Texas
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment2,549Net price—View data - New York
Upstate Medical University
Grad rate—Admit rate—Enrollment1,341Net price—View data
UTH Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
- Deanne HernandezAssociate Vice President for Institutional Research, Assessment & Accreditation
- Diana Keosayian, EdDDirector of Institutional Research & Effectiveness
- Kevin SanchezProgram Manager, Institutional Research & Effectiveness
Research funding
External research funding from NSF, NIH, HERD, and federal spending sources.
Reports & documents (1)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
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