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University of Houston - Victoria

Victoria, Texas·Public, 4-year or above·Southwest·tamuv.edu

University of Houston-Victoria's acceptance rate is 95.9% (2024). Its six-year graduation rate is 26% and its four-year rate is 14% (2024). In-state tuition and fees are $7,149 and out-of-state tuition and fees are $16,989 (2024). Fall enrollment is 3,586 students, and 6,296 enrolled over the full 12-month year (2024). Source: IPEDS.

Acceptance
95.9%
+4.9pp vs Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
6-yr graduation
26%
-12.0pp vs Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Total enrollment
3,586
peer median 4,506
Avg net price
$8,109
-$4.1k vs Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
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About

The University of Houston System is a public university system in the U.S. state of Texas, comprising three separate and distinct universities. It also owns and holds broadcasting licenses to a public television station (KUHT) and a public radio station (KUHF).

Admissions & acceptance rate

First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.

IPEDS
Applied
1,880
1,880 candidates competed
Admitted
1,803
95.9% acceptance rate
Enrolled
221
12.3% yield

Graduation rate & outcomes

Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.

IPEDS
Overall completion
26%
4-year graduation
14%
6-year graduation (bachelor’s)
26%-12.0pp vs Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Full-time retention
65%

Pell equity

0.6pp gap
Pell recipients
26%52 of 198
Non-Pell (all)
27%29 of 109
Subsidized loan, no Pell
29%8 of 28
No Federal Aid
26%21 of 81

Pell and non-Pell students graduate at nearly identical rates, a notably small equity gap.

Source: IPEDS Graduation Rates (GR) — Pell/SSL cohort, 2024 cohort.

Program outcomes

Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.

FVT/GE

Of 67 Title IV programs, 16 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 51 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.

Total programs
67
Passing
16
23.9% of portfolio
Failing (GE)
0
0.0% of portfolio
Fail rate
0.0%
-0.6pp vs 0.6% national

Pass / fail distribution

67programs
  • Passing16 · 23.9%
  • No Data51 · 76.1%
  • Failing0 · 0.0%

Severity spectrum

Critical
0
Severe
0
Recoverable
0
At Risk
0
Watch
1
Safe
15
No data
51

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.

16
History
Bachelor Degree · History
+22.9%
$40,936 vs $33,298
Psychology General
Bachelor Degree · Psychology
+27.2%
$42,359 vs $33,298
Clinical Counseling and Applied Psychology
Master's Degree · Psychology
+35.9%
$66,116 vs $48,653
Educational Administration and Supervision
Master's Degree · Education
+43.3%
$66,487 vs $46,391
Criminal Justice and Corrections
Bachelor Degree · Security And Protective Services
+52.6%
$50,809 vs $33,298
Student Counseling and Personnel Services
Master's Degree · Education
+56.3%
$72,514 vs $46,391
Communication and Media Studies
Bachelor Degree · Communication, Journalism, And Related Programs
+57.5%
$52,435 vs $33,298
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies Other
Bachelor Degree · Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies
+61.7%
$53,837 vs $33,298

Debt vs earnings

Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.

13
Clinical Counseling and Applied Psychology
Master's Degree · Psychology
53%
$35,146 debt · $66,116 earn
Student Counseling and Personnel Services
Master's Degree · Education
53%
$38,529 debt · $72,514 earn
Psychology General
Bachelor Degree · Psychology
50%
$21,313 debt · $42,359 earn
Communication and Media Studies
Bachelor Degree · Communication, Journalism, And Related Programs
48%
$25,250 debt · $52,435 earn
Criminal Justice and Corrections
Bachelor Degree · Security And Protective Services
47%
$23,798 debt · $50,809 earn
Business/Commerce General
Bachelor Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
40%
$22,778 debt · $56,397 earn
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies Other
Bachelor Degree · Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies
39%
$21,190 debt · $53,837 earn
Accounting and Related Services
Bachelor Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
32%
$17,812 debt · $55,175 earn

Accreditation status & history

Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.

DAPIP
AccreditedInstitutional accreditor

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges

Accredited since 1978Next review Jun 2026

Programmatic accreditations · 3

Action history · 9

  1. Jun 2025Grant Substantive Change: Other
    Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
  2. May 2025Grant Substantive Change: Program
    Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
  3. Dec 2024Renewal of Accreditation
    Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
  4. Apr 2023Renewal of Accreditation
    Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education · Nursing (CNURED) - Nursing education programs at the baccalaureate degree levels
  5. Jun 2022Heightened Monitoring or Focused Review
    Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Tuition & cost

What families actually pay, broken down by family income.

College Scorecard

Net price by family income

Aid exceeds costFamily pays
$0–30k$5,317
$30–48k$5,579
$48–75k$17,553
$75–110k$20,047
$110k+$20,285

Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.

Avg net price
$8,109
-$4,061vs Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs median $12,170
Federal loans
37.8%
In-state tuition and fees
$7,149
Out-of-state tuition and fees
$16,989

Federal aid volume & trends

Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.

Federal Student Aid

In AY 2024–25, 1,598 students received $8.7M in Pell grants, alongside $15.0M in federal Direct Loans.

Pell recipients
1,598
AY 2024–25
Pell disbursed
$8.7M
$8,658,321 total
Direct Loans
$15.0M
2,226 loan awards

Pell recipients · 5-year trend

2k
’20
2k
’21
2k
’22
2k
’23
2k
’24

Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25

Subsidized$3.2M
873 loan awards
Unsubsidized · UG$3.8M
784 loan awards
Unsubsidized · Grad$7.5M
526 loan awards
Parent PLUS$118K
14 loan awards
Grad PLUS$357K
29 loan awards

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.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student loan default rate

The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.

Cohort Default Rate

Of 1,160 borrowers who entered repayment, 19 (1.6%) defaulted within three years — below the 2.3% national rate.

Default rate
1.6%
-0.7pp vs 2.3% national
Borrowers in repayment
1,160
Defaulted
19
Measurement window
3 years
Federal CDR standard

Default rate vs national, by cohort

2016
6.7%
2017
10.2%
2018
8.0%
2019
1.6%
2020*
0.0%
This institutionNational rate

* 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.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Academic programs at University of Houston-Victoria

Top program areas ranked by completions.

IPEDS
Distinct CIP programs40
UndergraduateOffered
GraduateOffered

Top program families by completions

1,186 total completions
01Business
42335.7%
02Education
18115.3%
03Psychology
14111.9%
04Computer Sciences
13211.1%
05Multi/Interdisciplinary
1129.4%
06Health Professions
625.2%
07Biological Sciences
383.2%
08Security/Protective
383.2%
09Communication
332.8%
10English Language
262.2%

Enrollment trends & demographics

Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.

IPEDS
Fall total
3,586
12-mo unduplicated
6,296
Undergraduate
4,621
Graduate
1,675

Gender split

Men
35%2,219
Women
65%4,077

Race / ethnicity composition

Hispanic
47.2%
White
25.0%
Black
13.6%
Asian
6.1%
Two or more
3.3%
Non-resident
2.9%
Unknown
1.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native
0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander
0.1%

Athletics & Title IX gender equity

How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.

EADA
Athletes
158
92 M · 66 W
Women athletes
41.8%
Athletic aid
$425K
Total student aid
Budget
$1.9M
Total expenses

Men vs women · spending splits

Athletic student aid
$234K
$191K
Recruiting expense
$3K
$3K
Head-coach salaries
$36K
$34K
Men Women

Sport-by-sport · 4

Soccer
32 M · 35 W
$615K
Baseball
51 M · —
$451K
Softball
— · 24 W
$283K
Golf
9 M · 7 W
$272K

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Campus safety & crime statistics

Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.

Clery Act
Criminal offenses · per 1,000 students
0.79
3 offenses · 3,784 students

3-year trend

0.482 yrs ago0.491 yr ago0.79Latest
Offenses · 3-yr
7
Last three years
VAWA · 3-yr
11
DV, dating, stalking
Hate crimes · 3-yr
0
Res-hall fires · 3-yr
0

Criminal offenses by type

Rape
1
Burglary
1
Aggravated assault
1

By location

3total
  • On campus3

Includes 1 in residence halls (a subset of on-campus, not added to the total).

VAWA offenses

0
Domestic violence
1
Dating violence
3
Stalking
4 total under the Violence Against Women Act.

Hate crimes by bias

No hate crimes reported.

Arrests vs disciplinary referrals

CategoryArrestsReferrals
Weapons00
Drugs50
Liquor00

Residence-hall fires

No residence-hall fires reported.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student-faculty ratio

Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.

IPEDS
Student-to-faculty
15.0:1
Instructional staff (full-time equivalent)
124

University of Houston-Victoria vs Peer comparison

The peer institutions University of Houston-Victoria selected for federal comparison reporting.

IPEDS
6-yr gradRetentionSelectivityEnrollmentAffordabilityYield
This institutionPeer median

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
SubjectUniversity of Houston-Victoria
26%95.9%3,586$8,109Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Angelo State University
44%83.0%11,542$15,091Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Auburn University at Montgomery
33%91.6%5,217$13,224Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Delta State University
48%100.0%2,654$13,540Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
East Central University
34%58.1%3,377$8,683Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Midwestern State University
43%93.5%5,324$11,656Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Peru State College
38%Open admission1,492$11,632Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs
Sul Ross State University
30%98.7%2,384$13,286Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Texas A&M University-Central Texas
Not reported100.0%2,403$1,300Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs
Texas A&M University-Texarkana
30%63.5%2,412$12,997Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs
The University of Texas at San Antonio
53%86.8%35,770$10,836R1 Research
The University of Texas at Tyler
54%94.0%10,362$13,323R2 Research
The University of Texas Permian Basin
40%94.9%5,585$12,723Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
University of Houston-Clear Lake
52%90.5%8,137$15,563Doctoral/Professional
University of Houston-Downtown
33%90.0%13,730$10,542Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
University of North Texas at Dallas
42%84.5%3,794$6,420Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
University of West Alabama
28%42.7%6,820$12,684Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Western New Mexico University
26%Open admission3,531$8,522Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Peer group median38%91.0%4,506$12,170

Institutions like University of Houston-Victoria

Explore the federal data for institutions in University of Houston-Victoria's comparison group.

IPEDS
  • Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsTexas

    Angelo State University

    Grad rate
    44%
    Admit rate
    83.0%
    Enrollment
    11,542
    Net price
    $15,091
  • Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsAlabama

    Auburn University at Montgomery

    Grad rate
    33%
    Admit rate
    91.6%
    Enrollment
    5,217
    Net price
    $13,224
  • Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsMississippi

    Delta State University

    Grad rate
    48%
    Admit rate
    100.0%
    Enrollment
    2,654
    Net price
    $13,540
  • Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsOklahoma

    East Central University

    Grad rate
    34%
    Admit rate
    58.1%
    Enrollment
    3,377
    Net price
    $8,683
  • Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsTexas

    Midwestern State University

    Grad rate
    43%
    Admit rate
    93.5%
    Enrollment
    5,324
    Net price
    $11,656
  • Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium ProgramsNebraska

    Peru State College

    Grad rate
    38%
    Admit rate
    Open admission
    Enrollment
    1,492
    Net price
    $11,632
  • Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsTexas

    Sul Ross State University

    Grad rate
    30%
    Admit rate
    98.7%
    Enrollment
    2,384
    Net price
    $13,286
  • Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium ProgramsTexas

    Texas A&M University-Central Texas

    Grad rate
    Not reported
    Admit rate
    100.0%
    Enrollment
    2,403
    Net price
    $1,300
  • Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium ProgramsTexas

    Texas A&M University-Texarkana

    Grad rate
    30%
    Admit rate
    63.5%
    Enrollment
    2,412
    Net price
    $12,997
  • R1 ResearchTexas

    The University of Texas at San Antonio

    Grad rate
    53%
    Admit rate
    86.8%
    Enrollment
    35,770
    Net price
    $10,836
  • R2 ResearchTexas

    The University of Texas at Tyler

    Grad rate
    54%
    Admit rate
    94.0%
    Enrollment
    10,362
    Net price
    $13,323
  • Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsTexas

    The University of Texas Permian Basin

    Grad rate
    40%
    Admit rate
    94.9%
    Enrollment
    5,585
    Net price
    $12,723
  • Doctoral/ProfessionalTexas

    University of Houston-Clear Lake

    Grad rate
    52%
    Admit rate
    90.5%
    Enrollment
    8,137
    Net price
    $15,563
  • Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsTexas

    University of Houston-Downtown

    Grad rate
    33%
    Admit rate
    90.0%
    Enrollment
    13,730
    Net price
    $10,542
  • Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsTexas

    University of North Texas at Dallas

    Grad rate
    42%
    Admit rate
    84.5%
    Enrollment
    3,794
    Net price
    $6,420
  • Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsAlabama

    University of West Alabama

    Grad rate
    28%
    Admit rate
    42.7%
    Enrollment
    6,820
    Net price
    $12,684
  • Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsNew Mexico

    Western New Mexico University

    Grad rate
    26%
    Admit rate
    Open admission
    Enrollment
    3,531
    Net price
    $8,522

University of Houston-Victoria Institutional Research office

The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.

Team
1 member
  • Jamie Summerlin
    Director of Institutional Research & Effectiveness

Research funding

External research funding from NSF, NIH, HERD, and federal spending sources.

NSF
NSF awards
$348,691
USA Spending
$3,527,720
All sources
$3,876,411

Reports & documents (1)

Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.

Frequently asked questions about University of Houston-Victoria

Quick answers to the questions most often asked about University of Houston-Victoria.

What is the acceptance rate at University of Houston-Victoria?

University of Houston-Victoria's acceptance rate is 95.9% (1,803 admitted from 1,880 applicants), based on the latest IPEDS.

What is the graduation rate at University of Houston-Victoria?

University of Houston-Victoria's six-year graduation rate is 26% and its four-year rate is 14%, per 2024 IPEDS data.

How many students attend University of Houston-Victoria?

University of Houston-Victoria reports a total enrollment of 3,586 students per the latest IPEDS.

What is the average net price at University of Houston-Victoria?

The average net price at University of Houston-Victoria is $8,109 per the latest College Scorecard. Net price is the published cost of attendance minus grant aid.

What is the yield rate at University of Houston-Victoria?

University of Houston-Victoria's yield rate is 12.3%, the share of admitted students who enrolled, per the latest IPEDS.

Where is University of Houston-Victoria located?

University of Houston-Victoria is located in Victoria, Texas 77901.

About the data on this page

Every figure comes from an official federal or public source. Here is each one and the release it is currently on.

IPEDSFall 2025–26 release, published July 28, 2026
Enrollment, completions, graduation rates, tuition, financial aid, staffing, and finance for every U.S. institution in federal student aid programs.
National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education
College ScorecardJune 10, 2026 release (merged 2025–26 files)
Institution and field-of-study costs, graduate earnings, debt, completion, and admissions outcomes compiled from federal aid records, tax data, and IPEDS.
U.S. Department of Education
FVT/GE program performanceProvisional preview, May 18, 2026 release
Program-level debt-to-earnings and earnings-premium measures behind the FVT/GE and STATS accountability frameworks.
U.S. Department of Education
DAPIP accreditationContinuously refreshed
Accreditation status for institutions and programs, reported by recognized accrediting agencies.
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
Federal Pell Grant & loan volumeAY 2025–26 (through Q3), through March 31, 2026
Pell Grant and Direct Loan recipient counts, award amounts, and disbursement volume by institution and award year.
U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid
Cohort Default RatesFY 2022 official rates
Institution-level federal student loan default rates, measuring borrowers who default within three years of entering repayment.
U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid
Equity in Athletics (EADA)Academic year 2024–25
Athletics participation, coaching, revenues, and expenses by sport and gender for Title IV institutions.
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
Campus Safety & SecurityData through reporting year 2024
Criminal offenses, arrests, disciplinary actions, VAWA offenses, and fire statistics reported by campus under the Clery Act.
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
Last reviewed July 2026All data sources & release dates →

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