-32%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston fell 32% between 2021 and 2024 (685 → 465).
Texas · Public · Predominantly bachelor's
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Houston, Texas. 460 undergraduate students. 47 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Short-arc shifts (recent 3-year window), peer outliers, earnings trend breaks, completion drops, enrollment cliffs, and debt-to-earnings warnings — surfaced deterministically from the federal record. Multi-decade shifts are reported separately in the Long Arc section, since 25-year tuition drift isn't really an anomaly.
+63%
Public bachelor's-predominant peer
10-year earnings at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston are 63% above the public bachelor's-predominant peer median ($88.8k vs $54.5k).
-31%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment fell 31% at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston vs the 2018–2022 baseline (460 vs 663).
+14%
Median federal debt at exit
Median federal debt at exit at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston rose 14% between 2006 and 2009 ($11.0k → $12.5k).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. Texas
Each tile compares this institution to the Texas median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$88,757-1% · 6→10y
Texas median $39,639$89,371
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry—±0% · '97→'98
Texas median 51.8%$12,500+29% · '97→'09
At program completion460+85% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS—
first-time, full-time—
latest cohort—
annualSECTION 02 · EARNINGS HORIZONS
How earnings spread, 4 to 10 years after entry
Treasury tax-record earnings for federally aided students who first enrolled at this institution. Each point is a horizon from the most-recent vintage. Single median per horizon (no p25/p75 publishing).
Earnings widen with time post-entry. Selection: federal-aid recipients only — not all graduates.Methodology →
SECTION 03 · DEBT-TO-EARNINGS
What loans cost relative to earnings
Annual debt service as a share of median earnings 10 years after entry, computed under federal Direct loan terms (10-year fixed at 6%). The 8% line is the gainful-employment threshold from federal regulation; above 12% has historically been considered “failing” under prior rule cycles.
Institution-wide
1.9%Median federal debt $12,500 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $88,757 (10y after entry).
SECTION 04 · LONG ARC
Ten-plus year arc
Federally available history. Coverage varies by metric — IPEDS publishes some series only after 2009 and others only before.
Undergraduate enrollment.
150%-time completion rate.
Median federal student debt at exit.
+85%
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston · undergrad enrollment rose
252 → 465
+29%
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston · median debt rose
$9,687 → $12,500
+157%
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston · pell share rose
19.8% → 50.9%
+41%
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston · earnings_median_8yr rose
$63,500 → $89,329
+47%
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston · earnings_median_6yr rose
$60,900 → $89,371
SECTION 05 · PROGRAMS
Ranked by 5-year earnings
Each row is one (CIP × credential) program reported by the institution in College Scorecard's Field-of-Study data. Cohort floor is 30 students; below this, federal data is suppressed.
Medicine.$155,447Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$132,370Dentistry.$129,360Medical Illustration and Informatics.$123,632Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$93,264Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology.$83,050Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions.$80,487Health and Medical Administrative Services.$79,734Public Health.$73,311Dental Support Services and Allied Professions.$58,769
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
10 programs with earnings, grouped
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
BIOLOGICAL & BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES · CIP 26
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$93,264Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$132,370Medicine.$155,447Public Health.$73,311Dentistry.$129,360Medical Illustration and Informatics.$123,632Dental Support Services and Allied Professions.$58,769Health and Medical Administrative Services.$79,734Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions.$80,487
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Pick a program. Cost from Scorecard net price by family income; earnings from Treasury 5-year-post-completion median, projected forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve. The selection-bias toggle applies the Dale-Krueger shrinkage. Outcomes illustration, not a forecast — see methodology.
Shrinks the earnings premium toward the matched-applicant mean. STEM <15%, business ~40%, arts & education ~60%.
EARNINGS SUPPRESSED
Federal privacy rules suppressed earnings for Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing · Bachelor's Degree at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston(cohort below 30 students). The calculator can’t produce a number we’d stand behind, so we don’t.
Outcomes illustration · not a forecast. Projects observed Scorecard earnings forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve under your assumptions. See methodology for the math.
SECTION 07 · SIMILAR INSTITUTIONS
Same sector and degree mix in Texas
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston graduates earn $X” — not “The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston caused. Selection effects (who admits, who enrolls, who completes) are real. We publish federal data with strict descriptive phrasing — and link the methodology where you can read about the limitations directly.