University of Houston-Clear Lake Career Outcomes & Earnings

For federally aided completers who are working and not enrolled, University of Houston-Clear Lake has median earnings of $59,865 four years after completion. Azimuth puts that earnings measure in the 51st percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.

The peer median, the middle value for comparable institutions (same type and size), is $57,301, leaving the university $2,564 above that benchmark. Graduates earn about $5,656 more than the model expects for similar students.

Among nonprofit four-year institutions, earnings beyond expectations falls in the 73rd percentile. That gap is what graduates earn minus what the model expects for similar students.

The return pillar is in the 59th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. The part the model attributes to the factors it measures (field of study, enrollment and the local labor market) adds $2,862.

The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain adds $2,794. Within the measured factors, the STEM component adds $1,911.

The modeled range at University of Houston-Clear Lake is wide enough that field choice changes the earnings picture. The downside earnings scenario is $48,618, and the upside scenario is $75,554; both are estimated from the program mix rather than observed groups.

At the higher end, Nursing has median earnings of $103,991 four years after completion, followed by Computer Engineering at $79,710 and Computer Science at $77,073. Those program results help explain the spread between the earnings scenarios.

Further study affects the lens on four-year earnings. An estimated 31.7% of graduates continue to graduate study, a figure estimated from the program mix rather than observed enrollment.

Because the earnings figure covers completers who are working and not enrolled, it does not include those still enrolled.

The largest programs at University of Houston-Clear Lake span a wide earnings range. Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies awards 238 degrees a year, the most of any program, and its graduates earn a median of $57,065 four years after completion.

Azimuth ranks it #25 nationally among nonprofit four-year institutions in its field. Accounting and Biology sit higher on the earnings scale.

Accounting awards 109 degrees and reports median earnings of $70,134. Biology awards 104 degrees, and its graduates earn $64,555; Azimuth ranks it #80 nationally in its field.

The highest-earning program is a much smaller one. Nursing graduates earn $103,991, but the program awards only 10 degrees a year.

The contrast between the largest program and the best-paid one is sharp, and a student's field of study matters a great deal for earnings here.

University of Houston-Clear Lake has 20 nationally ranked bachelor's programs, with earnings data available for 25 fields. The strongest rankings sit in the social and behavioral sciences, where Behavioral Sciences ranks #2 nationally and #1 in Texas.

It awarded 46 degrees and its completers earned a median of $51,151 four years after completion. Criminology also stands out, ranked #35 nationally and #1 in Texas, from 39 degrees a year, and its completers earned a median of $52,087 four years after completion.

Business/Commerce is ranked #19 nationally and #3 in Texas. It awarded 60 degrees, with median earnings of $71,973.

The largest program is Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, at 238 degrees a year, ranked #25 nationally, and its completers earned a median of $57,065 four years after completion. The highest-earning program is Nursing, where graduates earn a median of $103,991 four years after completion, though it awards only 10 degrees a year.