Mischer News

A significant consideration for parents in any region arises when it's time to send the kids off to college or a university. With the economic situation as it is and more and more people concerned about commutes and efficiency, parents and students are opting for local schools, something of which Houston has plenty to offer.

There is an abundance of local, highly rated universities, colleges and academic certifications and programs.

University of Houston (link: www.uh.edu)

-Percent of applicants admitted: 79%
-Student to faculty ratio: 22 to 1
-SAT range: 920-1170
-109 majors and minors
-128 master's
-50 doctoral
-Best Entrepreneurship Program in the nation
-UH Law Center is one of the top 100 law schools in the country
-Third in the nation for Health Law
-In the top ten for Intellectual Property Law
-Offers the Space Architecture graduate program, the only program of its kind in the world
-The most diverse university in the nation


Houston Baptist University (link: www.hbu.edu)

-Over 2,500 students
-Student to faculty ratio: 13:1
-Over 79% of full-time professors hold terminal degrees


Houston Community College (www.hccs.edu)

-Regions covered: Central, Coleman, Northeast, Northwest, Southeast, Southwest, and Distance Education
-Tons of inexpensive, transferable courses


University of St. Thomas (www.stthom.edu)

-3,234 total enrollment
-An Hispanic serving institution
-Student to Faculty ratio:  11:1
-67% student population is Catholic
-92% of faculty hold a terminal degree
-1138 average SAT score
-31 undergraduate and 10 graduate degree programs
-65 student organizations
-Tuition: $717 per credit hour undergraduate; $802 per credit hour graduate


Rice University (www.rice.edu)

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Texas Southern University (www.tsu.edu)

-80+ student organizations
-Over 9,500 students
-9 schools and colleges
-Thurgood Marshall Law School named the most diverse law school in the nation three consecutive years in a row
-College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences has historically produced over 27% of all African American pharmacists in the nation.
-The majority of African-American teachers in HISD and African-American lawyers in Houston are Texas Southern graduates