University of Houston Student Life

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University of Houston has a total undergraduate enrollment of 31,764, with a gender distribution of 50.3 percent male students and 49.7 percent female students. At this school, 15.0 percent of the students live in college-owned, -operated, or -affiliated housing and 85.0 percent of students live off campus. University of Houston is part of the NCAA I athletic conference.

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Student Body

Total undergraduate enrollment 31,764
Student gender distribution
Student gender distribution
Total graduate enrollment 8,056

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Housing

Students living on- and off-campus
Students living on- and off-campus
Types of campus housing available
coed dorms (49%) apartment for single students (44%)
sorority housing (2%) special housing for disabled students (2%)
fraternity housing (2%) theme housing
apartments for married students (1%)

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Sports

Collegiate athletic association NCAA I
Scholarship sports
Sports Men's Women's
Baseball  
Basketball
Cross country
Football  
Golf  
Soccer  
Softball  
Swimming and diving  
Tennis  
Track and field (indoor)
Track and field (outdoor)
Volleyball  

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Clubs & Organizations

Registered clubs and organizations 495
Air Force ROTC Offered on campus
Army ROTC Offered on campus
Navy ROTC Offered at cooperating institution (Rice University)
Undergraduate men who are members of a fraternity N/A
Undergraduate women who are members of a sorority N/A

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* Student Life details based on 2011 data

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