University of Houston (UofH) vs Queens College

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	CUNY Queens College	University of Houston
Overview
Location	Queens, New York	Houston, Texas
Campus setting	City: Large	City: Large
College type	4 year	4 year
Control/business model	Public	Public
Calendar system	Semester	Semester
Degrees offered	Undergraduate and Graduate	Undergraduate and Graduate
Students retention rate	80.0%	85.0%
Common app member	No	Yes
Religious affiliation

Admission
Acceptance rate	60.8%	65.5%
Application fees	Undergraduate: $65 Graduate: $75	Undergraduate: $75 Graduate: $75
SAT range	N/A	1140 - 1330
ACT range	N/A	23 - 28
Students submitting SAT score		51.0%
Students submitting ACT score		12.0%
Total number of applicants	21,777	29,721
Total number of admissions given out	13,237	19,474
Admitted students who chose to enroll	2,100	5,437
Yield rate	15.9%	27.9%
Test scores (SAT/ACT)	N/A	N/A
High school GPA	Required	Required
Recommendation letters	Not required	Not required
High school transcript	Not required	Required
English proficiency test (e.g. TOEFL)	Required	Required

Tuition and Fees
Sticker price	In state: $31,853 Out of state: $39,803	In state: $25,516 Out of state: $37,708
Average net price	$4,777	$14,339
Tuition	In state: $6,930 Out of state: $14,880	In state: $8,685 Out of state: $20,877
Room & board		Room/dormitory: $5,542 Meal plan: $4,420
Available payment plans	Prepaid tuition plan Tuition payment plan	Guaranteed tuition plan Tuition payment plan

Financial Aid
Students receiving financial aid (Grants & scholarships)	87.0% Average amount $7,627	79.0% Average amount $10,409
Students receiving federal student loan	5.0% Average amount $4,272	28.0% Average amount $4,941
Students taking out private loans	0.0% Average amount $12,494	3.0% Average amount $13,286

Students and Campus
Undergraduate students	15,883 Men 45.9% Women 54.1%	38,581 Men 48.8% Women 51.2%
Graduate students	2,889 Men 27.3% Women 72.7%	8,450 Men 45.2% Women 54.8%
Racial/ethnic diversity	Moderate	Moderate
Out-of-state students	N/A	N/A
International students	4.7%	7.7%
Campus local/setting	City: Large	City: Large
Dormitory capacity	510	8,397
First year students are required to live on campus?	No	No
Top 5 states where most U.S. students come from	N/A	N/A

Academics
Popular study areas	Education Business Visual & Performing Arts Health Professions Communication and Journalism	Business Engineering Psychology Health Professions Computer and Information Science
Students to faculty ratio	16:1	21:1
Institutional accreditation	Middle States Commission on Higher Education	Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges

Outcome
Graduation rate	55.2%	62.0%
Dropout rate	15.0%	25.3%
Transferred out	24.2%	8.7%
Alumni salary by major (Top 10)	Educational Administration and Supervision (Graduate/Professional Certificates) Year 1: $118,574 Year 2: $107,163 Year 3: $110,663 Computer Science (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $57,110 Year 2: $59,873 Year 3: $78,560 Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $68,915 Year 2: $68,666 Year 3: $76,852 Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $70,362 Year 2: $67,765 Year 3: $76,069 Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $59,825 Year 2: $63,005 Year 3: $73,544 Special Education and Teaching (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $64,955 Year 2: $65,131 Year 3: $69,855 Bilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural Education (Graduate/Professional Certificates) Year 1: $81,638 Year 2: $61,516 Year 3: $68,278 Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas (Graduate/Professional Certificates) Year 1: $44,860 Year 2: $54,109 Year 3: $67,876 Accounting and Related Services (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $61,019 Year 2: $58,221 Year 3: $64,640 Urban Studies/Affairs (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $53,300 Year 2: $50,231 Year 3: $61,351	Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration (First Professional Degrees) Year 1: $110,469 Year 2: $120,138 Year 3: $121,476 Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $98,237 Year 2: $92,563 Year 3: $101,684 Educational Administration and Supervision (Doctoral Degrees) Year 1: $83,905 Year 2: $92,809 Year 3: $101,554 Optometry (First Professional Degrees) Year 1: $91,785 Year 2: $95,549 Year 3: $99,780 Information Science/Studies (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $52,557 Year 2: $67,660 Year 3: $90,735 Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $99,747 Year 2: $71,015 Year 3: $89,796 Law (First Professional Degrees) Year 1: $70,167 Year 2: $74,200 Year 3: $87,533 Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $75,967 Year 2: $74,576 Year 3: $85,834 Petroleum Engineering (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $73,141 Year 2: $67,380 Year 3: $83,990 Industrial Engineering (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $72,713 Year 2: $73,530 Year 3: $79,151

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