- The Inkwell
- Texas
- American InterContinental University-Houston
Houston, TXCity: largeZIP 77042
- Sector
- Private for-profit
- Carnegie class
- Master's: small programs
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Federal aid since
- 2003
- Campuses
- 3
TexasPrivate for-profit
American InterContinental University-Houston
American InterContinental University-Houston is a private for-profit university in Houston, Texas, with 94 undergraduates. It graduates 12% within six years and costs $9,618 a year after aid.
12%graduate
Retention25%
4-year graduation12%
Pell Grant share69%
Federal loans73%
$9,618net price / year
openadmissions
—average SAT
12%graduate in 6 years
$42,612median earnings, 10 yrs
$30,084median debt
#1,515 of 1,704 for earnings#166 of 1,739 for lowest net price#1,690 of 1,738 for graduation rate
what it costs
Cost and net price
Net price is the average annual cost after grants and scholarships for full-time students who receive federal aid; it varies with family income.
Published cost
- Cost of attendance
- $18,213tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $14,843
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $14,843
- Average net price
- $9,618national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$10,818
$30,001–48,000$8,418
$48,001–75,000—
$75,001–110,000—
$110,001+—
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- open admissionsnational median 77%
- Average SAT
- —
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- —
- SAT math, middle 50%
- —
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- —
Against the national median
Retention · this college25%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college12%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college69%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 12%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 12%
- First-year retention
- 25%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 30%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $32,228
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $42,612middle 50%: $23,201–$64,454
- Median debt at graduation
- $30,084
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$64,454
Median, American InterContinental University-Houston$42,612
Lower quarter$23,201
U.S. median, all colleges$58,886
Former students working and not enrolled · College Scorecard
who studies here
Students and faculty
Undergraduates
- Degree-seeking undergraduates
- 94
- Part-time
- 23%
- Women / men
- 60% / 40%
- Average age at entry
- 33.5
- First-generation students
- 56%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 69%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 13 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- —
- Average faculty salary
- $7,818 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $5,539
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White11%
Black38%
Asian1.1%
Two or more races4.3%
Unknown46%
5 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Business & management47%
Homeland security, law enforcement & firefighting23%
Visual & performing arts15%
Computer & information sciences10%
Health professions5.0%
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 445133.