Students and Alumni
The University currently maintains a population of 1,750 traditional undergraduate students and 1,496 graduate students. Adding to this number are non-traditional, off-campus, study-abroad, special program, and seminary students that bring the grand total to 3,246 students.
UST has many diverse ethnicities, as 54% of the total number of students are African-American, Hispanic, Asian/Pacific Islander or American Indian. UST is the only private, Hispanic-serving institution of higher education in Houston; to earn this rating from the U.S. Department of Education, UST maintains a student body that is at least 25% Hispanic. 65% of the total enrollment is Catholic. University students come from 40 states throughout the U.S. as well as 59 countries around the world.
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