University of St. Thomas Business Programs

Located in Houston, Texas, University of St. Thomas is a private not-for-profit institution. Houston is a great location for students who prefer city over country life.

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards UST has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#8	Highest Paid Accounting and Business/Management Graduates	College Factual
#11	Best Accounting and Business/Management Schools	College Factual
#11	Best Value Colleges for Accounting and Business/Management	College Factual
#133	Best Accounting Colleges for Veterans	College Factual
#135	Best Accounting Colleges for Veterans	College Factual

Where Is University of St. Thomas?

Contact details for UST are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	3800 Montrose Blvd, Houston, TX 77006-4696
Phone:	713-522-7911
Website:	www.stthom.edu
Facebook:	http://www.stthom.edu/Facebook
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/stthomashouston

How Do I Get Into UST?

You can apply to UST online at: https://www.applyweb.com/sttundgr/index.ftl

Admission Requirements for UST

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	neither required nor recommended
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	recommended
Recommendations	recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	recommended
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into UST?

With an acceptance rate of 96%, UST is fairly easy to get into, but you must be sure to submit the required materials.

Approximately 37% of accepted students are men and 63% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 95%, and the acceptance rate for women is 97%.

Can I Afford University of St. Thomas?

The overall average net price of UST is $29,446. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At UST, approximately 43% of students took out student loans averaging $6,122 a year. That adds up to $24,488 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at UST is 3.7%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

University of St. Thomas Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 2,411 undergraduate students at UST, with 1,968 being full-time and 443 being part-time.

There are also 1,281 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,968 full-time undergraduates at UST, 35% are male and 65% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of University of St. Thomas students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	241
Black or African American	164
Hispanic or Latino	1,009
White	340
International Students	121
Other Races/Ethnicities	93

Geographic Diversity

Texas students aren't the only ones who study at University of St. Thomas. At this time, 11 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 80 countries are represented at UST. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, Saudi Arabia, and India.

Online Learning at University of St. Thomas

In 2019-2020, 3,266 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at UST has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 50th most popular in Texas for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Growth Rankings of UST

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at University of St. Thomas was 60.6%. This is the #493 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at UST regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

University of St. Thomas Business Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	Master’s	TOTAL
General Business Administration and Management	19	79	98
Finance	40	0	40
Accounting	21	15	36
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	34	0	34
International Business/Trade/Commerce	10	5	15
Development Economics & International Development	5	0	5
General Economics	4	0	4
Accounting and Business/Management	0	1	1
Organizational Leadership	0	0	0
General Business/Commerce	0	0	0
Management Science	0	0	0
TOTAL	133	100	233

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By college under License

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