College · Private for-profit · Houston, TX · City
American InterContinental University-Houston
Houston, TX
Admit rate—
6-yr median pay$28k
Net price / yr$20k
Undergrad size94
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $20k/yr for a shot at a $28k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of unspecified means this is admit rate not reported for this school.
If you get in
94 undergrads. Tiny. Every professor will know your name.
Where you live
City campus — public transit, off-campus food, weekends happen nearby.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $26k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $20k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$104k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$81k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$23k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback2.9x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $14.8k
- Books & supplies
- $1,200
How students pay for it.
Pell grants69%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans76%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$31k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $8k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention47%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr5%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$28k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$36k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out0%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- City
- Control
- Private for-profit
- Undergrad size
- 94
- Location
- Houston, TX
- Region
- Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)
- Carnegie class
- Master's Colleges & Universities: Smaller Programs
- Size & setting
- Four-year · very small · primarily nonresidential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · medium full-time, inclusive, higher transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Higher Learning Commission
- Also known as
- AIU Houston
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- Unknown46%
- Black38%
- White11%
- Two or more races4%
- Asian1%
First-gen students55%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time23%
Mixed full-time and part-time.
Veterans3%
Share using veteran education benefits.
Median family income$12k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 5
What you can study.