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Higher Education
College Of The Mainland
— Learning Center — North
County
200 Parker Court,
League City, TX 77573
281-332-1800
https://www.com.edu/learningcenters/north-county
Enrollment: 529 total (credit
enrollment and continuing
education)
Tuition: $45 per credit hour
(in-district)
Degrees offered: Associate
of Arts, Associate of Arts
in Teaching, Associate of
Science, Associate of Applied
Science and a wide range of
certification programs
Most popular majors: Liberal
Arts, Science Technologies,
Health Professions
College of the Mainland is a
comprehensive community
college providing associate
degrees and many types
of professional certification
programs. COM educates
more than 3,900 credit and
1,050 continuing education
students each year, with
the North County Learning
Center bringing quality higher
education services to the
League City area.
The Learning Center-North
County offers a number
of continuing education
workforce programs, as
well as dual-credit classes
for high school students in
the area and allied health
classes. The community
college’s associate degree
and certificate programs
provide a pathway directly to
high-skill, high-demand jobs
in fields such as health care,
public safety, business and the
petrochemical industry.
Another part of the college’s
mission is to provide quickresponse
training needed by
businesses and industry in the
region in order to help provide
a strong, vibrant community.
University Of
Houston-Clear Lake
2700 Bay Area Blvd.,
Houston, TX 77058
281-283-7600
www.uhcl.edu
Enrollment: 9,082
Tuition: $50 per credit hour
(Texas resident undergraduate
student); $100 per credit
hour (Texas resident graduate
student)
Degrees offered: 88
undergraduate and graduate
degree programs, as well
as three doctoral programs
in the Colleges of Business,
Education, Human Sciences
and Humanities, and Science
and Computer Engineering.
Mascot: Hunter the Hawk
Most popular degree
programs: Business,
Management, Marketing,
Human Resource
Management, Biotechnology,
Social Sciences, Education,
Social Work, Nursing,
and Fitness and Human
Performance
Since opening its doors
in 1974, the University of
Houston-Clear Lake has forged
a reputation as a caring and
dynamic force in modern
education. The campus offers
undergraduate, graduate and
doctoral students a closeknit,
academic community
enhanced by a global
perspective with access to
faculty who are leaders in their
fields.
In fall 2014, the university
expanded its upper-level and
graduate educational offerings
by welcoming freshman and
sophomore students for
the first time. UH-Clear Lake
opened its first on-campus
resident hall, called Hunter
Hall, in fall 2019. Enrollment
continues to rise with the
university welcoming more
than 9,000 students each
semester.
The university has flourished
in the midst of the upper
Gulf Coast’s international
petrochemical industry, Texas
Medical Center and NASA
Johnson Space Center. The
university has built relationships
with area businesses, schools,
institutions and organizations
to the benefit of both its
students and the community as
a whole.
More than 71,000 alumni
have developed distinguished
records of achievement in the
fields of business, industry,
education and health care and
include 10 astronauts, more
than 400 CEOs and a bestselling
author.
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