University of Houston - Downtown Overview

University of Houston - Downtown is a public institution located in Houston, Texas. Houston is a great location for students who prefer city over country life.

What Is University of Houston - Downtown Known For?

• The highest award offered at UH Downtown is the master's degree.
• For the 2017-2018 academic year, 52% of the faculty were full-time.
• After graduation, UH Downtown bachelor's degree recipients go on to jobs where they make $45,000 a year. That's about 10% more than their peers at other schools.

University of Houston - Downtown Rankings

These rankings may look different from those published by other outlets, because we use an outcomes-based approach rather than a subjective one. We get our data from a number of places, including the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard. For more information, check out our rankings and methodology page.

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at UH Downtown.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#5	Best Value Writing Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#32	Best Writing Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#51	Best Value Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#51	Best Value Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#60	Best Value General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#64	Best Value Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#76	Best Value English Language & Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#103	Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#107	Best Law Enforcement & Firefighting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#146	Best General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

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

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#18	Best Value Colleges for Writing Studies	College Factual
#46	Best Value Colleges for Mathematics & Statistics	College Factual
#55	Best Value Colleges for Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies	College Factual
#82	Best Value Colleges for English Language & Literature	College Factual
#96	Best Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Colleges for Veterans	College Factual
#116	Best Value Colleges for Psychology	College Factual

Where Is University of Houston - Downtown?

Contact details for UH Downtown are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	1 Main Street, Houston, TX 77002-1014
Phone:	713-221-8000
Facebook:	http://www.facebook.com/Uhdowntown
Twitter:	http://twitter.com/#!/UHDowntown

How Do I Get Into UH Downtown?

You can apply to UH Downtown online at: www.uhd.edu/admissions/apply/Pages/admissions-application.aspx

Admission Requirements for UH Downtown

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

How Hard Is It To Get Into UH Downtown?

Since UH Downtown has an acceptance rate of 93%, it is not too hard to gain acceptance into the school. Still, you need to be sure you complete your application in full and send in any other requested documents.

Approximately 38% of accepted students are men and 62% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 91%, and the acceptance rate for women is 94%.

Can I Afford University of Houston - Downtown?

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 UH Downtown, approximately 20% of students took out student loans averaging $4,378 a year. That adds up to $17,512 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at UH Downtown is 7.5%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.

University of Houston - Downtown Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 13,663 undergraduate students at UH Downtown, with 6,865 being full-time and 6,798 being part-time.

There are also 1,576 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 6,865 full-time undergraduates at UH Downtown, 38% are male and 62% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of University of Houston - Downtown students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	653
Black or African American	1,088
Hispanic or Latino	3,880
White	833
International Students	213
Other Races/Ethnicities	198

Geographic Diversity

Texas students aren't the only ones who study at University of Houston - Downtown. At this time, 4 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 81 countries are represented at UH Downtown. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Vietnam, Angola, and China.

Online Learning at University of Houston - Downtown

There are 12 bachelor’s degree and 4 master’s degree programs available online at UH Downtown. In 2019-2020, 15,154 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

This school is the 13th 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 Affordability Rankings of UH Downtown

The following table shows how UH Downtown is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are not mostly online.

Major	Tuition for In-State Students	Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Writing Studies	#1	#7
Management Information Systems	#7	#25
Finance & Financial Management	#7	#59
Curriculum & Instruction	#7	#38
International Business	#7	#28
Insurance	#10	#10
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting	#13	#77
Criminal Justice & Corrections	#13	#71
General Business/Commerce	#15	#36
Marketing	#19	#89
English Language & Literature	#19	#36
Liberal Arts General Studies	#22	#97
Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities	#22	#97
General Psychology	#25	#58
Psychology	#25	#67
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies	#25	#48
Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies	#31	#99
Education	#33	#86
Business, Management & Marketing	#48	#187
Business Administration & Management	#57	#222

Online Affordability Rankings of UH Downtown Rankings

The following table shows how UH Downtown is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are mostly online.

Major	Tuition for In-State Students	Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Writing Studies	#1	#7
Insurance	#1	#4
Marketing	#4	#96
Finance & Financial Management	#4	#86
International Business	#7	#84
English Language & Literature	#7	#37
General Business/Commerce	#12	#90
Psychology	#13	#101
General Psychology	#13	#98
Management Information Systems	#14	#72
Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities	#16	#85
Liberal Arts General Studies	#16	#85
Criminal Justice & Corrections	#27	#210
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting	#47	#195

Online Growth Rankings of UH Downtown

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at University of Houston - Downtown was 92.2%. This is the #445 largest growth rate of all schools that are mostly online. This refers to all students at UH Downtown regardless of major.

The following table shows the 1-year growth rate of UH Downtown majors that offer at least one online course. This table only includes majors with positive growth.

Major	1-Year Growth Rate
International Business	12%
Management Information Systems	16%

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at UH Downtown ranks compared to all other mostly online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at UH Downtown.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Insurance	#4
International Business	#10
Writing Studies	#24
Management Information Systems	#32
Finance & Financial Management	#32
Marketing	#32
General Psychology	#53
English Language & Literature	#60
General Business/Commerce	#82
Psychology	#85
Criminal Justice & Corrections	#124
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting	#158
Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities	#191
Liberal Arts General Studies	#191
Business Administration & Management	#307
Business, Management & Marketing	#433

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 Houston - Downtown Undergraduate Concentrations

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

Major	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	TOTAL
Business Administration & Management	174	381	417	972
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies	741	0	0	741
Criminal Justice & Corrections	223	16	39	278
Accounting	252	0	0	252
General Psychology	177	0	0	177
Finance & Financial Management	140	0	0	140
Computer Information Systems	106	0	0	106
Communication & Media Studies	82	0	0	82
General Business/Commerce	81	0	0	81
Public Health	72	0	0	72
Management Information Systems	70	0	0	70
Statistics	8	0	55	63
Social Work	56	0	0	56
International Business	42	0	0	42
Marketing	42	0	0	42
General English Literature	36	1	0	37
Biological & Physical Science	35	0	0	35
History	34	0	0	34
Political Science & Government	33	0	0	33
General Biology	31	0	0	31
Mathematics	27	0	0	27
Writing Studies	11	0	15	26
General Social Sciences	22	0	0	22
Chemistry	21	0	0	21
Curriculum & Instruction	0	0	19	19
Quality Control Technology	19	0	0	19
Geological & Earth Sciences	19	0	0	19
General Visual & Performing Arts	15	0	0	15
Computer Engineering Technology	14	0	0	14
Sociology	13	0	0	13
Civil Engineering Technology	11	0	0	11
Philosophy	11	0	0	11
Romance Languages	10	0	0	10
Nursing	9	0	0	9
Liberal Arts General Studies	8	0	0	8
Biotechnology	7	0	0	7
Applied Mathematics	7	0	0	7
Insurance	5	0	0	5
General Education	0	0	0	0
Teacher Education Subject Specific	0	0	0	0
Human Development & Family Studies	0	0	0	0
Applied Statistics	0	0	0	0
Data Analytics	0	0	0	0
Data Science	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	2,664	398	545	3,607

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 Nick22aku under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.