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 0% student loan default rate at UH Downtown is better than the national rate of 10.1%. That's a good sign that you may be able to pay off student loans easier than your peers at other schools can.
• The highest award offered at UH Downtown is the master's degree.
• In <nil>, 51% of the faculty were full-time.
• Students who graduate from UH Downtown with a bachelor's degree make about $52,929 a year. That's 30% more than those who graduate from other schools.

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
Website:	www.uhd.edu

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?

UH Downtown has the high acceptance rate of 95%, which means it is fairly easy to gain admittance as long as you submit a complete application with requested materials.

Approximately 38% of accepted students are men and 62% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 92%, and the acceptance rate for women is 96%.

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 15% of students took out student loans averaging $5,409 a year. That adds up to $21,636 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at UH Downtown is 0.3%. 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 Houston - Downtown Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 13,612 undergraduate students at UH Downtown, with 6,584 being full-time and 7,028 being part-time.

There are also 1,465 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 6,584 full-time undergraduates at UH Downtown, 37% are male and 63% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	576
Black or African American	1,030
Hispanic or Latino	3,632
White	766
International Students	388
Other Races/Ethnicities	192

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 39 bachelor’s degree and 12 master’s degree programs available online at UH Downtown. In 2020-2021, 12,231 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 8th most popular in Texas for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2020-2021.

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.

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%.

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.