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Biotechnology at University of Houston - Downtown

Biotechnology at University of Houston - Downtown

Every biotechnology school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the biotech program at University of Houston - Downtown stacks up to those at other schools.

UH Downtown is located in Houston, Texas and has a total student population of 15,239.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Biotechnology section at the bottom of this page.

UH Downtown Biotechnology Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Biotech

UH Downtown Biotechnology Rankings

The biotech major at UH Downtown is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Biotechnology. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Biotech Student Demographics at UH Downtown

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the biotech majors at University of Houston - Downtown.

UH Downtown Biotechnology Bachelor’s Program

60% Women
73% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 40% of biotech bachelor's degrees went to men and 60% went to women. The typical biotech bachelor's degree program is made up of only 35% men. So male students are more repesented at UH Downtown since its program graduates 5% more men than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 34% more racial-ethnic minorities in its biotech bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Houston - Downtown with a bachelor's in biotech.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 5
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 5
White 1
International Students 3
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Concentrations Within Biotechnology

The following biotech concentations are available at University of Houston - Downtown. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Houston - Downtown. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Biotechnology 7

Careers That Biotech Grads May Go Into

A degree in biotech can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for TX, the home state for University of Houston - Downtown.

Occupation Jobs in TX Average Salary in TX
Biological Science Professors 4,470 $99,940
Natural Sciences Managers 2,620 $127,270
Biological Scientists 2,100 $80,900

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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