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. Of the 2,897 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Houston - Downtown in 2021, 7 of them were biotechnology majors.

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 following rankings from College Factual show how the biotech progam at UH Downtown compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Value Biotechnology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	15
Best Biotechnology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	21
Most Focused Biotechnology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	55
Most Popular Biotechnology Schools	100
Most Focused Biotechnology Schools	126

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

The biotech program at UH Downtown awarded 7 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 43% of these degrees went to men with the other 57% going 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 8% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 43% 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.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	0
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

UH Downtown also has a doctoral program available in biotech. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• General Biology

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Nick22aku under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.