General Biology at University of Houston - Downtown

What traits are you looking for in a biology school? To help you decide if University of Houston - Downtown is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's biology program.

UH Downtown is located in Houston, Texas and approximately 15,239 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 56 biology majors received their bachelor's degree from UH Downtown.

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

UH Downtown General Biology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Biology

UH Downtown General Biology Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The biology major at UH Downtown is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General Biology. 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 General Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	104
Best Value General Biology Schools	116
	117
Best General Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	332
Best General Biology Schools	333
Most Focused General Biology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	1,130

Earnings of UH Downtown Biology Graduates

The median salary of biology students who receive their bachelor's degree at UH Downtown is $33,226. This is 22% higher than $27,253, which is the national average for all biology bachelor's degree recipients.

Biology Student Demographics at UH Downtown

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

UH Downtown General Biology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 56 biology students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from UH Downtown, about 30% were men and 70% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 29% more racial-ethnic minorities in its biology 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 biology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	13
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	27
White	7
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• Biotechnology

Careers That Biology Grads May Go Into

A degree in biology 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
High School Teachers	110,420	$58,190
Medical Scientists	5,240	$72,260
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.