Chemistry at University of Houston - Downtown

Every chemistry school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the chemistry 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, 22 of them were chemistry majors.

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

UH Downtown Chemistry Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Chemistry

UH Downtown Chemistry Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the chemistry 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 chemistry major at UH Downtown is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Chemistry. 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 Chemistry Bachelor’s Degree Schools	34
	47
Most Focused Chemistry Bachelor’s Degree Schools	524

How Much Do Chemistry Graduates from UH Downtown Make?

The median salary of chemistry students who receive their bachelor's degree at UH Downtown is $42,314. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 14% higher than the national average of $37,104 for all chemistry bachelor's degree recipients.

Chemistry Student Demographics at UH Downtown

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

UH Downtown Chemistry Bachelor’s Program

The chemistry program at UH Downtown awarded 22 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 36% of these degrees went to men with the other 64% going to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 37% more racial-ethnic minorities in its chemistry 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 chemistry.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	4
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Geological & Earth Sciences

Careers That Chemistry Grads May Go Into

A degree in chemistry 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
Chemists	5,160	$87,490
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	4,170	$80,880
Natural Sciences Managers	2,620	$127,270
Chemistry Professors	1,700	$95,070

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.