Psychology at University of Houston - Downtown

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

UH Downtown is located in Houston, Texas and approximately 15,239 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 210 students received a bachelor's degree in psychology from UH Downtown.

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

UH Downtown Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

Online Classes Are Available at UH Downtown

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? UH Downtown offers distance education options for psychology at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree

UH Downtown Psychology Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The psychology major at UH Downtown is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Psychology. 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 Psychology Schools	94
	181
	185
Most Popular Psychology Schools	248
Most Focused Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	538
Most Focused Psychology Schools	790

Psychology Student Demographics at UH Downtown

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

UH Downtown Psychology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 210 psychology students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from UH Downtown, about 12% were men and 88% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 35% more racial-ethnic minorities in its psychology 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 psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	48
Hispanic or Latino	99
White	34
International Students	8
Other Races/Ethnicities	13

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

Concentrations Within Psychology

Psychology majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at University of Houston - Downtown. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Psychology	210

Related Majors

• Education
• History
• Social Sciences
• Communication & Journalism

Careers That Psychology Grads May Go Into

A degree in psychology 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
Managers	20,710	$122,130
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	6,680	$73,650
Psychology Professors	3,080	$78,270
Psychologists	740	$90,780

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.