General 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 has a total student population of 15,239. In 2021, 210 psychology 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 Psychology section at the bottom of this page.

UH Downtown General Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology

Online Classes Are Available at UH Downtown

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

For those who are interested in distance learning, UH Downtown does offer online courses in psychology for the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree

UH Downtown General Psychology Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks psychology programs across the country. The following shows how UH Downtown performed in these rankings.

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 psychology major at UH Downtown is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General 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 General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	138
	160

How Much Do Psychology Graduates from UH Downtown Make?

The median salary of psychology students who receive their bachelor's degree at UH Downtown is $32,352. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 13% higher than the national average of $28,637 for all psychology bachelor's degree recipients.

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 General Psychology Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 210 students earned a bachelor's degree in psychology from UH Downtown. About 88% of these graduates were women and the other 12% were men.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 33% 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.

Related Majors

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.