Social Sciences at University of Houston - Downtown

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

UH Downtown is located in Houston, Texas and has a total student population of 15,239.

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

UH Downtown Social Sciences Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Sciences

UH Downtown Social Sciences Rankings

The social sciences major at UH Downtown is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Social Sciences. 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.

Social Sciences Student Demographics at UH Downtown

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

UH Downtown Social Sciences Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 34% of social sciences bachelor's degrees went to men and 66% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 45% more racial-ethnic minorities in its social sciences 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 social sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	27
Hispanic or Latino	34
White	9
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Concentrations Within Social Sciences

Social Sciences majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Houston - Downtown. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Political Science & Government	37
Sociology	15
General Social Sciences	14

Related Majors

• Foreign Languages & Linguistics
• Philosophy & Religious Studies
• Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities
• History
• English Language & Literature

Careers That Social Sciences Grads May Go Into

A degree in social sciences 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
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	29,560	$78,200
Managers	20,710	$122,130
Urban and Regional Planners	2,270	$69,070
Social Scientists	1,970	$80,430

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.