Mathematics at University of Houston

If you are interested in studying mathematics, you may want to check out the program at University of Houston. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UH is located in Houston, Texas and approximately 47,090 students attend the school each year.

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

UH Mathematics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Math
• Master’s Degree in Math

UH Mathematics Rankings

The math major at UH is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Mathematics. 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.

There were 18 students who received their doctoral degrees in math, making the school the #10 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Math Student Demographics at UH

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

UH Mathematics Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 52% of math bachelor's degrees went to men and 48% went to women. The typical math bachelor's degree program is made up of only 37% women. So female students are more repesented at UH since its program graduates 10% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 29% more racial-ethnic minorities in its math 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 with a bachelor's in math.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	30
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	36
White	27
International Students	11
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

UH Mathematics Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 40% of math master's degrees went to men and 60% went to women.

Of the students who received a math master's degree from UH, 60% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Houston with a master's in math.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	6
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Mathematics

Mathematics 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. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Mathematics	135

Related Majors

• Statistics
• Applied Mathematics

Careers That Math Grads May Go Into

A degree in math 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.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
High School Teachers	110,420	$58,190
Mathematical Science Professors	4,780	$83,460
Natural Sciences Managers	2,620	$127,270
Statisticians	1,860	$84,940

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 RJN2 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.