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University of Houston - Downtown is a public institution located in Houston, Texas. Houston is a great location for students who prefer city over country life.

1,133 Undergraduate Degrees
770 Graduate Degrees
88% Acceptance Rate

Where Is University of Houston - Downtown?

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Contact details for UH Downtown are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 1 Main Street, Houston, TX 77002-1014
Phone: 713-221-8000
Website: www.uhd.edu

How Do I Get Into UH Downtown?

You can apply to UH Downtown online at: www.uhd.edu/admissions/apply/Pages/admissions-application.aspx

Admission Requirements for UH Downtown

Submission Required?
High School GPA 1
High School Rank 1
High School Transcript 1
College Prep Program 1
Recommendations 3
SAT or ACT Scores 5
TOEFL 1

How Hard Is It To Get Into UH Downtown?

88% Acceptance Rate
61% Of Accepted Are Women
43% Submit SAT Scores
UH Downtown has the high acceptance rate of 88%, which means it is fairly easy to gain admittance as long as you submit a complete application with requested materials.

Approximately 39% of accepted students are men and 61% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 86%, and the acceptance rate for women is 90%.

Average Test Scores

About 43% of students accepted to UH Downtown submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 480 and 550. Math scores were between 480 and 550.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for University of Houston - Downtown  ( 480 to 550 )
200
800

SAT Math Scores for University of Houston - Downtown  ( 480 to 550 )
200
800
UH Downtown received ACT scores from 4% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 15 and 20. Math scores were between 16 and 0. Composite scores were between 16 and 20.

ACT English Scores for University of Houston - Downtown  ( 15 to 20 )
1
36
ACT Composite Scores for University of Houston - Downtown  ( 16 to 20 )
1
36

Can I Afford University of Houston - Downtown?

15% Take Out Loans

Student Loan Debt

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At UH Downtown, approximately 15% of students took out student loans averaging $5,409 a year. That adds up to $21,636 over four years for those students.

University of Houston - Downtown Undergraduate Student Diversity

6,584 Full-Time Undergraduates
63% Women
82% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 13,612 undergraduate students at UH Downtown, with 6,584 being full-time and 7,028 being part-time.

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There are also 1,465 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 6,584 full-time undergraduates at UH Downtown, 37% are male and 63% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of University of Houston - Downtown students is as follows.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 576
Black or African American 1,030
Hispanic or Latino 3,632
White 766
International Students 388
Other Races/Ethnicities 192

Geographic Diversity

Texas students aren't the only ones who study at University of Houston - Downtown. At this time, 4 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 81 countries are represented at UH Downtown. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Vietnam, Angola, and China.

Online Learning at University of Houston - Downtown

5,456 Took All Classes Online
10,764 Took At Least One Class Online
There are 39 bachelor’s degree and 12 master’s degree programs available online at UH Downtown. In 2022-2023, 10,764 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at UH Downtown has changed over the last few years.

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This school is the most popular in Texas for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2022-2023.

The following table shows the 1-year growth rate of UH Downtown majors that offer at least one online course. This table only includes majors with positive growth.

Major 1-Year Growth Rate
Finance 15%
General Business Administration and Management 5%
General Business/Commerce 24%
General Management Information Systems 17%
Insurance 25%
International Business/Trade/Commerce 30%
Marketing/Marketing Management, General 12%
Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management 38%
Supply Chain Management 23%

University of Houston - Downtown Business Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major Bachelor’s Graduate Certificate Master’s TOTAL
General Business Administration and Management 145 356 362 863
Accounting 272 0 15 287
Finance 171 0 0 171
General Business/Commerce 147 0 0 147
General Management Information Systems 128 0 0 128
Supply Chain Management 127 0 0 127
Marketing/Marketing Management, General 76 0 0 76
International Business/Trade/Commerce 47 0 0 47
Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management 0 7 30 37
Insurance 20 0 0 20
General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration 0 0 0 0
Communication Management and Strategic Communications 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 1,133 363 407 1,903

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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