unitid 225432 · Houston, TX · public 4-year · city (large)
University of Houston-Downtown
- enrollment 2023
- 17,295
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 4-years
The record
admission rate
90%
69th pctl among public 4-years
undergraduates
12,555
78th pctl among public 4-years
Pell share
55%
undergrads on Pell grants
91st pctl among public 4-years
completion
33%
finish within 150% time
24th pctl among public 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$20,749
40th pctl among public 4-years
avg net price / yr
$10,542
after aid, aided students
34th pctl among public 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$53,551
after entry, Title IV students
59th pctl among public 4-years
median grad debt
$18,750
42nd pctl among public 4-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $9,439 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of public 4-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k48%
- 30-48k24%
- 48-75k16%
- 75-110k6%
- 110k+5%
- Median family income
- $24,910
- First-generation students
- 53%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $7,708
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 2.9× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other. | 428 | $59,058 | $28,237 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 387 | $84,229 | — |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 314 | — | — |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 257 | $71,241 | $25,000 |
| Accounting and Related Services. | 251 | $67,119 | $21,943 |
| Criminal Justice and Corrections. | 241 | $55,229 | $22,757 |
| Psychology, General. | 240 | $51,370 | $28,500 |
| Finance and Financial Management Services. | 130 | $77,451 | $25,000 |
| Business/Commerce, General. | 125 | $63,971 | $24,000 |
| Education, General. | 115 | — | — |
| Management Information Systems and Services. | 109 | $79,853 | $20,500 |
| Computer and Information Sciences, General. | 98 | $90,280 | $19,000 |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
Price per year
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Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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Provenance
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.