Graduate Programs at University of Houston-Downtown

Graduate School Overview

University of Houston-Downtown (referred to as Houston-Downtown) is a Public, 4 years school located in Houston, TX. It is classified as a Master's College and University (larger programs) school by Carnegie Classification and its highest level of offering is Master's degree.

The school is accredited by Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges (7/1/1976 - Current[Estimated Date]).

Houston-Downtown Directory Information
School Name	University of Houston-Downtown (Houston-Downtown)
Address	1 Main Street, Houston, TX 77002-1014
Phone	713-221-8000
Web	https://www.uhd.edu
Online Application	https://www.uhd.edu/admissions/apply/Pages/admissions-application.aspx
Financial Info	https://www.uhd.edu/financial

The 2023 graduate school tuition & fees at University of Houston-Downtown is $9,529 for Texas residents and $15,973 for out-of-state students. The school has 1,352 graduate students where it has a total enrollment of 14,208 including undergraduate students.

It offers total 60 graduate programs through Post-Bachelor Certificate and Master's. Among them, 18 programs are available online classes.

Graduate School 2023 Key Facts
School Type	Public, 4 years
Tuition & Fees	$15,973 $9,529 for Texas Residents
Student Population	1,352
Offered Degrees/Programs	Post-Bachelor Certificate and Master's
Number of Programs	60 graduate programs (18 programs available online learning)
Student to Faculty Ratio	18 to 1

The graduate tuition & fees at University of Houston-Downtown is $9,529 for Texas residents and $15,973 for out-of-state students for the academic year 2022-2023. The tuition per credit hour is $449 for Texas residents and $807 for out-of-state students.

University of Houston-Downtown offers the alternative tuition planstuition guarantee, prepaid payment plan, tuition payment plan, including tuition guarantee, prepaid payment plan, tuition payment plan.

University of Houston-Downtown offers the distance education programs. All course works for completing a degree program can be done through online exclusively for graduate programs. In addition, the distance learning courses are offered for students who are not enrolled online exclusively.

On its campus, remedial services, academic/career services, employment services for students, placement services for completers are provided for their students.

Special Learning Opportunities & On-campus Services
Distance Learning (Online Classes)	18 Online Programs Available
Special learning Opportunities	ROTC (Army, Air Force) Study abroad Weekend/evening college Teacher certification
On-Campus Student Services	Remedial services Academic/career services Employment services for students Placement services for completers

2023 Graduate Tuition, Fees, Other Expenses

For the academic year 2022-2023, the graduate school tuition & fees of University of Houston-Downtown is $9,529 for Texas residents and $15,973 for other students. The graduate tuition & fees are decreased by -0.11% compared to previous academic year.

Data source: 2022-2023 tuition - NCES(National Center for Education Statistics (Last update: July 22, 2022)

2022-2023 Graduate Tuition & fees
	Texas Residents		Out-of-State
	Tuition	Fees	Tuition	Fees
2018-2019	$7,245	$1,172	$13,815	$1,172
2019-2020	$7,578	$1,196	$14,274	$1,196
2020-2021	$7,821	$1,456	$14,283	$1,456
2021-2022	$8,073	$1,456	$14,535	$1,456
2022-2023	$8,073	$1,456	$14,517	$1,456

The graduate school tuition & fees of Houston-Downtown is average compared to public graduate schools in Texas. The average graduate school tuition for all graduate schools in United States is $19,603 and the Texas graduate tuition is $17,588 (public) / $18,378 (private).

The next table compares the average graduate school tuition by location and school types.

Graduate Tuition & fees Comparison
	Residents	Out-of-State
University of Houston-Downtown	$9,529	$15,973
All Graduate Schools	$16,007	$19,603
Public	$11,484	$20,787
Private	$19,674
Texas Graduate Schools	$13,299	$17,908
Public	$8,153	$17,588
Private	$18,378

For academic year 2022-2023, the off-campus living costs are $17,592. Off-campus living costs are increased by 4.85% compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Living Expenses
	Living Off-Campus
	Room & Board	Other Expense
2018-2019	$8,964	$7,112
2019-2020	$9,228	$7,200
2020-2021	$9,379	$7,318
2021-2022	$9,424	$7,354
2022-2023	$9,882	$7,710

For academic year 2022-2023, the tuition per credit hour for graduate programs is $449 for Texas residents and $807 for other students at University of Houston-Downtown. The graduate tuition per credit hour are decreased by -0.12% compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Graduation Program Tuition per Credit Hour
	Texas Residents	Out-of-State
2018-2019	$403	$768
2019-2020	$421	$793
2020-2021	$435	$794
2021-2022	$449	$808
2022-2023	$449	$807

Graduate Programs at Houston-Downtown

University of Houston-Downtown offers 20 graduate programs for Master's and Post-Graduate Certificate. The next table lists number of programs by offered degree and online availability along with number of completers by degree/certificate programs. Last year, 867 students have completed their study at University of Houston-Downtown.

Offered Degrees at University of Houston-Downtown
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Available Online Class	Number of Completers
Master's Degree	9	3	543
Post Bachelor's Degree	11	3	324
Total	20	6	867

The next table shows the popular graduate programs at University of Houston-Downtown by award level.

The most popular Post-graduate Certificate program is the Business Administration and Management program with 380 completers.
The most popular Master's program is the Business Administration and Management program with 399 completers.

Post-graduate Certificate
Master's

Popular Post-graduate Certificate Programs at University of Houston-Downtown
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Business Administration and Management	✕	380	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	286	-
Securities Services Administration/Management	✔	21	-
Securities Services Administration/Management	✔	16	-
English Language and Literature	✔	10	-

Popular Master's Programs at University of Houston-Downtown
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Business Administration and Management	✕	399	$59,800
Business Administration and Management	✕	388	$59,800
Data Analytics, General	✕	65	-
Statistics	✕	55	-
Securities Services Administration/Management	✔	29	-

University of Houston-Downtown offers 20 programs through Master's and Post-Graduate Certificate. The programs are offered both in online and on-site education. Last year total 867 students have completed their graduate studies.

543 students have earned/completed Master's program.
324 students have earned/completed Post-Bachelor's program.

Master's
Post-Bachelor's

Master's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Education [+]	✕	13 completers	-
Curriculum and Instruction	✕	13	-
English Language and Literature [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Professional, Technical, Business, and Scientific Writing	✕	3	-
Rhetoric and Composition	✕	1	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✕	65 completers	-
Data Analytics, General	✕	65	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✔ (2 completers)	40 completers	$65,800
Criminal Justice/Safety Studies	✔	11	-
Securities Services Administration/Management	✔	29	-
Business [+]	✔	421 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	399	$59,800
Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management	✔	22	-
Accounting	✕	0	-
	Total	543

Post-Bachelor's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Education [+]	✔ (1 completers)	0 completers	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✔	0	-
History Teacher Education	✕	0	-
English Language and Literature [+]	✕	11 completers	-
English Language and Literature	✕	10	-
Rhetoric and Composition	✕	1	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Computational Mathematics	✕	0	-
Applied Statistics, General	✕	0	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✕	5 completers	-
Data Analytics, General	✕	5	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✔ (1 completers)	21 completers	-
Criminal Justice/Safety Studies	✕	0	-
Securities Services Administration/Management	✔	21	-
Business [+]	✔	287 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	286	-
Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management	✔	1	-
	Total	324

Graduate Student Population at Houston-Downtown

For the academic year 2021-2022, total 1,465 students enrolled into University of Houston-Downtown graduate schools where it has total 14,208 students including undergraduate students. By attending status, there are 102 full-time and 1,363 part-time graduate students. By gender, 574 male and 891 female students are attending graduate schools. The next table summarizes the graduate student population by gender and attending status.

Graduate School Student Population By Gender
	Total	Male	Female
Total	1,465	574	891
Full-time	102	36	66
Part-tme	1,363	538	825

The next table summarizes the students population by race/ethnicity.

There are 225 White (15.36%), 493 Black/African American (33.65%), 458 Hispanic (31.26%), 141 Asian (9.62%), and 148 students with other races. 79 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Graduate Student Population By Race/ethnicity
	Total	Male	Female
Total	1,465	574	891
American Indian/Native American	1	1	0
Asian	141	73	68
Black/African American	493	180	313
Hispanic	458	164	294
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1	0	1
White	225	96	129
Two More	58	18	40
Un-Known	9	3	6
Non-resident Alien	79	39	40

University of Houston-Downtown offers the distance learning opportunities (online degree program and/or courses) for graduate programs. 937 graduate students (63.96% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 222 graduate students (15.15% of total students) are enrolled some online courses. The next table summarizes the online student population.

Distance Learning Student Population
	Number of Graduate Students
Total	1,465
Enrolled Online Exclusively	937
Enrolled Some Online Courses	222
Not in Online Courses	306

The following table summarizes the graduate students population by age at University of Houston-Downtown. 130 students are aged 20 to 24 (8.87% of total students), 1 students are aged below 20 (0.07%), 103 students are aged above 50 (7.03%). Next table summarizes the student population by age at University of Houston-Downtown.

Graduate Student Population By Age
	Total	Male	Female
Total	1,465	574	891
Age 18-19	1	0	1
Age 20-21	4	1	3
Age 22-24	126	41	85
Age 25-29	389	151	238
Age 30-34	337	131	206
Age 35-39	240	87	153
Age 40-49	265	122	143
Age 50-64	98	41	57
Over 64	5	0	5

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