Outcomes
What it pays
Former students earn a median $53,551 ten years after enrolling, more than at 49% of colleges; 55% graduate within six years.
Earnings
Earnings climb with time
Staying and finishing
Retention
come back for year two
Graduation
graduate within six years
National median graduation rate: 59%
What graduates owe
$18.8K
According to University of Houston-Downtown's most recent Common Data Set, 33% of its Class of 2023 graduates (451 students) borrowed from any source: federal, institutional, state, or private, averaging $18,003 among those who did.
Counts students who started here as first-time students and earned a bachelor's; the federal median counts federal loans only, including students who left without a degree.
Everyone who starts here, 8 years later
Students who entered in fall 2016, including and part-time students. The graduation rate counts only first-time, full-time students and treats a transfer out as not finishing.
56 of 100 students who start here earn a degree or certificate here within 8 years; 20 more are enrolled at another college. (4,314 students)
All entering students, by whether they had a Pell Grant.
43 of 100 finish within 4 years, 53 within 6, and 56 within 8.
| Earned a credential within | 4 yrs | 6 yrs | 8 yrs |
|---|---|---|---|
| All students | 43% | 53% | 56% |
| Started in college here | 12% | 29% | 34% |
| Transferred in | 52% | 60% | 63% |
Transfer students' clock starts when they arrive here, not when they first started college.
National median: 60% of all entering students earn a credential at the college they started at within 8 years.
Do lower-income students finish?
Pell Grant recipients: 35%, 7 points above students with no need-based federal aid (28%). First-time, full-time students who finished within 6 years; entered fall 2018.
- Pell Grant recipients581 students
35% · 7 points above students with neither
- Subsidized loan, no Pell Grant68 students
40% · 12 points above students with neither
- Neither Pell nor subsidized loan324 students
28% · comparison group
By race and ethnicity
First-time, full-time students who finished within 6 years, from the College Scorecard's most recent release. Groups under 30 students aren't shown.
- White63 students
24% · 9 points below all students
- Asian85 students
29% · 4 points below all students
- Hispanic/Latino733 students
35% · 1 point above all students
- Black79 students
32% · 2 points below all students
- Two or more races5 students
Not shown: under 30 students
- International2 students
Not shown: under 30 students
- American Indian/Alaska Native4 students
Not shown: under 30 students
Sources:College Scorecard, most recent release;College Scorecard, Entered fall 2023;IPEDS Outcome Measures survey, Students entering fall 2016;IPEDS Graduation Rates survey (Pell Grant and subsidized loan recipients), Entered fall 2018;IPEDS Institutional Characteristics survey, 2023–24;IPEDS Student Financial Aid survey, 2023–24;University of Houston-Downtown Common Data Set 2023–24, Class of 2023About the data(retrieved 2026-10-12)