University of Houston-Downtown

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for University of Houston-Downtown

University of Houston-Downtown operates as a public institution located in Houston, Texas (city: large), with a total reported enrollment of 12,555 students of which 15,587 are undergraduates. Institution-level records in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) classify each school by Carnegie category, ownership sector, and urban/rural locale, which is how this profile’s peer group and cost cohort are determined. University of Houston-Downtown is categorized as “18” under the Carnegie classification system, a meaningful signal when comparing like-to-like institutions.

Selectivity and financial signals give context to what applicants can expect. The reported admission rate is 90.0%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey, with an average SAT of 1,029. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $10,542, with published in-state tuition of $7,708 and a Pell grant recipient share of 55.2%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $18,750, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 33.5%, and the first-year retention rate is 67.1%. Graduates earn a median of $53,551 ten years after enrolling, compared with $49,120 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 614800.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 72.3% of graduates earn above the high-school threshold. Treating these numbers as a single snapshot alongside the cost cohort is the standard approach for evaluating ROI under the College Scorecard methodology.