Student Population at Houston-Downtown

Total Enrollment

14,208

Undergraduate

12,856

Graduate

1,352

Online Enrollment

5,456

Men Students

5,273

Women Students

8,935

For the academic year 2023-2024, a total of 14,208 students have enrolled at University of Houston-Downtown - 12,856 undergraduate and 1,352 graduate.

By gender, 5,273 male and 8,935 female students are attending University of Houston-Downtown. By attendance status, there are 6,270 full-time students and 7,938 part-time students.

The number of students at University of Houston-Downtown is relatively small compared to Public, 4-Years Colleges in Texas. Compared to similar schools in rankings such as Amberton University and Angelo State University, its population is very large (average population is 4,503).

University of Houston-Downtown offers online degree/certificate programs and 5,456 students enrolled in online programs.

*Gender, Race, Age, and Online population based on 2022-2023 data.

Enrollment Comparison Chart

The below chart compares the student population between University of Houston-Downtown and similar colleges.

Enrollment by Gender/Attending Status

By gender, there are 5,273 male and 8,935 female students attending Houston-Downtown. The male-to-female student ratio is 0.59 to 1 and the ratio is than national average (the national average is 0.75 to 1).

The following table and chart show the student population by gender and attending status at Houston-Downtown.

Population by Gender/Attending Status at Houston-Downtown
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	12,856	6,143	6,713
Men	4,766	2,394	2,372
Women	8,090	3,749	4,341

Population by Gender/Attending Status at Houston-Downtown
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	1,352	127	1,225
Men	507	50	457
Women	845	77	768

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, there are 7,869 Hispanic students (55.38%) and 2,674 Black or African American students (18.82%) at University of Houston-Downtown(top 2 most races/ethnicities). The following table summarizes the population diversity by race at University of Houston-Downtown.

Population by Race/Ethnicity at University of Houston-Downtown
	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Alaska Native	13	7	6
Asian	1,091	592	499
Black or African American	2,244	704	1,540
Hispanic	7,378	2,533	4,845
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	7	2	5
White	1,473	651	822
Two or More Races	298	114	184
Race/Ethnicity Unknown	76	34	42
Total	12,856	4,766	8,090

Population by Race/Ethnicity at University of Houston-Downtown
	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Alaska Native	2	1	1
Asian	124	53	71
Black or African American	430	139	291
Hispanic	491	177	314
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1	0	1
White	197	88	109
Two or More Races	40	15	25
Race/Ethnicity Unknown	7	2	5
Total	1,352	507	845

Enrollment by Student Age

By age, there are 7,415 students whose age under twenty five and 4,027 students whose age is over thirty years old at University of Houston-Downtown.

Especially, 48 students are younger than eighteen and 27 students are older than sixty five.

The following table and chart show the student population by student age at University of Houston-Downtown.

Population by Student Age at University of Houston-Downtown
	Total	Men	Women
Total	12,856	4,766	8,090
Under 18	48	18	30
18-19	2,196	919	1,277
20-21	2,186	797	1,389
22-24	2,849	1,127	1,722
25-29	2,417	926	1,491
30-34	1,266	428	838
35-39	746	228	518
40-49	816	230	586
50-64	309	87	222
65 and over	23	6	17
Total	12,856	4,766	8,090

Population by Student Age at University of Houston-Downtown
	Total	Men	Women
Total	1,352	507	845
18-19	1	0	1
20-21	9	2	7
22-24	126	43	83
25-29	349	124	225
30-34	303	118	185
35-39	207	78	129
40-49	254	98	156
50-64	99	43	56
65 and over	4	1	3
Total	1,352	507	845

Online Student Population

At University of Houston-Downtown, 10,764 students (75.76% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 5,456 students enrolled exclusively in online classes (i.e. no off-line attendance required) and others are taking online courses with off-line courses. The following tables describe the number of students who enrolled in one or more online courses.

By location of enrolled students, 5,404 students live in Texas where University of Houston-Downtown is located in and 52 students have enrolled from other states.

Online Student Population
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	14,208	12,856	1,352
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Classes	5,456	4,584	872
Enrolled Some in Online Classes	5,308	5,038	270
Not Enrolled in Online Classes	3,444	3,234	210

Online Student Population by Student Location
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total (Enrolled Excl.)	5,456	4,584	872
Texas Residents	5,404	4,548	856
Other State in U.S.	52	36	16
Outside of U.S.	0	0	0
Unknown	0	0	0