Student Population at Houston-Downtown

Total Enrollment

14,105

Undergraduate

12,880

Graduate

1,225

Online Enrollment

5,164

Men Students

5,380

Women Students

8,725

For the academic year 2024-2025, a total of 14,105 students have enrolled at University of Houston-Downtown - 12,880 undergraduate and 1,225 graduate.

By gender, 5,380 male and 8,725 female students are attending University of Houston-Downtown. By attendance status, there are 6,396 full-time students and 7,709 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 4,475).

University of Houston-Downtown offers online degree/certificate programs and 5,164 students enrolled in online programs.

*Gender, Race, Age, and Online population based on 2023-2024 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 5,380 male and 8,725 female students attending Houston-Downtown. The male-to-female student ratio is 0.62 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	12,880	6,277	6,603
Men	4,922	2,558	2,364
Women	7,958	3,719	4,239

Population by Gender/Attending Status at Houston-Downtown
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	1,225	119	1,106
Men	458	48	410
Women	767	71	696

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, there are 7,973 Hispanic students (56.53%) and 2,526 Black or African American students (17.91%) 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	11	4	7
Asian	1,064	561	503
Black or African American	2,176	707	1,469
Hispanic	7,528	2,701	4,827
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	12	6	6
White	1,422	645	777
Two or More Races	312	125	187
Race/Ethnicity Unknown	111	49	62
Total	12,880	4,922	7,958

Population by Race/Ethnicity at University of Houston-Downtown
	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Alaska Native	3	2	1
Asian	124	55	69
Black or African American	350	114	236
Hispanic	445	152	293
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1	0	1
White	182	84	98
Two or More Races	44	18	26
Race/Ethnicity Unknown	12	2	10
Total	1,225	458	767

Enrollment by Student Age

By age, there are 7,619 students whose age under twenty five and 3,820 students whose age is over thirty years old at University of Houston-Downtown.

Especially, 27 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	12,880	4,922	7,958
Under 18	27	12	15
18-19	2,183	977	1,206
20-21	2,180	846	1,334
22-24	3,096	1,189	1,907
25-29	2,360	925	1,435
30-34	1,242	442	800
35-39	729	231	498
40-49	733	200	533
50-64	308	92	216
65 and over	22	8	14
Total	12,880	4,922	7,958

Population by Student Age at University of Houston-Downtown
	Total	Men	Women
Total	1,225	458	767
20-21	1	0	1
22-24	132	47	85
25-29	306	102	204
30-34	293	119	174
35-39	182	71	111
40-49	212	79	133
50-64	94	38	56
65 and over	5	2	3
Total	1,225	458	767

Online Student Population

At University of Houston-Downtown, 10,333 students (73.26% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 5,164 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, 5,108 students live in Texas where University of Houston-Downtown is located in and 56 students have enrolled from other states.

Online Student Population
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	14,105	12,880	1,225
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Classes	5,164	4,355	809
Enrolled Some in Online Classes	5,169	4,918	251
Not Enrolled in Online Classes	3,772	3,607	165

Online Student Population by Student Location
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total (Enrolled Excl.)	5,164	4,355	809
Texas Residents	5,108	4,309	799
Other State in U.S.	56	46	10
Outside of U.S.	0	0	0
Unknown	0	0	0