UH Downtown Career Outcomes: $61K Median Earnings (2026)

How much do UH Downtown graduates earn?

The reported median is $60,550 four years after completion. The peer comparison uses $65,610 as its benchmark; the difference is -$5,060 per year.

Azimuth places the return for University of Houston-Downtown at the 63rd percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. Graduates earn about $8,642 more than expects for similar students, a figure in the 80th percentile.

The part the model attributes to the factors it measures (field of study, enrollment and the local labor market) adds $2,607. The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain adds $6,035.

Within the measured factors, the STEM component adds $291. Four years after completion, median earnings for the university's completers who are working and not enrolled are $60,550, in the 53rd percentile.

The four-year earnings cohort includes 3,559 completers. That median sits below the peer median of $65,610 by $5,060 among comparable institutions (same type and size).

The earnings scenarios at University of Houston-Downtown range from a downside of $50,385 to an upside of $70,901, a spread that reflects the mix of programs available. The highest-earning fields pull the upside well above the institution's median of $60,550 four years after completion.

Computer Engineering Technologies/Technicians completers reach a median of $112,244, and Insurance graduates earn $98,510. Computer and Information Sciences, a larger program with 118 degrees awarded, shows a median of $72,528.

An estimated 28.4% of graduates continue to graduate study, a figure derived from the university's program mix rather than observed enrollment. Because four-year earnings figures capture only those working and not enrolled, the median earnings understate the eventual earnings of the sizable share of completers who pursue advanced degrees.

Median earnings · four years after completion: $60,550
Rank for difference from expectations: 80th percentile

Four-year median earnings against two benchmarks

UH Downtown reported median: $60,550
Peer schools comparable schools · $5,060 above UH Downtown: $65,610
Model expectation what similar students would be expected to earn · $8,642 below UH Downtown: $51,908

School and program earnings use pooled 2017–18 and 2018–19 completion cohorts, measured in 2022 and 2023 and expressed in 2024 dollars. How the model works.

How many UH Downtown students return and finish their degrees?

First-time, full-time bachelor’s cohorts · CDS 2025-26

Returned the following fall: 71.5%
Completed within six years: 30.5%
Pell recipients completed within six years: 32.6%

Source: University of Houston-Downtown Common Data Set 2025-26, B22 retention; B4–B11 six-year completion. Retention and completion follow different entering cohorts.

How could earnings differ from the median?

Earnings four years after completion

Planning rangeReported median

Lower estimate: $50,385
Median · reported: $60,550
Higher estimate: $70,901

Downside shows a lower-earning scenario based on the college’s mix of programs; upside shows a higher-earning scenario. Typical is the school’s reported median four years after completion. These are planning scenarios, not a forecast of your salary or percentiles of individual graduates.

Why the downside matters explores the risk hidden by medians, using older ten-year entrant data. Read about the move to four-year earnings.

Do UH Downtown graduates earn more than expected?

Azimuth models what we would expect graduates to earn based on who the college enrolls, how selective it is and its local economy. The difference between that expectation and reported earnings is what Azimuth calls value added.

UH Downtown graduates’ reported earnings are $8,642 above that expectation, the 80th percentile for this measure. Unlike a peer comparison, it adjusts for who enrolls.

The breakdown separates the contribution attributed to observed factors from the remaining difference. Neither component establishes how much attending UH Downtown caused a student to earn. Read how expected earnings are estimated.

Which fields at UH Downtown report the highest earnings?

The highest-earning programs at University of Houston-Downtown are small, technical fields that sit far above the university's overall median. Computer and Information Sciences awards 118 degrees a year and posts median earnings of $72,528 four years after completion.

Azimuth ranks it #153 nationally among nonprofit four-year institutions in its field. The largest programs tell a different story.

Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies awards 722 degrees a year and posts median earnings of $59,924. Azimuth ranks it #12 nationally among nonprofit four-year institutions in its field.

At the more moderate end, Criminal Justice awards 255 degrees and earns $53,589, ranked #100 nationally. The earnings spread across the largest programs is wide, and the highest-earning fields are not the ones awarding the most degrees.

University of Houston-Downtown has 20 nationally ranked bachelor's programs, with Azimuth rankings that range from Quality Control and Safety Technologies/Technicians at #10 to Psychology at #206. The largest single program is Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, with 722 degrees awarded and median earnings of $59,924 four years after completion.

Azimuth ranks it #12 within its field. The highest-earning program is a much smaller one.

Computer Engineering Technologies/Technicians graduates earn $112,244 four years out, from 16 degrees a year. Computer and Information Sciences is larger, at 118 degrees, and its completers earn $72,528.

Further analysis

The highest-earning program at University of Houston-Downtown, Computer Engineering Technologies/Technicians, reaches $112,244 four years after completion, while among the largest programs Psychology sits at $48,234. Earnings scenarios grounded in the program mix place the downside at $50,385, the typical outcome at $60,550, and the upside at $70,901.

Four years after completion, the 3,559 federally aided completers in the University of Houston-Downtown's earnings cohort reach a median of $60,550. That median is below the $65,610 median at comparable institutions (same type and size) by $5,060, and sits at the 53rd percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.

Graduates earn about $8,642 more than the model expects for similar students, a result that ranks in the 80th percentile nationally. The university's program mix yields a typical earnings scenario of $60,550, with a downside of $50,385 and an upside reaching $70,901.

An estimated 28.4% of programs' graduates continue to graduate study, a share derived from program mix rather than observed enrollment.

Data & methodology

Sources and reporting periods: methodology.

Analysis and methodology by Daniel Rogers, founder of College Azimuth.

Explanatory text is AI-assisted drafting checked against those figures; it is not an additional data source.

Figure notes link to sources and limitations. About College Azimuth.