+42%
100%-time completion
100%-time completion at University of Houston-Downtown rose 42% between 2021 and 2024 (10.1% → 14.4%).
Texas · Public · Predominantly bachelor's
University of Houston-Downtown
Houston, Texas. 12,812 undergraduate students. 58 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at University of Houston-Downtown
Short-arc shifts (recent 3-year window), peer outliers, earnings trend breaks, completion drops, enrollment cliffs, and debt-to-earnings warnings — surfaced deterministically from the federal record. Multi-decade shifts are reported separately in the Long Arc section, since 25-year tuition drift isn't really an anomaly.
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. Texas
Each tile compares this institution to the Texas median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$53,551+9% · 6→10y
Texas median $39,639$49,120
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry33.8%+264% · '97→'24
Texas median 51.8%$13,750+436% · '97→'20
At program completion12,812+61% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS67.4%+12% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time90.6%-5% · '13→'24
latest cohort$7,708+284% · '00→'24
out-of-state $17,788SECTION 02 · EARNINGS HORIZONS
How earnings spread, 4 to 10 years after entry
Treasury tax-record earnings for federally aided students who first enrolled at this institution. Each point is a horizon from the most-recent vintage. Single median per horizon (no p25/p75 publishing).
Earnings widen with time post-entry. Selection: federal-aid recipients only — not all graduates.Methodology →
SECTION 03 · DEBT-TO-EARNINGS
What loans cost relative to earnings
Annual debt service as a share of median earnings 10 years after entry, computed under federal Direct loan terms (10-year fixed at 6%). The 8% line is the gainful-employment threshold from federal regulation; above 12% has historically been considered “failing” under prior rule cycles.
Institution-wide
3.4%Median federal debt $13,750 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $53,551 (10y after entry).
SECTION 04 · LONG ARC
Ten-plus year arc
Federally available history. Coverage varies by metric — IPEDS publishes some series only after 2009 and others only before.
Undergraduate enrollment.
150%-time completion rate.
Median federal student debt at exit.
+264%
University of Houston-Downtown · completion · 150% rose
9.1% → 33.2%
+722%
University of Houston-Downtown · completion · 100% rose
1.8% → 14.4%
+12%
University of Houston-Downtown · retention rose
60.0% → 67.1%
+61%
University of Houston-Downtown · undergrad enrollment rose
7,776 → 12,555
+284%
University of Houston-Downtown · in-state tuition rose
$2,006 → $7,708
+145%
University of Houston-Downtown · out-of-state tuition rose
$7,166 → $17,548
+436%
University of Houston-Downtown · median debt rose
$3,500 → $18,750
+37%
University of Houston-Downtown · pell share rose
40.2% → 55.2%
+25%
University of Houston-Downtown · earnings_median_10yr rose
$42,800 → $53,551
+35%
University of Houston-Downtown · earnings_median_8yr rose
$37,800 → $50,849
+42%
University of Houston-Downtown · earnings_median_6yr rose
$34,700 → $49,120
SECTION 05 · PROGRAMS
Ranked by 5-year earnings
Each row is one (CIP × credential) program reported by the institution in College Scorecard's Field-of-Study data. Cohort floor is 30 students; below this, federal data is suppressed.
Criminal Justice and Corrections.$92,757Computer and Information Sciences, General.$90,280Business Administration, Management and Operations.$84,229Computer Engineering Technologies/Technicians.$81,769Management Information Systems and Services.$79,853Finance and Financial Management Services.$77,451Civil Engineering Technologies/Technicians.$73,975Quality Control and Safety Technologies/Technicians.$71,630Business Administration, Management and Operations.$71,241Accounting and Related Services.$67,119Business/Commerce, General.$63,971International Business.$63,587Marketing.$61,531Biological and Physical Sciences.$60,836Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other.$59,058Social Work.$58,711Criminal Justice and Corrections.$55,229Chemistry.$54,946History.$53,715Communication and Media Studies.$51,762Psychology, General.$51,370Political Science and Government.$51,203Social Sciences, General.$48,194English Language and Literature, General.$43,319
Showing top 24 of 26 ranked programs.
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
26 programs with earnings, grouped
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
COMPUTER & INFORMATION SCIENCES · CIP 11
ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGIES · CIP 15
ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE · CIP 23
BIOLOGICAL & BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES · CIP 26
MULTI/INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES · CIP 30
PHYSICAL SCIENCES · CIP 40
PSYCHOLOGY · CIP 42
HOMELAND SECURITY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES · CIP 43
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION & SOCIAL SERVICES · CIP 44
SOCIAL SCIENCES · CIP 45
VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS · CIP 50
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
Business Administration, Management and Operations.$84,229Accounting and Related Services.$67,119Business Administration, Management and Operations.$71,241Finance and Financial Management Services.$77,451Business/Commerce, General.$63,971Management Information Systems and Services.$79,853Marketing.$61,531International Business.$63,587
HISTORY · CIP 54
COMMUNICATION & JOURNALISM · CIP 09
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at University of Houston-Downtown
Pick a program. Cost from Scorecard net price by family income; earnings from Treasury 5-year-post-completion median, projected forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve. The selection-bias toggle applies the Dale-Krueger shrinkage. Outcomes illustration, not a forecast — see methodology.
Shrinks the earnings premium toward the matched-applicant mean. STEM <15%, business ~40%, arts & education ~60%.
NET PRESENT VALUE
$355,989
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 11
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $16,332
- HS-only baseline · TX
- $37,300
- Years to complete
- 4
- CIP family
- 30
Outcomes illustration · not a forecast. Projects observed Scorecard earnings forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve under your assumptions. See methodology for the math.
SECTION 07 · SIMILAR INSTITUTIONS
Same sector and degree mix in Texas
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“University of Houston-Downtown graduates earn $X” — not “University of Houston-Downtown makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending University of Houston-Downtown caused. Selection effects (who admits, who enrolls, who completes) are real. We publish federal data with strict descriptive phrasing — and link the methodology where you can read about the limitations directly.