University of Houston-Downtown
Houston, Texas · Public · 12,555 undergraduates · uhd.edu
Test policy (fall 2027)
Test optional
Sending scores is your choice
Admit rate
88%
of 7,355 applicants
SAT (middle 50%)
880 to 1050
of enrolled freshmen
Your chances and merit aid at University of Houston-Downtown
See where you stand for admission, how much merit aid you could get, and what you'd pay after it.
We started you at a typical enrolled freshman here. Move the sliders to match you.
Your admission chances
88% of applicants admitted
Target
Your SAT is inside the range where the middle half of enrolled freshmen scored, and your GPA is in the middle half of freshmen's.
Estimated merit aid
a year
Your cost after merit aid
Not available
What to do with your 970
Send your score
About 37% of freshmen here didn't send a score. We estimate their typical SAT at about 880, and yours is above it.
Reach, target and likely are a rough guide from your test score and how selective the college is. Admissions also weigh your courses, grades, essays and activities. Merit aid figures are estimates, before any need-based aid.
Admissions
Test policy for fall 2027
Test optional
You choose whether to send an SAT or ACT score. If you send one, it's considered.
Source: Freshman Students | University of Houston-Downtown · Checked October 17, 2026
Application deadlines
- Aug6Priority deadline · August 6, 2027Apply by this date for the best chance at admission and scholarships.
Who gets in
88%
of applicants were admitted: 6,465 of 7,355 for fall 2025.
Test scores of enrolled freshmen (fall 2025)
The shaded part shows the middle half of enrolled freshmen who sent scores: a quarter scored below it and a quarter above. 60% of them sent SAT scores and 4% sent ACT scores.
SAT total 880 to 1050
Reading and Writing 440 to 540
Math 430 to 530
ACT composite 16 to 21
How enrolled freshmen scored on the SAT
- 1400 to 16000%
- 1200 to 13993.7%
- 1000 to 119938%
- 800 to 99948%
- 600 to 79910%
- 400 to 5990.3%
Source: Common Data Set 2025-2026
High school GPA of enrolled freshmen
Average GPA: 3.33
- 4.013%
- 3.75 to 3.9910%
- 3.50 to 3.7415%
- 3.25 to 3.4918%
- 3.00 to 3.2417%
- 2.50 to 2.9924%
- Below 2.502%
Cost and financial aid
The sticker price is what a year costs before any aid. Most students pay less after grants and scholarships.
Sticker price for 2027-28Estimate
University of Houston-Downtown hasn't published a total yearly cost for in-state students. The parts it has published are below.
- Tuition (in state)$7,870
- Fees$1,540
- Books and supplies$700
Source: Common Data Set 2025-2026
What families actually pay
What a year cost on average after grants and scholarships, for freshmen who got federal aid in 2023-24 (in-state students), by family income.
- $0 to $30,000$8,865
- $30,001 to $48,000$8,824
- $48,001 to $75,000$9,953
- $75,001 to $110,000$12,069
- Over $110,000$17,444
Financial aid
59%
of a student's financial need is covered, on average
$8,471
average need-based grant to freshmen, money you don't repay
0.4%
of freshmen got merit aid without financial need, $5,880 on average
- FAFSA
- Required for need-based aid. It's the free federal aid form.
- CSS Profile
- Not required. Only the FAFSA is needed.
- Aid priority date: 4/1
- Send your aid forms by this date to be first in line for the college's grant money.
Source: Common Data Set 2025-2026
AP credit
AP exams that earn credit can replace college courses, so you pay for fewer of them and may graduate sooner.
AP exams that earn credit
25 of 25
Earn credit with a score of 3
24 exams
A 3-credit course is worth
about $790Est.Estimate
at 2027-28 tuition for in-state students
Credit for each AP exam
| Exam | Score needed | Credits | Counts as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art History | 4 | 3 | ART 1302 |
| Art History | 5 | 6 | ART 1301 & 1302 |
| Biology | 3 | 4 | BIOL 1301/1101 |
| Biology | 5 | 8 | BIOL 1301, 1101, 1302 & 1102 |
| Calculus AB | 3 | 4 | MATH 2401 |
| Calculus BC | 3 | 4 | MATH 2402 |
| Chemistry | 3 | 4 | CHEM 1307/1107 |
| Chemistry | 5 | 8 | CHEM 1307/1107 & 1308/1108 |
| Comparative Government and Politics | 3 | 3 | POLS 13XX |
| Comparative Government and Politics | 5 | 3 | POLS 33XX |
| Computer Science A | 3 | 4 | CS 1411 |
| Computer Science A | 4 | 8 | CS 1411 & 2411 |
| Computer Science Principles | 3 | 4 | CS 1411 |
| English Language and Composition | 3 | 3 | ENG 1301 |
| English Language and Composition | 4 | 6 | ENG 1301, 1302 |
| English Literature and Composition | 3 | 3 | ENG 23XX |
| Environmental Science | 3 | 3 | BIO 1312 |
| European History | 3 | 3 | HIST 13XX |
| French Language and Culture | 3 | 8 | FREN 1401 & 1402 |
| Human Geography | 3 | 3 | GEOG 1302 |
| Macroeconomics | 3 | 3 | ECON 2301 |
| Microeconomics | 3 | 3 | ECON 2302 |
| Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism | 3 | 4 | PHYS 1308/1108 |
| Physics C: Mechanics | 3 | 4 | PHYS 1307 & 1107 |
| Psychology | 3 | 3 | PSY 1303 |
| Research | 3 | 3 | SOS 1XXX |
| Seminar | 3 | 3 | SOS 1XXX |
| Spanish Language and Culture | 3 | 4 | SPAN 1401 |
| Spanish Language and Culture | 4 | 8 | SPAN 1401 & 1402 |
| Spanish Language and Culture | 5 | 11 | SPAN 1401, 1402 & 2301 |
| Spanish Literature and Culture | 3 | 4 | SPAN 1401 |
| Spanish Literature and Culture | 4 | 8 | SPAN 1401 & 1402 |
| Spanish Literature and Culture | 5 | 11 | SPAN 1401, 1402 & 2301 |
| United States Government and Politics | 3 | 3 | POLS 2305 |
| United States History | 3 | 3 | HIST 1305 |
| United States History | 4 | 6 | HIST 1305 & 1306 |
Source: AP credit policy
After college
Graduate within 6 years
30%
Come back for a second year
67%
Typical earnings
$57,404
a year, 10 years after starting here
- University of Houston-Downtown$59,940
- All colleges$57,284
Median yearly earnings of graduates five years after finishing a bachelor's in this major. 29 majors here have earnings data.
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