Acceptance Rate
Fall 2021 admitted students
Application Fees
Fall 2021
$50
Undergraduate$35
GraduateApplicants Stats
The following table details the number of students who applied, admitted, and enrolled in UHD during the Fall 2021 enrollment season.
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Total Applicants
During the Fall 2021 enrollment season, UHD received a total of 6,148 applications. These applications included 2,406 male applicants and 3,742 female applicants. -
Admitted Students
Out of the 6,148 applicants, UHD admitted 5,831 students. Among the admitted students, there were 2,224 males and 3,607 females who received offers of admission. -
Enrolled Students
Among the admitted students, 1,360 students chose to enroll at UHD. This means that 1,360 students accepted the admission offers and officially registered to attend the university for the Fall 2021 term. Among the enrolled students, 563 were male and 797 were female. -
Acceptance Rate
The acceptance rate is the percentage of applicants who were offered admission. In this case, UHD had an overall acceptance rate of 95% for the Fall 2021 enrollment season. When we break it down by gender, the acceptance rate for male applicants was 92% while the acceptance rate for female applicants was 96%. -
Yield Rate
The yield rate is the percentage of admitted students who actually chose to enroll at the university. UHD had an overall yield rate of 23% for the Fall 2021 term. The yield rate for male admitted students was 25%, and for female admitted students, it was 22%.
Admission and Enrollment Trends
The following table presents the application, admission, and enrollment statistics for UHD over the past 7 years.
Admission Requirements
Fall 2021
University of Houston-Downtown uses the following list of admission requirements and recommended documents when evaluating students' applications. All documents listed under the Required sections must be submitted with your application, but those listed under the Recommended section are optional.
Please double-check with the school to verify the current and complete admission requirements.Required
- Secondary school GPA
- Secondary school rank
- Secondary school record
- Completion of college-preparatory program
- TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language)
Recommended
- Test scores (SAT/ACT)
Neither required nor recommended
- Recommendation letters
- Formal demonstration of competencies
- Other tests (Wonderlic, WISC-III, etc.)
Accepted Credits
Fall 2021
The following is a list of college preparatory work and life experience that are accepted at University of Houston-Downtown.
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Credit for life experiences
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Advanced placement (AP) credits
Accepted -
Dual credit (college credit earned while in high school)
Accepted
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