Houston-Downtown Outcomes - Graduation, Transfer-out, Retention Rates

At University of Houston-Downtown, the graduation rates was 30.88% (256 students out of 829 candidates were completed their degree within 150% normal time. For example, within 6 years for students seeking a 4-year bachelors degree.). By gender, 81 male and 175 female students have graduated from the school last year by completing their jobs in the period.

The following table and chart describe the graduation rates (150% normal time) by gender at University of Houston-Downtown. Last year, the graduation rate was 30.88%. where 256 students out of 829 candidate completed their degree.

113 students completed their course in 4 years and 100 finished there bachelor's (or equivalent) degree. Additional 43 students graduated within 6 years, usually referred as 150% normal time.

The following table and chart show graduation rates by race/ethnicity. The numbers in parenthesis denotes number of completers over number of candidates for each category.

Non-resident alien student is not a US citizen and studies with student visa, such as F visa, in United States. At University of Houston-Downtown, 4 of 7 non-resident alien students completed their courses within 150% normal time and the graduation rate was 57.14%.

The transfer-out rate is calculated by dividing students who have transferred out of other institution into total number of students (candidates) within 150% normal time. The transfer-out rate at University of Houston-Downtown is 36.19% (300 out of 829 students transferred-out.).

By definition, retention rate is the percentage of students who return to a college for their sophomore year. At University of Houston-Downtown, the retention rate is 65% for full-time students and 53 % for part-time students.