UH Downtown earned 29 ranking badges in the 2027 College Factual rankings: 0 in the top 1%, 8 in the top 5%, 9 in the top 10% and 12 in the top 15% of the schools in each ranking. Its highest placement is #6 of 374 in Most Popular for Interdisciplinary Studies, a top 5% award.
Key facts
Badges earned: 29 (2027 edition)
In the top 1% / top 5%: 0 / 8
Highest placement: #6 of 374, a top 5% award
Fields of study with a badge: 8
Placements this edition: 228
Badge cutoff: a top 15% placement in a ranking
Source: IPEDS 2025; College Scorecard July 2026; College Factual rankings 2027. Data as of: July 2026.
How Many Ranking Badges Has University of Houston-Downtown Earned?
University of Houston-Downtown holds 29 ranking badges across 8 fields of study, 8 of them in the top 5% or better; each badge is an award for placing in the top 15% of a ranking. It has no placements this edition in College Factual’s athletics rankings. College Factual re-runs each ranking as fresh data is published. The awards below are from the 2027 edition. For every ranking, the check mark shows the top tier achieved. Read about our data sources and methodologies. To use these badges in your college’s communications, administrators can contact us.
Count by Award Level
Award Level
Badges
Top 1%
0
Top 5%
8
Top 10%
9
Top 15%
12
Total
29
What Is University of Houston-Downtown Known For?
University of Houston-Downtown is best known for Business, Management & Marketing: 10 of its 28 traditional-student awards are in that field. Its top-ranked majors include Interdisciplinary Studies, Accounting and Criminal Justice & Corrections.
How Does University of Houston-Downtown Rank for Online Students?
In College Factual’s 2027 online-program rankings, University of Houston-Downtown earned 1 badge across 1 online program; its highest placement is #54 of 897 in Most Popular Online for Business Administration & Management.
How Does University of Houston-Downtown Rank for Veterans?
University of Houston-Downtown earned no veterans badge in the 2027 edition; its highest placement in College Factual’s veterans rankings is #805 of 4,939 in Best for Veterans (top 17%).
Badges on this page come from rankings calculated from federal education data, 2027 edition. University of Houston-Downtown appears in 228 of the College Factual rankings covered on this page.
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE), serves as the core of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
by our College Data Analytics Team