ADVANCE YOUR CAREER WITH A MASTER’S DEGREE AT UHD
While a bachelor’s degree alone may have sufficed in the past, more and more working professionals in Houston are realizing the tremendous value – and greatly enhanced earning potential – that a master’s degree can bring.
The University of Houston-Downtown (UHD) – conveniently located in the heart of the nation’s fourth-largest city – provides busy professionals with the high-demand degrees, skills and leadership development that today’s industries require.
But with Houston’s many options for graduate studies, what gives UHD – and you as a student – an edge?
High-gDemand Skills Industry Requires
At UHD, we realize that degrees and individual courses must align with industry needs for students to claim highly competitive positions following graduation. For this reason, UHD has reinvented the MBA through a “flipped,” discussion-based class-room model, team teaching by faculty and industry-leading executives, and a price tag that is up to 70 percent less than other programs.
And it’s attracting a lot of attention. In the last year alone, UHD’s MBA has risen from No. 13 on the Houston Business Journal’s list of largest Houston-area MBA programs to No. 4 – with no signs of slowing down.
By bringing real-world application to course material, applying case studies to today’s most pressing business issues and providing students with hands-on interaction with some of Houston’s top business executives, UHD MBA students can immediately transfer classroom knowledge to the boardroom. And upon graduation, students are prepared to transition seamlessly into advanced positions of leadership in their current companies or build their own businesses as entrepreneurs.
Tailored Certificates to Meet Individual Student Needs
For students who are not ready to commit to a full MBA program, but would like graduatelevel training to improve their skills, UHD offers its newly launched Graduate Certificates in the College of Business.
Those with an undergraduate degree can gain specialized training through eight corporate-designed, AACSB-accredited Certificates, including Accounting, Business Development/ Sales Management, Finance, Human Resource Management, International Business, Investment Management, Leadership, and Supply Chain Management. These separate, free-standing Graduate Certificates – which align with UHD’s MBA concentrations – enable students to take their careers to the next level with critical skills needed for business success. After earning a Certificate, students can choose to enter the UHD MBA program – no GMAT required – with nearly half of all coursework already completed.
Trainingg in Cutting-Edge Technology and Emerging Fields
This fall, UHD is proud to launch its new Master of Science in Data Analytics. With the emergence of Big Data and the need to manage vast quantities of information to find innovative solutions in fields from life science to oil and gas, today’s graduates need interdisciplinary skills in statistics, computer science and risk analysis to become tomorrow’s leaders. A master’s degree in data analytics is an excellent complement to a foundation in technology, science, engineering and other business arenas.
Another high-demand field requiring the analysis of real-time data is security management. UHD’s Master of Security Management for Executives equips students with the knowledge and skills to lead the continuously changing international security environment. Developed in collaboration with current security management executives – and team taught by these industry leaders and instructors from the College of Public Service and College of Business – the two-year program is offered on alternate Saturdays to allow security professionals to earn the degree without interfering with their job responsibilities.
Affordable Cost and Flexible Schedules for Working Professionals
UHD offers students these and other high-value master’s degrees in areas including technical communication, nonprofit management, criminal justice, rhetoric and composition, and teaching. Each of these programs offers an outstanding return on investment, with the lowest tuition rate of any public university in Houston. The University is routinely named as one of the best values in higher education in Texas, with tuition and fees ranking 20 percent below the statewide average for 2013-2014.
Through the MBA program at UHD, I’ve gained skills that allow me to better understand my clients’ businesses and the complexities of the financial transactions involved in their deals. This additional knowledge has helped me to be better at what I do, as well as allowing me to expand into new areas.