Howard University Overview

Howard University is a private not-for-profit institution situated in Washington, District of Columbia. The city atmosphere of Washington makes it a great place for students who enjoy having lots of educational and entertainment options.

What Is Howard University Known For?

• Students who want to work more closely with their professors have an easier time at Howard since the student to facuty ratio is 8 to 1.
• Although it may not be available for every major, the doctor's degree is the highest award a student can attain at Howard.
• In 2017-2018, 78% of the faculty were full-time.
• A student who earns a bachelor's degree from Howard makes roughly $49,200 a year. This is 21% more than their peers from other colleges and universities.

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards Howard has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#25	Best Value Colleges for Political Science & Government	College Factual
#26	Best Value Colleges for Finance & Financial Management	College Factual
#37	Best Value Colleges for General Psychology	College Factual
#39	Best Value Colleges for Psychology	College Factual
#48	Best Value Colleges for Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies	College Factual
#111	Best Value Colleges for Business, Management & Marketing	College Factual

Where Is Howard University?

Contact details for Howard are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	2400 Sixth St Nw, Washington, DC 20059-0001
Phone:	202-806-6100
Website:	www.howard.edu
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/howarduniversity
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/HowardU

How Do I Get Into Howard?

You can apply to Howard online at: www2.howard.edu/admission

Admission Requirements for Howard

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	required
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	required
Recommendations	required
SAT or ACT Scores	required
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Howard?

The acceptance rate of Howard University is 41%. While it may not be as selective as some schools, it does screen its applicants very carefully. Do what you can to stand out among others in the pool of applicants!

Approximately 28% of accepted students are men and 72% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 38%, and the acceptance rate for women is 43%.

Average Test Scores

About 65% of students accepted to Howard submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 550 and 650. Math scores were between 540 and 640.

Howard received ACT scores from 49% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 22 and 30. Math scores were between 21 and 27. Composite scores were between 22 and 28.

Can I Afford Howard University?

The overall average net price of Howard is $29,620. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Howard, approximately 62% of students took out student loans averaging $6,910 a year. That adds up to $27,640 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Howard is 8.0%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.

Howard University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 6,243 undergraduate students at Howard, with 5,991 being full-time and 252 being part-time.

There are also 2,896 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 5,991 full-time undergraduates at Howard, 30% are male and 70% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Howard University students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	83
Black or African American	5,304
Hispanic or Latino	61
White	129
International Students	376
Other Races/Ethnicities	38

Geographic Diversity

District of Columbia students aren't the only ones who study at Howard University. At this time, 36 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 69 countries are represented at Howard. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, and Jamaica.

Online Learning at Howard University

In 2017-2018, 1,059 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Howard has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 8th most popular in District of Columbia for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2017-2018.

Online Growth Rankings of Howard

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Howard University was 11.1%. This is the #1,256 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Howard regardless of major.

The following table shows the 1-year growth rate of Howard majors that offer at least one online course. This table only includes majors with positive growth.

Major	1-Year Growth Rate
Business Administration & Management	5%
Business, Management & Marketing	3%

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at Howard ranks compared to all other partially online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at Howard.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Legal Professions (Other)	#4
Legal Professions	#52
Business Administration & Management	#408

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

Howard University Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Undergraduate Certificate	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
General Biology	0	160	0	1	5	166
Law	0	0	0	0	135	135
Medicine	0	0	0	0	109	109
Political Science & Government	0	106	0	3	0	109
Communication & Journalism (Other)	0	100	0	0	0	100
Public Relations & Advertising	0	96	0	0	0	96
Dentistry	0	0	15	0	74	89
General Psychology	0	79	0	1	8	88
Health & Physical Education	0	85	0	0	0	85
Social Work	0	0	0	82	2	84
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences	0	0	0	0	69	69
Business Administration & Management	0	27	0	37	0	64
Computer Information Systems	0	57	2	1	2	62
Economics	0	38	0	2	6	46
Nursing	0	43	0	0	0	43
Marketing	0	41	0	0	0	41
Management Information Systems	0	40	0	0	0	40
Criminal Justice & Corrections	0	37	0	0	0	37
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services	0	0	0	32	0	32
Finance & Financial Management	0	26	0	5	0	31
Sociology	0	26	0	1	1	28
Arts & Media Management	0	28	0	0	0	28
Chemistry	0	25	0	2	0	27
Accounting	0	21	0	5	0	26
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	0	0	0	8	18	26
Fine & Studio Arts	0	18	0	8	0	26
Chemical Engineering	0	22	0	3	0	25
Mechanical Engineering	0	17	0	4	2	23
General English Literature	0	22	0	0	0	22
Electrical Engineering	0	11	0	5	4	20
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	0	0	0	0	20	20
Other Business, Management & Marketing	0	19	0	0	0	19
Nutrition Science	0	6	0	5	7	18
Other Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies	0	18	0	0	0	18
Teacher Education Grade Specific	0	13	0	4	0	17
History	0	11	0	4	2	17
Ethnic Studies	0	11	5	0	0	16
Health & Medical Administrative Services	0	16	0	0	0	16
Theological & Ministerial Studies	0	0	0	14	2	16
International Business	0	15	0	0	0	15
Civil Engineering	0	12	0	3	0	15
Communication Sciences	0	0	0	13	2	15
Health Sciences & Services	0	14	0	0	0	14
General Architecture	0	13	0	0	0	13
Mathematics	0	8	0	3	2	13
Music	0	8	0	5	0	13
Educational Administration	0	0	0	6	5	11
Romance Languages	0	11	0	0	0	11
Communication & Media Studies	0	0	0	0	10	10
Area Studies	0	0	0	3	7	10
Physics	0	6	0	3	1	10
Film, Video & Photographic Arts	0	0	0	10	0	10
Human Development & Family Studies	0	9	0	0	0	9
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science	0	9	0	0	0	9
Computer Engineering	0	7	0	0	0	7
Dental Support Services	6	0	0	0	0	6
Interdisciplinary Studies	0	6	0	0	0	6
Philosophy	0	6	0	0	0	6
Allied Health Professions	0	5	0	0	0	5
General Education	0	0	4	0	0	4
Legal Professions (Other)	0	0	0	3	0	3
Journalism	0	2	0	0	0	2
Computer Systems Analysis	0	1	0	0	1	2
Special Education	0	0	0	2	0	2
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology	0	0	0	1	0	1
Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences	0	0	0	0	1	1
Genetics	0	0	0	1	0	1
Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing	0	1	0	0	0	1
Radio, Television & Digital Communication	0	1	0	0	0	1
Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology	0	0	0	0	1	1
International Relations & National Security	0	0	1	0	0	1
Microbiological Sciences & Immunology	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pharmacology & Toxicology	0	0	0	0	0	0
Physiology & Pathology Sciences	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hospitality Management	0	0	0	0	0	0
Insurance	0	0	0	0	0	0
Information Science	0	0	0	0	0	0
Information Technology	0	0	0	0	0	0
Education Philosophy	0	0	0	0	0	0
Student Counseling	0	0	0	0	0	0
Teacher Education Subject Specific	0	0	0	0	0	0
Systems Engineering	0	0	0	0	0	0
Family & Consumer Economics	0	0	0	0	0	0
Classical Languages & Literature	0	0	0	0	0	0
Germanic Languages	0	0	0	0	0	0
Greek Language & Literature	0	0	0	0	0	0
Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages	0	0	0	0	0	0
Health/Medical Prep Programs	0	0	0	0	0	0
Liberal Arts General Studies	0	0	0	0	0	0
International Studies	0	0	0	0	0	0
Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other Psychology	0	0	0	0	0	0
Anthropology	0	0	0	0	0	0
Public Administration	0	0	0	0	0	0
Public Policy	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dance	0	0	0	0	0	0
Design & Applied Arts	0	0	0	0	0	0
Drama & Theater Arts	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	6	1,353	27	280	496	2,162

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Josh under License

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