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Mathematics at Howard University

Mathematics at Howard University

If you plan to study mathematics, take a look at what Howard University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Howard is located in Washington, District of Columbia and approximately 10,859 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Mathematics section at the bottom of this page.

Howard Mathematics Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Math

Howard Mathematics Rankings

The math major at Howard is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Mathematics. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Math Student Demographics at Howard

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the math majors at Howard University.

Howard Mathematics Bachelor’s Program

67% Women
89% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 33% of math bachelor's degrees went to men and 67% went to women. The typical math bachelor's degree program is made up of only 37% women. So female students are more repesented at Howard since its program graduates 29% more women than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 54% more racial-ethnic minorities in its math bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Howard University with a bachelor's in math.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 6
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 0
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Concentrations Within Mathematics

If you plan to be a math major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Howard University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
General Mathematics 17

Careers That Math Grads May Go Into

A degree in math can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for DC, the home state for Howard University.

Occupation Jobs in DC Average Salary in DC
High School Teachers 3,850 $65,180
Statisticians 1,240 $104,310
Natural Sciences Managers 1,200 $132,310
Mathematical Science Professors 220 $113,120
Mathematicians 50 $133,870

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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