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. Of the 1,542 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Howard University in 2021, 15 of them were mathematics majors.

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
• Doctorate Degree in Math

Howard Mathematics Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the math progam at Howard compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Mathematics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	335

In 2021, 0 student received their master’s degree in math from Howard. This is the #289 most popular school for math master’s degree candidates in the country.

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

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 15 math majors earned their bachelor's degree from Howard. Of these graduates, 53% were men and 47% were women. The typical math bachelor's degree program is made up of only 39% women. So female students are more repesented at Howard since its program graduates 8% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 13% 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.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	0
International Students	8
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Howard also has a doctoral program available in math. In 2021, 2 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Josh under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.