Student Population at Howard University

2023 Student Population	Undergraduate	Graduate
12,886	9,809	3,077

For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 12,886 students have enrolled in Howard University with 9,809 undergraduate and 3,077 graduate students.

By gender, 3,794 male and 9,092 female students are attending the school.

It has more students compared to similar colleges (10,434 students in average - private (not-for-profit) Research University (high research activity)).

339 students are enrolled exclusively, and 9,021 students are enrolled in some online courses.

You can check the student demographics by gender ratio, race/ethnicity, age distribution, and online enrollment.

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Student Population by Gender

Howard University has a total of 12,886 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 9,809 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 3,077 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 3,794 male and 9,092 female students (the male-female ratio is 29:71) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	12,886	9,809	3,077
Men	3,794	2,758	1,036
Women	9,092	7,051	2,041

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 141 White, 8,581 Black, and 443 Asian students out of a total of 12,886 are attending at Howard University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the next chart (Academic year 2022-2023 data).

All Students

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Total)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	117	27	90
Asian	443	139	304
Black	8,581	2,418	6,163
Hispanic	817	231	586
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	18	5	13
White	141	58	83
Two or more races	581	140	441
Race Unknown	1,582	498	1,084

Undergraduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	108	22	86
Asian	330	86	244
Black	6,349	1,691	4,658
Hispanic	604	153	451
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	15	4	11
White	33	16	17
Two or more races	449	100	349
Race Unknown	1,498	476	1,022

Graduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	0	0	0
Asian	13	5	8
Black	109	33	76
Hispanic	10	1	9
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	1	0	1
White	4	2	2
Two or more races	18	0	18
Race Unknown	11	2	9

Student Age Distribution

By age, HU has 1,248 students under 18 years old and 22 students over 65 years old. There are 10,516 students under 25 years old, and 2,364 students over 25 years old out of 12,886 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 1,248 students are younger than 18 and 3 students are older than 65. HU has 9,622 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 182 students aged 25 and over.

It has 894 graduate students aged under 25 and 2,182 students aged 25 and over.

All Students

Student Age Distribution (Total)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	1,248	901	347
18-19	5,191	3,862	1,329
20-21	2,888	2,044	844
22-24	1,189	762	427
25-29	1,190	780	410
30-34	503	313	190
35-39	243	166	77
40-49	252	154	98
50-64	154	90	64
Over 65	22	16	6

Undergraduate

Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	1,248	901	347
18-19	5,186	3,858	1,328
20-21	2,797	1,977	820
22-24	391	204	187
25-29	104	60	44
30-34	29	16	13
35-39	21	17	4
40-49	17	9	8
50-64	8	4	4
Over 65	3	2	1

Graduate

Student Age Distribution (Graduate)
Age	Total	Men	Women

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially who want to continue education and work in field. At Howard University, 339 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 9,021 students are enrolled in some online courses.

20 students lived in District of Columbia or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 319 students live in other State or outside of the United States.

Online Student Population
	All Students	Enrolled Exclusively Online Courses	Enrolled in Some Online Courses
All Students	12,886	339	9,021
Undergraduate	9,809	0	8,147
Graduate	3,077	339	874

Online Student Population by Locality
	District of Columbia Residents	Other States in U.S.
All Students	20	319
Undergraduate	0	-
Graduate	20	319

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 9,809 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 168 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 1.71%.156 students have transferred in as full-time status and 12 students transferred in as part-time status.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
	Number of Students
Regular Full-time	8,866
Transfer-in Full-time	156
Regular Part-time	775
Transfer-in Part-time	12

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