Graduate Programs & Tuition at Howard University

Howard University (HU) is a four-year, private (not-for-profit) school located in Washington, DC.

It offers 97 graduate programs - 43 Master's, 40 Doctorate, 1 Post-bachelor's, and 13 Post-master's. The 2025 average graduate tuition & fees is $39,178.

A total of 3,371 students is enrolled in graduate schools out of total 14,890 students at HU. HU offers online graduate programs and 748 out of 3,371 graduate students have enrolled online exclusively.

HU have a law school and medical school and you can discover its admission and tuition information at School of Law and College of Medicine. In addition, you can find HU's health profession programs at health professions information page.

Graduate Program Overview

For the academic year 2024-2025, the average graduate school tuition & fees is $39,178. It offers ninety-seven (97) graduate programs and some programs are offered through distance learning.

Graduate Programs Key Facts
School NameHoward University
TypeFour-year, Private (not-for-profit)
Address2400 Sixth St NW, Washington, DC
Graduate School Students3,226 students
748 students enrolled online exclusively
Tuition & Fees (2024-2025)$39,178
Student to Faculty13:1 (7.69%)
Number of Graduate ProgramsTotal 97 Graduate Programs
43 Master's, 40 Doctorate, 14 Post graduate certificates

2025 Graduate Program Tuition at Howard University

The following tables describe 2024-2025 graduate tuition & fees at Howard University with tuition changes over the last 5 years. Each cost is an average amount over the offered programs. The tuition & fees is $39,178 for prospective students.

The tuition per credit hours for part-time students (or full-time students who taking extra credits) is $2,087.

2025 Graduate School Tuition, Fees, and Living Costs
Amounts
Tuition$38,454
Fees$724
Cost per Credit$2,087
Books & Supplies$1,360
Room & Board$17,322 (On-Campus) / $24,334 (Off-Campus)
Personal Expenses$3,540 (On-Campus) / $6,946 (Off-Campus)
On-Campus Total$61,400
Off-Campus Total$71,818
Graduate Program Tuition Changes (2021-2025)
2020-20212021-20222022-20232023-20242024-2025
Tuition & Fees$34,224$34,326$36,022$38,050$39,178

Conferred Degrees and Graduate Programs by Major

Howard University offers Masters, Doctorate, Post-Bachelor's Certificate, Post-Master's Certificate graduate degree/certificate programs through 97 major areas - 43 Master's (3 online programs), 40 Doctorate (1 online programs), 1 Post-Bachelor's, 13 Post-Master's. 403 students have been conferred Master's degree and 529 students have received Doctorate degree last year.

The following table summarizes the total number of completers by degree and gender.

Total Number of Conferred Graduate Degree
Master'sDoctorate Post-Bachelor'sPost-Master's
Total403529-23
Men106201-8
Women297328-15

Below, you can check major programs and concentration for each area of study with offered degrees and completers. ONLINE denotes the program offered by distance learning (online degree). You may want to see all graduate schools offering a major program by following the link on the title of the program.

ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
General StudiesNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Architecture25 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Computer Science1 NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Educational Leadership and Administration3 NOT OFFER
Special Education and Teaching1 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Elementary Education and Teaching1 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Secondary Education and Teaching1 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Chemical Engineering2 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Civil Engineering1 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Electrical and Electronics Engineering NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Mechanical Engineering NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
English Language and Literature1 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Biology/Biological Sciences NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Biochemistry NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Anatomy NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Mathematics NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Nutrition Sciences NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Data Science, General14ONLINE NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Divinity/Ministry20 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology3 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Chemistry NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Physics NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Psychology NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
School Psychology4 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Social Work175 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Economics6 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Political Science and Government4 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Sociology1 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Film/Cinema/Video Studies14 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Art/Art Studies1 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Music2 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services (other)15 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Health/Health Care Administration/ManagementONLINE NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Public Health5 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Health/Medical Physics1 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Occupational Therapy/Therapist1 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse2 ONLINE NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Business Administration and Management76 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Accounting8ONLINE NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Finance11 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
History1 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
African Studies NOT OFFER
Women's StudiesNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER 2
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies, OtherNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER 2
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Computer Science NOT OFFER 1
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
International/Global StudiesNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Advanced General DentistryNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER 5
Orthodontics/OrthodontologyNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER 6
Pediatric Dentistry/PedodonticsNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER 5
Family Practice Nurse/NursingNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Business Administration and Management NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Communication and Media Studies (other)NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Computer Science NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Civil Engineering NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Electrical and Electronics Engineering NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Mechanical Engineering NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
English Language and Literature NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Biology/Biological Sciences NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Biochemistry NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Anatomy NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
MicrobiologyNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
GeneticsNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
PhysiologyNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
PharmacologyNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Mathematics NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Nutrition Sciences NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Chemistry NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Physics NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Psychology NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Counseling PsychologyNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
School Psychology NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Educational PsychologyNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Social Work NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Economics NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Political Science and Government NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Sociology NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
History NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
LawNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Divinity/Ministry NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
DentistryNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
MedicineNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
PharmacyNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Occupational Therapy/Therapist NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Physical Therapy/TherapistNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse ONLINE NOT OFFER NOT OFFER

Graduate Student Population

HU graduate schools have a total of 3,226 postgraduate students. By gender, it has 1,113 male and 2,113 female postgrad students.

By attending status, there are 2,699 full-time and 527 part-time students in graduate schools. It offers distance learning for graduate programs, and 748 students enrolled through online exclusively and 548 students are taking some online graduate courses.

By race/ethnicity 96 White, 2,364 Black, and 112 Asian students are attending at Howard University. The detail graduate enrollment distribution by race is shown in the below chart.

54 grad students are younger than 22 and 452 students are older than 65. It has 2,050 students aged between 22 and 30 and 808 students aged 30 to 40.

Graduate Students Gender Distribution
Total3,226
Men1,113
Women2,113
Graduate Students Attending Status Distribution
Total3,226
Full-time Students2,699
Part-time Students527
Graduate Students Race Distribution
Total3,226
American Indian /
Native American
17
Asian112
Black2,364
Hispanic202
Native Hawaiian /
Other Pacific Islander
3
White96
Two or more races119
Un-Known111
Graduate Students Age Distribution
Total3,226
21 & Under54
22-24808
25-291,242
30-34520
35-39288
40 & Over452

Online Population

At Howard University graduate schools, 748 students enrolled online exclusively and 548 students enrolled in some online courses.

Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment Distribution
Total Enrollment3,371
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses748
Enrolled in Some But Not All Online Courses548
Not Enrolled In Any Online Courses2,075
Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment By Student Location
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses748
District of Columbia Resident69
Other State In U.S.542
Outside of U.S.7
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