Enrollment Trends at HU

The student population at Howard University is 12,886 (9,809 undergraduate and 3,077 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 2,884 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at HU is 76.12% which is increased by 3,121 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 237 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 2.40 to 1 which means that majority of population is on female students.

339 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 670.45% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 10,297 where 12,886 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

76.12% of total students is undergraduate students and 23.88% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 3,121 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 237 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 2.40 to 1 and it means that there are far more female students enrolled in HU than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Howard University since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	10,002	6,688	2,236	4,452	3,314	1,288	2,026
2013-14	10,297 295	6,974 286	2,288 52	4,686 234	3,323 9	1,288 0	2,035 9
2014-15	10,265 -32	7,013 39	2,297 9	4,716 30	3,252 -71	1,262 -26	1,990 -45
2015-16	10,002 -263	6,883 -130	2,242 -55	4,641 -75	3,119 -133	1,230 -32	1,889 -101
2016-17	8,966 -1,036	5,899 -984	1,955 -287	3,944 -697	3,067 -52	1,191 -39	1,876 -13
2017-18	9,392 426	6,354 455	1,985 30	4,369 425	3,038 -29	1,145 -46	1,893 17
2018-19	9,139 -253	6,243 -111	1,931 -54	4,312 -57	2,896 -142	1,064 -81	1,832 -61
2019-20	9,399 260	6,526 283	1,900 -31	4,626 314	2,873 -23	1,022 -42	1,851 19
2020-21	10,859 1,460	7,857 1,331	2,215 315	5,642 1,016	3,002 129	1,023 1	1,979 128
2021-22	12,065 1,206	8,964 1,107	2,507 292	6,457 815	3,101 99	1,016 -7	2,085 106
2022-23	12,886 821	9,809 845	2,758 251	7,051 594	3,077 -24	1,036 20	2,041 -44
Average	10,297	7,201	2,210	4,991	3,097	1,142	1,954

Howard University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 7,201 where 9,809 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Howard University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	6,688	6,270	2,058	4,212	418	178	240
2013-14	6,974	6,495	2,087	4,408	479	201	278
2014-15	7,013	6,513	2,093	4,420	500	204	296
2015-16	6,883	6,412	2,071	4,341	471	171	300
2016-17	5,899	5,575	1,804	3,771	324	151	173
2017-18	6,354	6,090	1,874	4,216	264	111	153
2018-19	6,243	5,991	1,826	4,165	252	105	147
2019-20	6,526	6,269	1,797	4,472	257	103	154
2020-21	7,857	7,497	2,085	5,412	360	130	230
2021-22	8,964	8,419	2,299	6,120	545	208	337
2022-23	9,809	9,022	2,449	6,573	787	309	478
Average	7,201	7,201	2,040	4,737	7,201	170	253

Howard University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 3,097 where 3,077 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Howard University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	3,314	2,671	1,042	1,629	643	246	397
2013-14	3,323	2,628	1,027	1,601	695	261	434
2014-15	3,252	2,650	1,046	1,604	602	216	386
2015-16	3,119	2,614	1,040	1,574	505	190	315
2016-17	3,067	2,584	987	1,597	483	204	279
2017-18	3,038	2,553	960	1,593	485	185	300
2018-19	2,896	2,509	910	1,599	387	154	233
2019-20	2,873	2,492	874	1,618	381	148	233
2020-21	3,002	2,553	874	1,679	449	149	300
2021-22	3,101	2,637	863	1,774	464	153	311
2022-23	3,077	2,528	885	1,643	549	151	398
Average	3,097	3,097	955	1,628	3,097	187	326

Howard University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 1.09% and the percentage of black students is 66.59% at Howard University. 3.44% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Howard University over the past 12 years (2012-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2012-13	146	351	8,682	57	42	283	0
2013-14	169	326	8,837	92	39	300	0
2014-15	103	348	8,812	86	24	313	0
2015-16	59	319	8,545	91	18	321	0
2016-17	18	294	7,540	118	18	275	0
2017-18	14	273	7,948	120	23	273	0
2018-19	18	300	7,676	133	38	306	0
2019-20	110	261	6,704	573	20	212	317
2020-21	132	417	7,373	718	28	214	407
2021-22	139	522	8,133	779	22	162	506
2022-23	117	443	8,581	817	18	141	581
Average	93	350	8,076	326	26	255	165

Howard University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

339 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 3% of total students. The number of online students has increased 670.45% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Howard University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	10,265	44	124	10,097
2015-16	10,002	81	811	9,110
2016-17	8,966	77	725	8,164
2017-18	9,392	21	677	8,694
2018-19	9,139	29	1,030	8,080
2019-20	9,399	22	1,047	8,330
2020-21	10,859	109	3,456	7,294
2021-22	12,065	185	9,719	2,161
2022-23	12,886	339	9,021	3,526
Average	10,330	101	2,957	7,273

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