Student Population at Howard University

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 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).

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.

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.

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.