Howard University Student Population

How many students at HU? 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.

• Enrollment Trends

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 chart below (academic year 2022-2023 data).

• Total
• Undergraduate
• Graduate

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.

• Total
• Undergraduate
• Graduate

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 Population
• By Locality

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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.