HU Student Population and Demographics

HU Student Population

There are 10,859 students including 7,857 undergraduate and 3,002 graduate students at Howard University for academic year 2020-2021. By attending status, there are 10,050 full-time and 809 part-time students with gender distribution of 3,238 male and 7,621 female students. Howard University is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 109 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

Howard University has a total enrollment of 10,859 with a gender distribution of 29.82% male (3,238 students) and 70.18% female (7,621 students). There are 2,215 male and 5,642 female students in undergraduate school and 1,023 male and 1,979 female students are attending graduate school at Howard University.

Student Population By Gender
Howard University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	10,859	3,238	7,621
Undergraduate	7,857	2,215	5,642
Graduate	3,002	1,023	1,979
Full-time	10,050	2,959	7,091
Part-time	809	279	530

[Chart] Howard University 2021 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

Howard University has 10,050 full-time and 809 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 7,497 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 360 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 2,553 students are full-time and 449 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
Howard University
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	10,859	10,050	809
Undergraduate	7,857	7,497	360
Graduate	3,002	2,553	449
Men	3,238	2,959	279
Women	7,621	7,091	530

[Chart] Howard University Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At Howard University, 109 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 3,456 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 10,859 students. In undergraduate schools, 2,842 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 723 students are attending some online courses.

2021 Distance Learning Enrollment
Howard University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	10,859	7,857	3,002
Online Exclusively	109	0	109
In Some Online Classes	3,456	2,842	614
Not In Online Classes	7,294	5,015	2,279

[Chart] Howard University Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at Howard University. There are 132 American Indian/Native American, 214 White, 7,373 Black/African American, 417 Asian, 718 Hispanic, 28 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 425 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
Howard University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	10,859	3,238	7,621
American Indian/Native American	132	29	103
Asian	417	137	280
Black/African American	7,373	2,123	5,250
Hispanic	718	198	520
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	28	6	22
White	214	79	135
Two More	407	92	315
Race Un-Known	1,053	333	720

[Chart] Howard UniversityRace/Ethnicity Distribution

Student Age Distribution

Next table and chart show the student enrollment by age distribution at Howard University.

Age Distribution
Howard University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	10,859	7,857	3,002
Under 18	274	274	0
Age 18-19	3,885	3,883	2
Age 20-21	2,995	2,956	39
Age 22-24	1,247	522	725
Age 25-29	1,335	128	1,207
Age 30-34	517	42	475
Age 35-39	235	17	218
Age 40-49	215	22	193
Age 50-64	128	10	118
Over 64	24	1	23
Age Un-Known	4	2	2

[Chart] Howard University 2021 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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