Howard University Student Population and Demographics

HU Student Population

For academic year 2017-2018, there are 9,392 students including 6,354 undergraduate and 3,038 graduate students at Howard University. By attending status, there are 8,643 full-time and 749 part-time students with gender distribution of 3,130 male and 6,262 female students.

Student Gender Distribution

Howard University has a total enrollment of 9,392 with a gender distribution of 33.33% male (3,130 students) and 66.67% female (6,262 students).

Student Population By Gender
Howard University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	9,392	3,130	6,262
Undergraduate	6,354	1,985	4,369
Graduate	3,038	1,145	1,893
Full-time	8,643	2,834	5,809
Part-time	749	296	453

[Chart] Howard University 2018 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

Howard University has a 8,643 full-time students and 749 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 6,090 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 264 are part-time students. In graduate school, 2,553 students are full-time and 485 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
Howard University
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	9,392	8,643	749
Undergraduate	6,354	6,090	264
Graduate	3,038	2,553	485
Men	3,130	2,834	296
Women	6,262	5,809	453

[Chart] Howard University Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At Howard University, 21 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 677 students are enrolled in some online course out of total 9,392 students. In undergraduate schools, 416 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 282 students join some online courses.

2018 Distance Learning Enrollment
Howard University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	9,392	6,354	3,038
Online Exclusively	21	0	21
In Some Online Classes	677	416	261
Not In Online Classes	8,694	5,938	2,756

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

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyze the student population by race/ethnicity at Howard University. There are 14 American Indian/Native American, 273 White, 7,948 Black/African American, 273 Asian, 120 Hispanic, 23 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 0 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity at
Howard University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	9,392	3,130	6,262
American Indian/Native American	14	2	12
Asian	273	123	150
Black/African American	7,948	2,436	5,512
Hispanic	120	48	72
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	23	7	16
White	273	114	159

[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	9,392	6,354	3,038
Under 18	244	244	0
Age 18-19	2,807	2,805	2
Age 20-21	2,409	2,350	59
Age 22-24	1,437	690	747
Age 25-29	1,348	140	1,208
Age 30-34	493	49	444
Age 35-39	262	30	232
Age 40-49	225	17	208
Age 50-64	150	26	124
Over 64	17	3	14
Age Un-Known	0	0	0

[Chart] Howard University 2018 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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