HU Student Population and Demographics

HU Student Population

There are 9,399 students including 6,526 undergraduate and 2,873 graduate students at Howard University for academic year 2019-2020. By attending status, there are 8,761 full-time and 638 part-time students with gender distribution of 2,922 male and 6,477 female students. Howard University is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 29 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

Howard University has a total enrollment of 9,399 with a gender distribution of 31.09% male (2,922 students) and 68.91% female (6,477 students). There are 1,900 male and 4,626 female students in undergraduate school and 1,022 male and 1,851 female students are attending graduate school at Howard University.

Student Population By Gender
Howard University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	9,399	2,922	6,477
Undergraduate	6,526	1,900	4,626
Graduate	2,873	1,022	1,851
Full-time	8,761	2,671	6,090
Part-time	638	251	387

[Chart] Howard University 2020 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

Howard University has 8,761 full-time and 638 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 6,269 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 257 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 2,492 students are full-time and 381 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
Howard University
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	9,399	8,761	638
Undergraduate	6,526	6,269	257
Graduate	2,873	2,492	381
Men	2,922	2,671	251
Women	6,477	6,090	387

[Chart] Howard University Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At Howard University, 22 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 1,047 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 9,399 students. In undergraduate schools, 826 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 243 students are attending some online courses.

2020 Distance Learning Enrollment
Howard University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	9,399	6,526	2,873
Online Exclusively	22	0	22
In Some Online Classes	1,047	826	221
Not In Online Classes	8,330	5,700	2,630

[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 110 American Indian/Native American, 212 White, 6,704 Black/African American, 261 Asian, 573 Hispanic, 20 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 270 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
Howard University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	9,399	2,922	6,477
American Indian/Native American	110	24	86
Asian	261	99	162
Black/African American	6,704	2,027	4,677
Hispanic	573	164	409
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	20	4	16
White	212	75	137
Two More	317	86	231
Race Un-Known	642	184	458

[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	9,399	6,526	2,873
Under 18	124	124	0
Age 18-19	3,154	3,154	0
Age 20-21	2,508	2,462	46
Age 22-24	1,309	576	733
Age 25-29	1,296	127	1,169
Age 30-34	484	36	448
Age 35-39	209	18	191
Age 40-49	181	15	166
Age 50-64	110	10	100
Over 64	21	1	20
Age Un-Known	3	3	0

[Chart] Howard University 2020 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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