Howard University Student Population and Demographics

HU Student Population

There are 9,139 students including 6,243 undergraduate and 2,896 graduate students at Howard University for academic year 2018-2019. By attending status, there are 8,500 full-time and 639 part-time students with gender distribution of 2,995 male and 6,144 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 9,139 with a gender distribution of 32.77% male (2,995 students) and 67.23% female (6,144 students). There are 1,931 male and 4,312 female students in undergraduate school and 1,064 male and 1,832 female students are attending graduate school at Howard University.

Student Population By Gender
Howard University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	9,139	2,995	6,144
Undergraduate	6,243	1,931	4,312
Graduate	2,896	1,064	1,832
Full-time	8,500	2,736	5,764
Part-time	639	259	380

[Chart] Howard University 2019 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

Howard University has 8,500 full-time and 639 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 5,991 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 252 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 2,509 students are full-time and 387 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
Howard University
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	9,139	8,500	639
Undergraduate	6,243	5,991	252
Graduate	2,896	2,509	387
Men	2,995	2,736	259
Women	6,144	5,764	380

[Chart] Howard University Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At Howard University, 29 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 1,030 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 9,139 students. In undergraduate schools, 855 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 204 students are attending some online courses.

2019 Distance Learning Enrollment
Howard University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	9,139	6,243	2,896
Online Exclusively	29	0	29
In Some Online Classes	1,030	855	175
Not In Online Classes	8,080	5,388	2,692

[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 18 American Indian/Native American, 306 White, 7,676 Black/African American, 300 Asian, 133 Hispanic, 38 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 0 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
Howard University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	9,139	2,995	6,144
American Indian/Native American	18	2	16
Asian	300	116	184
Black/African American	7,676	2,366	5,310
Hispanic	133	52	81
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	38	9	29
White	306	110	196

[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	9,139	6,243	2,896
Under 18	165	165	0
Age 18-19	3,133	3,131	2
Age 20-21	2,126	2,068	58
Age 22-24	1,386	645	741
Age 25-29	1,285	140	1,145
Age 30-34	483	37	446
Age 35-39	223	23	200
Age 40-49	208	20	188
Age 50-64	110	12	98
Over 64	19	2	17
Age Un-Known	1	0	1

[Chart] Howard University 2019 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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