Howard University Student Population and Demographics

HU Student Population

There are 14,890 students including 11,519 undergraduate and 3,371 graduate students at Howard University for the academic year 2024-2025. By attending status, there are 12,712 full-time and 2,178 part-time students with gender distribution of 4,420 male and 10,470 female students.

Howard University is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 1,482 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

Howard University has a total enrollment of 14,890 with a gender distribution of 29.68% male (4,420 students) and 70.32% female (10,470 students). There are 3,262 male and 8,257 female students in undergraduate school and 1,158 male and 2,213 female students are attending graduate school at Howard University.

Student Population By Gender
Howard University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	14,890	4,420	10,470
Undergraduate	11,519	3,262	8,257
Graduate	3,371	1,158	2,213
Full-time	12,712	3,611	9,101
Part-time	2,178	809	1,369

[Chart] Howard University 2025 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

Howard University has 12,712 full-time and 2,178 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 9,885 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 1,634 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 2,827 students are full-time and 544 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
Howard University
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	14,890	12,712	2,178
Undergraduate	11,519	9,885	1,634
Graduate	3,371	2,827	544
Men	4,420	3,611	809
Women	10,470	9,101	1,369

[Chart] Howard University Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At Howard University, 1,482 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 7,410 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 14,890 students.

In undergraduate schools, 7,596 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 1,296 students are attending some online courses.

2025 Distance Learning Enrollment
Howard University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	14,890	11,519	3,371
Online Exclusively	1,482	734	748
In Some Online Classes	7,410	6,862	548
Not In Online Classes	5,998	3,923	2,075

[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 22 American Indian/Native American, 120 White, 10,050 Black/African American, 246 Asian, 972 Hispanic, 6 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 957 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
Howard University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	14,890	4,420	10,470
American Indian/Native American	22	9	13
Asian	246	85	161
Black/African American	10,050	2,766	7,284
Hispanic	972	266	706
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	6	1	5
White	120	45	75
Two More	644	168	476
Race Un-Known	2,179	789	1,390

[Chart] Howard UniversityRace/Ethnicity Distribution

Student Age Distribution

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

Age Distribution
Howard University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	14,890	11,519	3,371
Under 18	1,452	1,452	0
Age 18-19	4,771	4,771	0
Age 20-21	4,333	4,279	54
Age 22-24	1,644	836	808
Age 25-29	1,339	97	1,242
Age 30-34	562	42	520
Age 35-39	307	19	288
Age 40-49	316	12	304
Age 50-64	149	11	138
Over 64	10	0	10
Age Un-Known	7	0	7

[Chart] Howard University 2025 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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