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Howard University

Howard University
2400 Sixth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20059-0002

Official telephone: (202) 806-2763
Website: https://howard.edu/
Screen last updated on: January 2024
STUDENT PROFILE
Total undergraduates: 8,964
Full-time undergraduates: 8,419
Part-time undergraduates: 545
Total graduate students: 3,101
Full-time graduate students: 2,637
Part-time graduate students: 464
Degree seeking undergraduate student breakdown:
1.5% American Indian or Alaskan Native
4.3% Asian, non-Hispanic/Latino
67.4% Black or African American, non-Hispanic/Latino
6.6% Hispanic/Latino
0.2% Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic/Latino
0.3% White, non-Hispanic/Latino
4.5% Two or more races non-Hispanic/Latino
3.3% Nonresident Alien
11.7% Race and/or Ethnicity unknown
CAMPUS ENVIRONMENT
Campus size: 257 acres
Nearest major city: Washington

LIVING ON CAMPUS
Institution offers housing: yes
Housing types (% in housing type, if given):
  • coed dorms
  • women's dorms
  • men's dorms
  • special housing for disabled students
Percent of students who live in school housing: 56%
Percent of students who live off campus: 44%

STUDY FACILITIES
Every student is required to lease or own a computer: no
Computer equipment is provided in: computer center/lab(s)
Total number of microcomputers available to students: 1968
Other computer facilities/services: student residential network
School has a library on campus: yes
Additional library facilities/collections:
Other libraries on campus.

ASSISTANCE SERVICES
Additional services offered:
placement service, health service, women's center
Counseling services:
career, psychological
Career placement services:
interest inventory, on-campus job interviews, resumé assistance, alumni services, interview training, Job fairs are available to students through the career center.

SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
Student activities:
student newspaper, radio station, television station
Other student organizations, musical groups, activities, and committees:
Howard University Student Association; Undergraduate Student Assembly; Campus Pals; International Student Organization; Entrepreneurial Society, Howard University

ATHLETICS

Sports offered Scholarships? Athletic Assoc.
Men's basketballyes 
Men's basketball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's bowling NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's cross-country running NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's cross-country runningyes 
Men's football NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's footballyes 
Men's golf NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's soccer NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's socceryes 
Men's swimming and diving NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's swimming and divingyes 
Men's tennisyes 
Men's tennis NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's track and field NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's track and fieldyes 
Women's basketball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's basketballyes 
Women's bowlingyes 
Women's cross-country running NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's cross-country runningyes 
Women's golf NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's lacrosseyes 
Women's lacrosse NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's socceryes 
Women's soccer NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's softballyes 
Women's softball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's swimming and divingyes 
Women's swimming and diving NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's tennis NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's tennisyes 
Women's track and fieldyes 
Women's track and field NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's volleyballyes 
Women's volleyball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Intramural/Recreational sports:
basketball; bowling; football; golf; lacrosse; soccer; softball; tennis; volleyball; water polo; swimming and diving; track and field; cross-country running

GETTING AWAY
Nearest international airport: Reagan National

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