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Howard University

Washington,  District of Columbia
College Board code: 5297

Main Address

2400 Sixth Street Northwest
Washington, DC 20059
(202) 806-6100
www.howard.edu

Admission Office

2400 Sixth Street NW
Washington, DC 20059
(202) 806-2700
(800) 469-2738
Fax: (202) 806-4467
admissions@howard.edu
Contact: Linda Saunders-Hawkins
Associate Director of Admissions

Type of School

  • Private
  • University
  • Four-year
  • Coed
  • Percent applicants admitted: 49%
  • Regionally Accredited
  • Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools
  • College Board member
  • Historically black
Calendar: Semester

Degrees offered:

  • Bachelor's
  • Master's
  • Doctoral
  • First Professional
    Other characteristics: 5 campuses. 25 major research centers and several special programs.

Setting

  • Urban setting
  • Very large city (over 500,000)
  • Residential campus

Size

  • Total undergrads: 7,113
  • First-time degree-seeking freshmen: 1,485
  • Degree-seeking undergrads: 7,086
  • Graduate enrollment: 1,787

Student Body

How Do I Stack Up?

How does my academic performance stack up?

1st-year students:
  • 2% In-state students
  • 98% Out-of-state students
  • 1% Part-time students
  • 68% Women
  • 32% Men
  • 2% Black/Non-Hispanic
  • 1% Hispanic
  • 3% Non-Resident Alien
  • 95% Race/ethnicity unreported
  • 26% in top 10th of graduating class
  • 55% in top quarter of graduating class
  • 84% in top half of graduating class
  • 14% had h.s. GPA of 3.75 and higher
  • 18% had h.s. GPA between 3.5 and 3.74
  • 19% had h.s. GPA between 3.25 and 3.49
  • 23% had h.s. GPA between 3.0 and 3.24
  • 24% had h.s. GPA between 2.5 and 2.99
  • 2% had h.s. GPA between 2.0 and 2.49
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