Student Population at HU

The following chart compares HU's student enrollment with all colleges nationwide, Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges, 4-Years Colleges, and Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in District of Columbia.

The enrollment is larger than the Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in District of Columbia average (6,265 students).

The below chart compares the student population between Howard University and similar colleges.

By gender, there are 4,420 male and 10,470 female students attending HU. The male-to-female student ratio is 0.42 to 1 and the ratio is than national average (the national average is 0.75 to 1).

The following table and chart show the student population by gender and attending status at HU.

By age, there are 12,200 students whose age under twenty five and 1,344 students whose age is over thirty years old at Howard University.

Especially, 1,452 students are younger than eighteen and 10 students are older than sixty five.

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

At Howard University, 8,892 students (59.72% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 1,482 students enrolled exclusively in online classes (i.e. no off-line attendance required) and others are taking online courses with off-line courses. The following tables describe the number of students who enrolled in one or more online courses.

By location of enrolled students, 128 students live in District of Columbia where Howard University is located in and 1,205 students have enrolled from other states.