2024 Tuition & fees

The 2024 tuition & fees at HU is $33,344 in average over all major programs. The tuition & fees has increased by 7.39% from last year.
The next table shows the 2024 tuition & fees and the tuition trends over last 5 years at HU.
You can check and view more costs information including living costs, books & supplies, and tuition per credit hour at Howard University Cost of Attendance page.
Howard University 2024 Tuition & fees
YearUndergraduateGraduate
2020$27,206$27,206
2021$28,440$28,440
2022$28,916$28,916
2023$31,050$31,050
2024$33,344$33,344

Tuition per Credit Hour

The 2024 undergraduate tuition per credit hour at Howard University is $1,368 in average over undergraduate programs. The undergraduate tuition per credit hour has increased by 7.38% from last year.
The 2024 graduate tuition per credit hour is $2,039 in average. The graduate tuition per credit hour has increased by 5.65% from last year.
The next table and chart show the 2024 tuition per credit hour and its trends over last 5 years at Howard University.
Howard University 2024 Tuition per Credit Hour
YearUndergraduateGraduate
2020$1,045 $1,700
2021$1,108 $1,750
2022$1,185 $1,838
2023$1,274 $1,930
2024$1,368 $2,039

Offered Online Programs

Howard University offers 136 major programs through Certificate, Bachelor's, Master's, Doctorate, Post Graduate Certificate degrees/programs. Of that, 4 online programs are offering via distance learning (online classes).
You can view all major programs at Howard University at Area of Study & Major Program page with completer and earning after graduation information.
Number of Online ProgramsNumber of Total Programs
Bachelor's049
Master's237
Doctorate (Research)132
Doctorate (Professional)17
2-4 Years Certificate01
Post-MS Certificate010
Total4136

Online Student Population

There are 12,886 students including both undergraduate and graduate students at HU. Of that, 339 students have enrolled online exclusively.
In addition, 9,021 students have joined to some online courses and 3,526 students only joined to in-classrrom courses.
The next tables show the online students by enrollment type and locality for the academic year 2022-2023.
Online Student Population at Howard University
TotalUndergraduateGraduate
Total12,8869,8093,077
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Classes3390339
Enrolled Some in Online Classes9,0218,147874
Not Enrolled in Online Classes3,5261,6621,864
Online Student Population by Student Location at Howard University
TotalUndergraduateGraduate
Total (Enrolled Excl.)3390339
District of Columbia Residents20020
Other State in U.S.3190319
Outside of U.S.000
Unknown000