Howard University Student Population

Student Population By Attending Status
Howard University
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	12,886	11,550	1,336
Undergraduate	9,809	9,022	787
Graduate	3,077	2,528	549

Population by Race/Ethnicity

Howard University is a historically black school and 8,581 (66.59% of total students) students are Black/African American at Howard University. There are 141 White (1.09%), 817 Hispanic (6.34%), 443 Asian (3.44%), and 2,904 students with other races.

Student Population By Race/ethnicity at Howard University
	Total	Male	Female
Total	12,886	3,794	9,092
American Indian/Native American	117	27	90
Asian	443	139	304
Black/African American	8,581	2,418	6,163
Hispanic	817	231	586
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	18	5	13
White	141	58	83
Two More	581	140	441
Un-Known	1,582	498	1,084

Undergraduate Student Population By Race/ethnicity at Howard University
	Total	Male	Female
Total	9,809	2,758	7,051
American Indian/Native American	108	22	86
Asian	330	86	244
Black/African American	6,349	1,691	4,658
Hispanic	604	153	451
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	15	4	11
White	33	16	17
Two More	449	100	349
Un-Known	1,498	476	1,022

Graduate Student Population By Race/ethnicity at Howard University
	Total	Male	Female
Total	3,077	1,036	2,041
American Indian/Native American	9	5	4
Asian	113	53	60
Black/African American	2,232	727	1,505
Hispanic	213	78	135
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	3	1	2
White	108	42	66
Two More	132	40	92
Un-Known	84	22	62

Distance Learning Student Population at Howard University
	Total	Enrolled Exclusively	Enrolled Some Courses	Not In Online Courses
Total	12,886	339	9,021	3,526
Undergraduate	9,809	0	8,147	1,662
Graduate	3,077	339	874	1,864

Population by Student Age

The following table summarizes the students population by age at Howard University. 4,077 students are aged 20 to 24 (31.64% of total students), 6,439 students are aged below 20 (49.97%), 176 students are aged above 50 (1.37%). Next table summarizes the student population by age at Howard University.

Student Population By Age at Howard University
	Total	Male	Female
Total	12,886	3,794	9,092
Under 18	1,248	347	901
Age 18-19	5,191	1,329	3,862
Age 20-21	2,888	844	2,044
Age 22-24	1,189	427	762
Age 25-29	1,190	410	780
Age 30-34	503	190	313
Age 35-39	243	77	166
Age 40-49	252	98	154
Age 50-64	154	64	90
Over 64	22	6	16
Age Un-Known	6	2	4

Undergraduate Student Population By Age at Howard University
	Total	Male	Female
Total	9,809	2,758	7,051
Under 18	1,248	347	901
Age 18-19	5,186	1,328	3,858
Age 20-21	2,797	820	1,977
Age 22-24	391	187	204
Age 25-29	104	44	60
Age 30-34	29	13	16
Age 35-39	21	4	17
Age 40-49	17	8	9
Age 50-64	8	4	4
Over 64	3	1	2
Age Un-Known	5	2	3

Graduate Student Population By Age at Howard University
	Total	Male	Female
Total	3,077	1,036	2,041
Age 18-19	5	1	4
Age 20-21	91	24	67
Age 22-24	798	240	558
Age 25-29	1,086	366	720
Age 30-34	474	177	297
Age 35-39	222	73	149
Age 40-49	235	90	145
Age 50-64	146	60	86
Over 64	19	5	14
Age Un-Known	1	0	1

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