University

Howard University

Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Verified · last verified 2026-09-02

University details

Institution type: Private, nonprofit
Campus setting: Urban
Application platforms: Not available
Testing policy: Not available
In-state tuition: $35,810
Out-of-state tuition: $35,810
Cost of attendance: Not available (2024–2025)
Undergraduate enrollment: 10,108

Website

Common Data Set

Institution-reported facts by reporting cycle. Missing and withheld values are shown explicitly.

2025–2026 · most recent available

First-year admission rate

42.2%

Calculated from applications and admissions reported in CDS C1. This is a factual calculation, not a CollegePath rating.

Enrollment

Undergraduate enrollment (B1): 11,084 students; Official fall 2025 total undergraduate enrollment.
Full-time undergraduate enrollment (B1): 9,537 students; Official fall 2025 full-time undergraduate enrollment.
Part-time undergraduate enrollment (B1): 1,547 students; Official fall 2025 part-time undergraduate enrollment.

Majors

Accounting and Related Services
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions
Health Professions and Related Programs
Architecture
Architecture and Related Services
Area Studies
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies
Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management
Visual and Performing Arts
Biology, General
Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Business Administration, Management and Operations
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services

Deadlines

Early action · 2026–2027
2026-11-01 — First-year deadline listed in the Common App 2026–2027 Requirements Grid, updated 2026-08-14.
https://content.commonapp.org/Files/ReqGrid.pdf
Early decision · 2026–2027
2026-11-01 — First-year deadline listed in the Common App 2026–2027 Requirements Grid, updated 2026-08-14.
https://content.commonapp.org/Files/ReqGrid.pdf
Regular decision · 2026–2027
2027-02-01 — First-year deadline listed in the Common App 2026–2027 Requirements Grid, updated 2026-08-14.
https://content.commonapp.org/Files/ReqGrid.pdf

Supplemental essays

No supplemental essay data reported yet.

Application requirements

2026–2027

Application fee · Required
Value: $45
First-year U.S. application fee listed in the Common App 2026–2027 Requirements Grid, updated 2026-08-28.
https://content.commonapp.org/Files/ReqGrid.pdf
Fee waiver · Optional
Value: Accepted
Common App fee-waiver availability listed in the 2026–2027 Requirements Grid, updated 2026-08-28.
https://content.commonapp.org/Files/ReqGrid.pdf
Personal essay · Required
The Common App personal essay is marked required in the Common App 2026–2027 Requirements Grid, updated 2026-08-28.
https://content.commonapp.org/Files/ReqGrid.pdf
Supplemental essays · Optional

Sources

Direct sources supporting this university’s facts, with retrieval dates.

Secondary source · supports requirements:2026–2027
https://content.commonapp.org/Files/ReqGrid.pdf
Retrieved 2026-09-02 — Common App member-reported first-year fee, waiver, and personal-essay fields; grid updated 2026-08-28.
Official source · supports requirements:2026–2027:supplemental_essays
https://admission.howard.edu/undergraduate/first-year
Retrieved 2026-09-02 — The general supplemental essay is optional; program-specific BS/MD and BS/DDS essays may be required.
Common App 2026–2027 Requirements Grid · supports deadlines:2026–2027
https://content.commonapp.org/Files/ReqGrid.pdf
Retrieved 2026-08-20 — Common App member-reported first-year deadlines; grid updated 2026-08-14.
Official source
https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/school/?131520

First-year admission

First-year applications (C1): 37,270 applicants; Official Fall 2025 first-time, first-year applicants.
First-year students admitted (C1): 15,724 students; Official Fall 2025 first-time, first-year admits.
First-year students enrolled (C1): 2,490 students; Official Fall 2025 first-time, first-year enrollees.
High-school GPA distribution · GPA 4.0 (C11): 7%
High-school GPA distribution · GPA 3.75-3.99 (C11): 43%
High-school GPA distribution · GPA 3.50-3.74 (C11): 30%
High-school GPA distribution · GPA 3.25-3.49 (C11): 13%
High-school GPA distribution · GPA 3.00-3.24 (C11): 6%
High-school GPA distribution · GPA 2.50-2.99 (C11): 1%
High-school GPA distribution · GPA 2.00-2.49 (C11): 0%; The official CDS reports 0 percent.
High-school GPA distribution · GPA 1.00-1.99 (C11): 0%; The official CDS reports 0 percent.
High-school GPA distribution · GPA below 1.0 (C11): 0%; The official CDS reports 0 percent.
Average high-school GPA (C12): 3.68 GPA; Official CDS average high-school GPA among students who submitted GPA.

Testing

Enrolled students submitting scores · SAT (C9): 47%; Official CDS reports 47 percent and 1,163 SAT submitters.
Enrolled students submitting scores · ACT (C9): 15%; Official CDS reports 15 percent and 385 ACT submitters.
SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing · 25th percentile (C9): 540 score
SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing · 75th percentile (C9): 660 score
SAT Math · 25th percentile (C9): 510 score
SAT Math · 75th percentile (C9): 620 score
ACT Composite · 25th percentile (C9): 20 score
ACT Composite · 75th percentile (C9): 26 score

Academics and class size

Student-to-faculty ratio (I2): 13:1; Official CDS reports a 13-to-1 ratio based on 10,053 students and 781 faculty.

Source: Howard University Common Data Set 2025-2026 · Retrieved 2026-09-02

Open the official institutional source

Document ID: url:https://ira.howard.edu/sites/ira.howard.edu/files/2026-06/CDS%20PDF%202526_06.25.26.pdf · Import: cds-2026-09-v115-howard

2024–2025 · earlier reporting cycle

First-year admission rate

41.3%

Calculated from applications and admissions reported in CDS C1. This is a factual calculation, not a CollegePath rating.

First-year admission

High-school GPA distribution · GPA 4.0 (C11): Not reported by institution
High-school GPA distribution · GPA 3.75-3.99 (C11): Not reported by institution
High-school GPA distribution · GPA 3.50-3.74 (C11): Not reported by institution
High-school GPA distribution · GPA 3.25-3.49 (C11): Not reported by institution
High-school GPA distribution · GPA 3.00-3.24 (C11): Not reported by institution
High-school GPA distribution · GPA 2.50-2.99 (C11): Not reported by institution
High-school GPA distribution · GPA 2.00-2.49 (C11): Not reported by institution
High-school GPA distribution · GPA 1.00-1.99 (C11): Not reported by institution
High-school GPA distribution · GPA below 1.0 (C11): Not reported by institution
Average high-school GPA (C12): Not reported by institution
First-year applications (C1): 34,211 applicants; IPEDS 2024 provisional statistic discovered via CollegeData.FYI; verify against the institution CDS
First-year students admitted (C1): 14,144 students; IPEDS 2024 provisional statistic discovered via CollegeData.FYI; verify against the institution CDS
First-year students enrolled (C1): 2,738 students; IPEDS 2024 provisional statistic discovered via CollegeData.FYI; verify against the institution CDS

Academics and class size

Student-to-faculty ratio (I2): Not reported by institution

Enrollment

Undergraduate enrollment (B1): 11,519 students; IPEDS 2024 provisional statistic discovered via CollegeData.FYI; verify against the institution CDS
Full-time undergraduate enrollment (B1): 9,885 students; IPEDS 2024 provisional statistic discovered via CollegeData.FYI; verify against the institution CDS
Part-time undergraduate enrollment (B1): 1,634 students; IPEDS 2024 provisional statistic discovered via CollegeData.FYI; verify against the institution CDS

Testing

Enrolled students submitting scores · SAT (C9): 23%; IPEDS 2024 provisional statistic discovered via CollegeData.FYI; verify against the institution CDS
Enrolled students submitting scores · ACT (C9): 9%; IPEDS 2024 provisional statistic discovered via CollegeData.FYI; verify against the institution CDS
SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing · 25th percentile (C9): 560 score; IPEDS 2024 provisional statistic discovered via CollegeData.FYI; verify against the institution CDS
SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing · 75th percentile (C9): 670 score; IPEDS 2024 provisional statistic discovered via CollegeData.FYI; verify against the institution CDS
SAT Math · 25th percentile (C9): 530 score; IPEDS 2024 provisional statistic discovered via CollegeData.FYI; verify against the institution CDS
SAT Math · 75th percentile (C9): 650 score; IPEDS 2024 provisional statistic discovered via CollegeData.FYI; verify against the institution CDS
ACT Composite · 25th percentile (C9): 22 score; IPEDS 2024 provisional statistic discovered via CollegeData.FYI; verify against the institution CDS
ACT Composite · 75th percentile (C9): 28 score; IPEDS 2024 provisional statistic discovered via CollegeData.FYI; verify against the institution CDS

Source: Howard University Common Data Set 2024-2025 (institutional data not reported) · Retrieved 2026-09-02

Open the official institutional source

Document ID: url:https://www.howard.edu/ · Import: cds-2026-09-v85

Chemical Engineering

Engineering

Chemistry

Physical Sciences

Civil Engineering

Engineering

Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions

Health Professions and Related Programs

Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, Other

Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs

Computer Engineering

Engineering

Computer Science

Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services

Computer Systems Analysis

Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services

Criminal Justice and Corrections

Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting and Related Protective Services

Economics

Social Sciences

Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering

Engineering

English Language and Literature, General

English Language and Literature/Letters

Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies

Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies

Finance and Financial Management Services

Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services

Fine and Studio Arts

Visual and Performing Arts

Health and Medical Administrative Services

Health Professions and Related Programs

Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General

Health Professions and Related Programs

Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services

Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences

International Business

Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services

Journalism

Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs

Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities

Management Information Systems and Services

Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services

Marketing

Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services

Mathematics

Mathematics and Statistics

Mechanical Engineering

Engineering

Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General

Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies

Music

Visual and Performing Arts

Nutrition Sciences

Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies

Parks, Recreation, Leisure, Fitness, and Kinesiology, Other

Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies

Philosophy

Philosophy and Religious Studies

Physics

Physical Sciences

Political Science and Government

Social Sciences

Psychology, General

Psychology

Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication

Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs

Radio, Television, and Digital Communication

Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs

Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing

Health Professions and Related Programs

Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics

Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics

Sociology

Social Sciences

Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness

Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies

Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods

Education

The general supplemental essay is optional; program-specific BS/MD and BS/DDS essays may be required.

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