Graduate Programs at Howard University

Graduate School Overview

Howard University (referred to as HU) is a Private, 4 years school located in Washington, DC. Howard University is a historically black school. It is classified as a Research University (high research activity) school by Carnegie Classification and its highest level of offering is Doctor's degree - research/scholarship and professional practice.

The school is accredited by Middle States Commission on Higher Education (1/1/1921 - Current).

HU Directory Information
School Name	Howard University (HU)
Address	2400 Sixth St NW, Washington, DC 20059
Phone	202-806-6100
Web	https://www.howard.edu
Online Application	https://www2.howard.edu/admission/undergraduate/adm-process
Financial Info	https://www2.howard.edu/student-financial-services

The 2023 graduate school tuition & fees at Howard University is $36,022 in average. The school has 3,077 graduate students where it has a total enrollment of 12,886 including undergraduate students.

It offers total 150 graduate programs through Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, Post-Master Certificate, Doctorate (Research), and Doctorate (Professional Practice). Among them, 2 programs are available online classes.

Graduate School 2023 Key Facts
School Type	Private, 4 years
Tuition & Fees	$36,022
Student Population	3,077
Offered Degrees/Programs	Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, Post-Master Certificate, Doctorate (Research), and Doctorate (Professional Practice)
Number of Programs	150 graduate programs (2 programs available online learning)
Student to Faculty Ratio	14 to 1

The graduate tuition & fees at Howard University is $36,022 in average for the academic year 2022-2023. The tuition per credit hour is $1,929.

Howard University offers the alternative tuition plans.

Howard University offers the distance education programs. All course works for completing a degree program can be done through online exclusively for graduate programs. In addition, the distance learning courses are offered for students who are not enrolled online exclusively.

On its campus, remedial services, academic/career services, employment services for students, placement services for completers are provided for their students.

Special Learning Opportunities & On-campus Services
Distance Learning (Online Classes)	2 Online Programs Available
Special learning Opportunities	ROTC (Army, Air Force) Study abroad Teacher certification
On-Campus Student Services	Remedial services Academic/career services Employment services for students Placement services for completers

2023 Graduate Tuition, Fees, Other Expenses

For the academic year 2022-2023, the graduate school tuition & fees of Howard University is $36,022. The graduate tuition & fees are increased by 4.94% compared to previous academic year.

Data source: 2022-2023 tuition - NCES(National Center for Education Statistics (Last update: July 22, 2022)

2022-2023 Graduate Tuition & fees
	Tuition	Fees
2018-2019	$31,309	$1,575
2019-2020	$31,309	$1,940
2020-2021	$32,248	$1,976
2021-2022	$33,860	$466
2022-2023	$35,556	$466

The graduate school tuition & fees of HU is average compared to private graduate schools in District of Columbia. The average graduate school tuition for all graduate schools in United States is $19,603 and the District of Columbia graduate tuition is $18,608 (public) / $30,251 (private).

The next table compares the average graduate school tuition by location and school types.

Graduate Tuition & fees Comparison
	Residents	Out-of-State
Howard University	$36,022
All Graduate Schools	$16,007	$19,603
Public	$11,484	$20,787
Private	$19,674
District of Columbia Graduate Schools	$23,494	$25,875
Public	$10,094	$18,608
Private	$30,251

For academic year 2022-2023, the living costs are $24,616 when a student lives on-campus housing facilities (i.e. dormitory, school owned apartments, etc.) at Howard University. On-campus living costs are increased by 6.14% compared to previous academic year. The off-campus living costs are $27,116.

2022-2023 Living Expenses
	Living On-Campus		Living Off-Campus
	Room & Board	Other Expense	Room & Board	Other Expense
2018-2019	$13,895	$2,500	-	-
2019-2020	$14,365	$2,500	-	-
2020-2021	$15,650	$3,260	-	-
2021-2022	$14,678	$3,260	-	-
2022-2023	$15,880	$3,160	$18,380	$8,736

For academic year 2022-2023, the tuition per credit hour for graduate programs is $1,929 at Howard University. The graduate tuition per credit hour are increased by 4.95% compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Graduation Program Tuition per Credit Hour
	Tuition
2018-2019	$1,700
2019-2020	$1,700
2020-2021	$1,750
2021-2022	$1,838
2022-2023	$1,929

Graduate Programs at HU

Howard University offers 97 graduate programs for Master's, Doctorate, and Post-Graduate Certificate. The next table lists number of programs by offered degree and online availability along with number of completers by degree/certificate programs. Last year, 820 students have completed their study at Howard University.

Offered Degrees at Howard University
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Available Online Class	Number of Completers
Master's Degree	43	1	229
Doctor's degree - research/scholarship	31	0	103
Doctor's degree - other	7	1	464
Post Bachelor's Degree	1	0	0
Post Master's Degree	15	0	24
Total	97	2	820

The next table shows the popular graduate programs at Howard University by award level.

The most popular Post-graduate Certificate program is the Higher Education/Higher Education Administration program with 9 completers.
The most popular Master's program is the Social Work program with 69 completers.
The most popular Doctorate program is the Law program with 141 completers.

Popular Post-graduate Certificate Programs at Howard University
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration	✕	9	-
Orthodontics/Orthodontology	✕	7	-
Orthodontics/Orthodontology	✕	5	-
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies, Other	✕	5	-
Pediatric Dentistry/Pedodontics	✕	5	-

Popular Master's Programs at Howard University
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Social Work	✕	69	$48,900
Social Work	✕	60	$48,900
Business Administration and Management	✔	40	$80,700
Occupational Therapy/Therapist	✕	28	-
Occupational Therapy/Therapist	✕	28	-

Popular Doctorate Programs at Howard University
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Law	✕	141	-
Medicine	✕	126	-
Law	✕	124	-
Medicine	✕	107	-
Pharmacy	✔	94	-

Howard University offers 97 programs through Master's, Doctorate, and Post-Graduate Certificate. The programs are offered both in online and on-site education. Last year total 820 students have completed their graduate studies.

229 students have earned/completed Master's program.
464 students have earned/completed Doctorate (Practice) program.
24 students have earned/completed Post-Master's program.

Master's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies [+]	✕	0 completers	-
African Studies	✕	0	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	5 completers	-
Computer Science	✕	5	-
Education [+]	✕	13 completers	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	9	-
Special Education and Teaching	✕	3	-
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	✕	0	-
Elementary Education and Teaching	✕	1	-
Secondary Education and Teaching	✕	0	-
Engineering [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Chemical Engineering	✕	1	-
Civil Engineering	✕	1	-
Electrical and Electronics Engineering	✕	0	-
Mechanical Engineering	✕	0	-
English Language and Literature [+]	✕	0 completers	-
English Language and Literature	✕	0	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Biology/Biological Sciences	✕	1	-
Biochemistry	✕	1	-
Anatomy	✕	1	-
Microbiology	✕	0	-
Genetics	✕	0	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Mathematics	✕	0	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Nutrition Sciences	✕	3	-
Theology and Religious Vocations [+]	✕	19 completers	-
Divinity/Ministry	✕	19	-
Physical Sciences [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology	✕	3	-
Chemistry	✕	0	-
Physics	✕	0	-
Psychology [+]	✕	6 completers	-
Psychology	✕	1	-
School Psychology	✕	5	-
Human Services [+]	✕	69 completers	-
Public Administration	✕	0	-
Social Work	✕	69	$48,900
Social Sciences [+]	✕	11 completers	-
Economics	✕	6	-
Political Science and Government	✕	3	-
Sociology	✕	2	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	8 completers	-
Film/Cinema/Video Studies	✕	8	-
Art/Art Studies	✕	0	-
Music	✕	0	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	50 completers	-
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services (other)	✕	12	-
Pharmaceutical Sciences	✕	0	-
Public Health	✕	9	-
Occupational Therapy/Therapist	✕	28	-
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	✕	1	-
Business [+]	✔ (1 completers)	30 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✔	28	$80,700
Accounting	✕	1	-
Finance	✕	1	-
History [+]	✕	1 completers	-
History	✕	1	-
	Total	229

Doctorate (Research) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies [+]	✕	5 completers	-
African Studies	✕	5	-
Communication and Journalism [+]	✕	6 completers	-
Communication and Media Studies (other)	✕	6	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Computer Science	✕	3	-
Education [+]	✕	8 completers	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	7	$97,000
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration	✕	1	-
Engineering [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Electrical and Electronics Engineering	✕	0	-
Mechanical Engineering	✕	2	-
English Language and Literature [+]	✕	2 completers	-
English Language and Literature	✕	2	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	17 completers	-
Biology/Biological Sciences	✕	7	-
Biochemistry	✕	2	-
Anatomy	✕	1	-
Microbiology	✕	3	-
Genetics	✕	3	-
Physiology	✕	1	-
Pharmacology	✕	0	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Mathematics	✕	2	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Nutrition Sciences	✕	3	-
Physical Sciences [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology	✕	0	-
Chemistry	✕	1	-
Physics	✕	3	-
Psychology [+]	✕	18 completers	-
Psychology	✕	9	-
Counseling Psychology	✕	2	-
School Psychology	✕	7	-
Educational Psychology	✕	0	-
Human Services [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Social Work	✕	0	-
Social Sciences [+]	✕	26 completers	-
Economics	✕	7	-
Political Science and Government	✕	10	-
Sociology	✕	9	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	6 completers	-
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services (other)	✕	3	-
Pharmaceutical Sciences	✕	3	-
History [+]	✕	1 completers	-
History	✕	1	-
	Total	103

Doctorate (Practice) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Legal Studies [+]	✕	141 completers	-
Law	✕	141	-
Theology and Religious Vocations [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Divinity/Ministry	✕	1	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✔	322 completers	-
Dentistry	✕	72	-
Medicine	✕	126	-
Pharmacy	✔	94	-
Occupational Therapy/Therapist	✕	7	-
Physical Therapy/Therapist	✕	23	-
	Total	464

Post-Bachelor's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Psychology [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Counseling Psychology	✕	0	-
	Total	0

Post-Master's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies [+]	✕	7 completers	-
African Studies	✕	0	-
Women's Studies	✕	2	-
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies, Other	✕	5	-
Communication and Journalism [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Communication and Media Studies (other)	✕	0	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Computer Science	✕	0	-
Education [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	0	-
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration	✕	1	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✕	0 completers	-
International/Global Studies	✕	0	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	13 completers	-
Dentistry	✕	0	-
Advanced General Dentistry	✕	3	-
Orthodontics/Orthodontology	✕	5	-
Pediatric Dentistry/Pedodontics	✕	5	-
Pharmaceutical Sciences	✕	0	-
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing	✕	0	-
Business [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	3	-
	Total	24

Graduate Student Population at HU

For the academic year 2021-2022, total 3,101 students enrolled into Howard University graduate schools where it has total 12,886 students including undergraduate students. By attending status, there are 2,637 full-time and 464 part-time graduate students. By gender, 1,016 male and 2,085 female students are attending graduate schools. The next table summarizes the graduate student population by gender and attending status.

Graduate School Student Population By Gender
	Total	Male	Female
Total	3,101	1,016	2,085
Full-time	2,637	863	1,774
Part-tme	464	153	311

Howard University is a historically black school and 2,248 (72.49% of total students) students are Black/African American at Howard University. There are 127 White (4.10%), 202 Hispanic (6.51%), 141 Asian (4.55%), and 383 students with other races. 206 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Graduate Student Population By Race/ethnicity
	Total	Male	Female
Total	3,101	1,016	2,085
American Indian/Native American	7	2	5
Asian	141	66	75
Black/African American	2,248	719	1,529
Hispanic	202	62	140
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1	0	1
White	127	48	79
Two More	115	30	85
Un-Known	54	11	43
Non-resident Alien	206	78	128

Howard University offers the distance learning opportunities (online degree program and/or courses) for graduate programs. 185 graduate students (5.97% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 1,221 graduate students (39.37% of total students) are enrolled some online courses. The next table summarizes the online student population.

Distance Learning Student Population
	Number of Graduate Students
Total	3,101
Enrolled Online Exclusively	185
Enrolled Some Online Courses	1,221
Not in Online Courses	1,695

The following table summarizes the graduate students population by age at Howard University. 795 students are aged 20 to 24 (25.64% of total students), 1 students are aged below 20 (0.03%), 154 students are aged above 50 (4.97%). Next table summarizes the student population by age at Howard University.

Graduate Student Population By Age
	Total	Male	Female
Total	3,101	1,016	2,085
Age 18-19	1	0	1
Age 20-21	44	9	35
Age 22-24	751	192	559
Age 25-29	1,214	402	812
Age 30-34	478	184	294
Age 35-39	230	85	145
Age 40-49	229	86	143
Age 50-64	133	52	81
Over 64	21	6	15

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