Howard University Healthcare Programs

Howard University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Washington, District of Columbia. The surrounding area of the school is a good match for students who enjoy city life.

Where Is Howard University?

Contact details for Howard are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	2400 Sixth St Nw, Washington, DC 20059
Phone:	202-806-6100
Website:	www.howard.edu

How Do I Get Into Howard?

You can apply to Howard online at: https://www2.howard.edu/admission/undergraduate/adm-process

Admission Requirements for Howard

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	1
High School Rank	5
High School Transcript	1
College Prep Program	1
Recommendations	1
SAT or ACT Scores	5
TOEFL	5

How Hard Is It To Get Into Howard?

With an acceptance rate of 53%, Howard does not let just anybody through their doors! Make sure you spend enough time polishing up your application so you will make a great impression.

Approximately 29% of accepted students are men and 69% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 50%, and the acceptance rate for women is 55%.

Average Test Scores

About 31% of students accepted to Howard submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 540 and 650. Math scores were between 510 and 640.

Howard received ACT scores from 13% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 20 and 27. Math scores were between 18 and 0. Composite scores were between 20 and 26.

Can I Afford Howard University?

The overall average net price of Howard is $31,499. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Howard, approximately 48% of students took out student loans averaging $5,628 a year. That adds up to $22,512 over four years for those students.

Howard University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 8,964 undergraduate students at Howard, with 8,419 being full-time and 545 being part-time.

There are also 3,101 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 8,419 full-time undergraduates at Howard, 27% are male and 73% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Howard University students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	370
Black or African American	5,646
Hispanic or Latino	560
White	27
International Students	283
Other Races/Ethnicities	1,533

Geographic Diversity

District of Columbia students aren't the only ones who study at Howard University. At this time, 36 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 69 countries are represented at Howard. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, and Jamaica.

Online Learning at Howard University

In 2022-2023, 9,360 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Howard has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 3rd most popular in District of Columbia for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2022-2023.

Howard University Healthcare Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Undergraduate Certificate	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
Medicine	0	0	0	0	115	115
Dentistry	0	0	0	0	75	75
Pharmacy	0	0	0	0	60	60
General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences	0	39	0	0	0	39
Occupational Therapy	0	0	0	28	11	39
Registered Nursing	0	34	0	0	0	34
Laboratory Sciences & Medical Technology	0	19	0	0	0	19
General Public Health	0	0	0	13	0	13
Physical Therapy/Therapist	0	0	0	0	13	13
Health Care Management	0	12	0	0	0	12
Other Communication Disorders Sciences & Services	0	0	0	7	2	9
Dental Hygiene/Hygienist	9	0	0	0	0	9
Pediatric Dentistry/Pedodontics	0	0	6	0	0	6
Medical Radiologic Technology/Science - Radiation Therapy	0	6	0	0	0	6
Orthodontics/Orthodontology	0	0	5	0	0	5
Advanced General Dentistry	0	0	4	0	0	4
Pharmaceutical Sciences	0	0	0	0	2	2
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	9	110	15	48	278	460

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Josh under License

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