Howard University
Howard University admitted 41% of applicants. Students who submitted scores typically had 1090–1320 on the SAT. Its average net price after aid was $33,002 a year. Within six years, 74% of first-time, full-time students graduated.
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Admissions
- Admission rate
- 41%
- SAT/ACT scores
- Considered if submitted
- SAT middle 50%
- 1090–1320
- ACT middle 50%
- 22–28
Cost
- Cost of attendance, before aid
- $58,032 a year
- Average net price after aid
- $33,002 a year
- Net price for families earning under $30,000
- $28,321 a year
- Tuition and fees
- $38,936 a year
Outcomes
- Graduation rate (within 6 years)
- 74%
- Students who return for a second year
- 91%
- Median earnings 10 years after starting
- $69,682 a year
- Median debt at graduation
- $23,750
Students
- Undergraduates
- 10,108
- Undergraduates with a Pell Grant
- 41%
- Student-faculty ratio
- 13 to 1
- Campus setting
- City
- Historically Black college or university
- Yes
Most common fields of study
Share of the degrees the college awarded, by field.
- Business, management and marketing
- 16%
- Health professions
- 13%
- Communication and journalism
- 12%
- Social sciences
- 11%
- Biological and biomedical sciences
- 10%
Colleges with similar selectivity
Closest by admission rate and SAT scores.
- Southwestern University TX · 43% admitted
- American College of the Building Arts SC · 44% admitted
- University of South Florida FL · 43% admitted
- New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology NM · 45% admitted
- Illinois Wesleyan University IL · 39% admitted
- William Jewell College MO · 38% admitted
More colleges in the District of Columbia
- George Washington University DC · 47% admitted
- Georgetown University DC · 13% admitted
- American University DC · 62% admitted
- The Catholic University of America DC · 83% admitted
- Trinity Washington University DC · 100% admitted
- Gallaudet University DC · 58% admitted
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Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, most recent institution-level data (October 2026 release). Admission figures are reported by the college; check its website for current requirements.