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Key facts
- Motto
- Veritas et Utilitas
- Motto in english
- Truth and Service
- Type
- Private federally chartered historically black research university
- Established
- March 2, 1867 ; 159 years ago ( 1867-03-02 )
- Accreditation
- MSCHE
- Academic affiliations
- CUWMA NAICU ORAU TMCF UARC
- Endowment
- $1.12 billion (2025)
- President
- Wayne A. I. Frederick (interim)
- Provost
- Anthony Wutoh
- Students
- 12,941 (spring 2024)
- Undergraduates
- 9,797 (spring 2024)
- Postgraduates
- 1,795 (spring 2024)
- Campus
- Large city, 300 acres (1.2 km )
- Newspaper
- The Hilltop
- Colors
- Blue, Red, Gray
- Sports nickname
- Howard Bison and Lady Bison
- Sporting affiliations
- NCAA Division I FCS – MEAC NEC
- Mascot
- Bison
via Wikipedia infobox
Research organization · ROR
- Type
- Education, Funder
- Founded
- 1867
- Location
- Washington, United States
- Status
- Active
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- school
- Named after
- Oliver Otis Howard
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Washington, D.C.
- Founded by
- Oliver Otis Howard
- Headquarters
- Washington, D.C.
- Industry
- higher education
- Employees
- 2776
- Revenue
- 1362844000
- Legal form
- 501(c)(3) organization
- Official website
- howard.edu
- Image
- Howard University Washington DC - Founders Library.jpg
- Students count
- 11392
- Admission rate
- 0.39
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- language used
- English language
- Commons category
- Howard University
- topic's main category
- Category:Howard University
- inception
- 1867-03-02
- postal code
- 20059-0001
- category for alumni of educational institution
- Category:Howard University alumni
- category for employees of the organization
- Category:Howard University faculty
- street address
- 2400 6th St NW, Washington, DC 20059-0001
- social media followers
- 32100
- total assets
- 2737036000
- endowment
- 806418780
- admission yield rate
- 0.25
- academic calendar type
- semester
- published in
- New International Encyclopedia
- donations
- 345116000
- funder
- Open Society Foundations
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Encyclopedic overview
Howard University is a private, historically black, federally chartered research university in Washington, D.C., United States. It is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity" and accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education. It is the only HBCU with R1 designation.
Established in 1867, Howard is a nonsectarian institution located in the Shaw neighborhood. It offers undergraduate, graduate, and professional degrees in more than 120 programs.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Howard University” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.