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Within Vinony's link graph, Howard University is referenced by 4,096 other articles, and connects out to United States Senate, United States House of Representatives and The Washington Post.
The entry is geolocated on the map in DC.
It is catalogued under topics including 1867 establishments in Washington, D.C., African-American history of Washington, D.C. and Historically black universities and colleges in Washington, D.C..
Its subject is documented across 39 Wikipedia language editions.
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
Show 18 more facts
- 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.