Howard University

Howard University is a private historically Black research university in Washington, D.C., chartered by the U.S. Congress in 1867. It was founded to educate African Americans after the Civil War and remains a comprehensive university with undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools on an urban campus in northwest Washington.

It comprises colleges and schools of arts and sciences, engineering and architecture, business, communications, education, law, medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, nursing and allied health, social work, and divinity. Graduate students use Howard University Hospital and professional clinics. Law, medicine, and the social sciences are long-standing strengths.

Enrollment is about 12,000 students, with a large graduate and professional share. Students come from across the United States and from many countries in Africa and the Caribbean. Faculty number about 1,000. Notable alumni include Thurgood Marshall, Toni Morrison, and Kamala Harris.

Doctoral and professional degrees include the PhD, MD, JD, DDS, and PharmD, with a mix of coursework and research or clinical training. The academic calendar is two semesters. Graduate life is urban: the main campus sits in the Shaw neighborhood, with federal agencies, hospitals, and other D.C. universities nearby.

In the Grad School Navigator directory, Howard University lists 1 doctoral program, in computer science.