HOWARD UNIVERSITY

Established-1636

Location-Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Type-Private

Endowment-$36.4 billion

President-Drew Gilpin Faust

Academic staff-4,671

Admin. staff-2,500 non-medical and 11,000 medical

Students-21,000

Undergraduates-7,200 total,6700 College,500 Extension

Postgraduates-14,000

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Howard University is a private institution that was established in 1636 in United States by the Massachusetts legislature and soon there after named for John Harvard. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning. It has a total undergraduate enrollment of 6,974. It is one of the most prestigious universities in the world.It utilizes a semester-based academic calendar. Howard University's ranking in the 2015 edition of Best Colleges is National Universities, 145. 

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Howard University has many graduate programs as well, including a School of Business, a School of Law, a College of Medicine and a College of Engineering, Architecture and Computer Sciences. Notable alumni of Howard University include former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Toni Morrison and Emmy Award-winning actress Phylicia Rashad. Its tuition and fees are $23,970 (2014-15)

MISSION OF HOWARD UNIVERSITY

Howard University has a very unique mission.It is a culturally diverse, comprehensive, research intensive and historically Black private university providing an educational experience of exceptional quality at the undergraduate, graduate, and professional levels to students of high academic standing and potential, with particular emphasis upon educational opportunities for Black students.

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