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Howard University
Howard publishes 42% (Fall 2025). International applicants got in at 60%; dc in-state at 39%.
Acceptance rate
41%
College Scorecard, latest cycle
SAT middle 50%
1090–1320
Section 25th–75th, summed
ACT middle 50%
22–28
Avg. HS GPA
3.75
Fall 2024 entering class (CDS 2024-25, item C12)
Test policy
Not published
Regular deadline
Not published
Acceptance rate
What Howard's 42% is made of
The published rate averages groups with very different odds. These are the splits Howard reports itself.
Part of Real Acceptance Rates, our series decomposing published rates from each school's own Common Data Set.
Testing
Test scores at Howard
- SAT middle 50%
- 1090–1320sum of section 25th–75th percentiles
- ACT middle 50%
- 22–28
- Average HS GPA
- 3.75Fall 2024 entering class (CDS 2024-25, item C12) · Source
At a glance
Size and cost
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 10,108
- Tuition (out-of-state)
- $35,810
- Category
- Private
- Admissions site
- www.howard.edu
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Sources
- Howard GPA (Fall 2024 entering class (CDS 2024-25, item C12))
- Acceptance rate, test-score percentiles, enrollment and tuition: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, pulled 2026-08-19.
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