General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences at Howard University

What traits are you looking for in a health studies school? To help you decide if Howard University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's health studies program.

Howard is located in Washington, District of Columbia and has a total student population of 10,859.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences section at the bottom of this page.

Howard General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Health Studies

Howard General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the health studies progam at Howard compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The health studies major at Howard is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular General/Allied Health Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	113
Most Focused General/Allied Health Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	152
Best Value General/Allied Health Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	154
Best General/Allied Health Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	171
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Most Popular General/Allied Health Sciences Trade Schools	213
Best General/Allied Health Sciences Trade Schools	265
Most Focused General/Allied Health Sciences Trade Schools	308
Best Value General/Allied Health Sciences Schools	355
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Health Studies Student Demographics at Howard

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the health studies majors at Howard University.

Howard General Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 23% of health studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 77% went to women. The typical health studies bachelor's degree program is made up of only 19% men. So male students are more repesented at Howard since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 44% more racial-ethnic minorities in its health studies bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Howard University with a bachelor's in health studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	25
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	1
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Howard also has a doctoral program available in health studies. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Josh under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.