Howard University is a federally chartered, non-profit, private, coeducational, nonsectarian, historically black university located in Washington, D.C., United States.
The university's football homecoming activities serve as one of the premier annual events in Washington.
The University Libraries System has large and comprehensive resources incorporating virtually every discipline, supported by information specialists and technical personnel. It holds more than 2.5 million volumes, over 16,000 current serial titles, 4.2 million microforms, and a rich multimedia collection.
The current enrollment is approximately 11,000, including 7,000 undergraduates.
The Moorland-Spingarn Research Center (MSRC) is recognized as one of the world's largest and most comprehensive repositories for the documentation of the history and culture of people of African descent in Africa, the Americas, and other parts of the world.
Howard undergraduates have a mean composit SAT score of 1,082.
Howard University is the publisher of The Journal of Negro Education which began publication in 1932.
Howard University is a home to all nine National Pan-Hellenic Council organizations. Other Greek letter organizations registered on campus include Alpha Kappa Psi, Phi Sigma Pi, Alpha Phi Omega, Alpha Nu Omega, Gamma Iota Sigma, Phi Mu Alpha, Sigma Alpha Iota, Delta Sigma Pi, Gamma Sigma Sigma, Kappa Kappa Psi, and Tau Beta Sigma.