by our College Data Analytics TeamAfrican Studies is a concentration offered under the area studies major at Howard University. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the doctor’s degree program in African studies, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, whether or not the degree is offered online, and more.
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Part-time graduates at Howard paid an average of $1,750 per credit hour in 2019-2020. This tuition was the same for both in-state and out-of-state students. The average full-time tuition and fees for graduate students are shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $32,248 | $32,248 |
| Fees | $1,976 | $1,976 |
Online degrees for the Howard African studies doctor’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Howard Online Learning page.
Women made up around 14.3% of the African studies students who took home a doctor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is in the same ballpark of the nationwide number of 14.3%.
Of those graduates who received a doctor’s degree in African studies at Howard in 2019-2020, 85.7% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is about the same as the nationwide number of 86%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 0 |
| Black or African American | 6 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 0 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 1 |
| International Students | 0 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 0 |
*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.
More about our data sources and methodologies.