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Howard University
Howard has grown from a single-frame building in 1867 and evolved to more than 89 acres, including the six-story, 400-bed Howard University Hospital. Since 1974, it has expanded to include a 22-acre School of Law West Campus, a 22-acre School of Divinity East Campus and another three-fifths of an acre facility in northeast Washington and a 108-acre tract of land in Beltsville, Maryland.
Students pursue 143 programs of study leading to undergraduate, graduate and professional degrees with a commitment to Excellence in Truth and Service. and produces more on-campus African American Ph.D. recipients than any other university in the United States. The University boasts nationally ranked programs in social work, business and communications.
The Howard University Health Sciences division includes the Howard University Hospital and the Colleges of Dentistry, Pharmacy, and Nursing and Allied Health Sciences and The Howard University School of Law has served as an advocate for social justice and as an architect of social change and has produced the first African-American Supreme Court Justice. Howard's Law School is the No. 1 law school for African Americans.
The University traditionally has had the largest gathering of Black scholars in the world.
